Oscar Wilde, the playwright, novelist, poet, and critic of world renown, has long been labeled Anglo-Irish, but an examination of his roots puts the question of Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde’s Irishness to rest once and for all.All Irishmen must feel a little defensive when someone points out that some of our famous writers are Anglo-Irish – as if they are just English … [Read more...] about Roots: Is Oscar Irish?
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Every Oscar Is an Irish Win
By Adam Farley
How an Irishman Introduced Oscar to Hollywood.Each year around this time the world awaits the presentation of the Hollywood awards in which the statue called “Oscar” is presented to those in the movie industry whom the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences considers to be the best in the business. Numerous Irish and Irish-born have been recipients of this prestigious … [Read more...] about Every Oscar Is an Irish Win
“Fully” Kearney: President Obama’s Irish Ancestor
It was seven years ago when I identified Fulmoth Kearney of Moneygall, Ireland as the most recent immigrant on the maternal side of Barack Obama’s family tree. Inheriting land in Ohio from a brother, Fulmoth’s father, Joseph, left Ireland for the United States in 1849. Fulmoth and his sister, Margaret, followed in 1850, and his mother and two younger siblings in 1851 – a … [Read more...] about “Fully” Kearney: President Obama’s Irish Ancestor
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Irish American Soldiers in World War I
America entered World War One on April 6th, 1917, and though the execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 greatly angered the influential Irish-American community on America’s East Coast, many Irish and Irish-Americans saw it as their duty to enlist. Megan Smolenyak looks at the great state of New Jersey and profiles several of those soldiers, including … [Read more...] about Jersey Boys:
Irish American Soldiers in World War I
War Numbers: Counting the Irish-born Dead in WWI
Megan Smolenyak delves into the archives and reaches the conclusion that many more Irish-born soldiers were killed in the U.S. Armed Forces in WWI than previous calculations have shown.As a New Jersey resident with Jersey City Irish roots, I am constantly on the lookout for resources that can assist with Garden State genealogy, so was delighted when I first stumbled across … [Read more...] about War Numbers: Counting the Irish-born Dead in WWI