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Áedh Mac Breic: Patron of Headache Sufferers
He was a descendant of the Uí Néill dynasty and often served as a peacemaker for…
The Kindness of Strangers: Remembering the Tragedy of the Brig St. John in 1849
On 6 October 1849, emigrants on board the Brig St. John, caught their first sighting…
Miotas | The Ancients
Tuatha Dé DannanThey came in the mist… Ireland is a land of sacred spaces but…
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Campaign for Justice 50 Years On
Guildford Pub Bombs Continue to Haunt Victims and the British Criminal Justice System 50 years later. Exactly 50 years ago, on Saturday night October 5, 1974, IRA bombs exploded in […]
MacGahan: Liberator of Bulgaria
How journalist Januarius Aloysius MacGahan, the son of Irish immigrants, helped cause a shift in the European balance of power that made the liberation of Bulgaria possible. “Since my letter […]
British Government Finally GrantsFinucane Family an Inquiry
Back in February 1989, George H.W. Bush had just succeeded Ronald Reagan as U.S. president. Margaret Thatcher was the British prime minister, and the conflict in Northern Ireland had another […]
St. Ailbe of Emly
Patron of Wolves | Feast Day September 12th St. Ailbe, sometimes known by his anglicized name, St. Elvis, was a 6th-century saint born in County Tipperary. The name Ailbe is derived […]
Saint-Gauden’s Celtic Vision
The most important American sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th century was born in Ireland. If there was such a thing as an American Renaissance, Augustus Saint-Gaudens embodied […]
St. Kevin of Glendalough
Patron of Ireland | 498-618 | Feast Day June 3rd Since no biography of this holy hermit was written until 600 years after his death, the facts of his long life […]