History Archive
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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To Live For Ireland
Mary Pat Kelly writes about her friendship with politician and peacemaker, John Hume “Mr. Hume says Northern Ireland is too complicated to reduce to a Yes/No proposition,” Ted Smyth said […]
Yankee Doodle with a Brogue:The Irish in the American Revolution
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley there is a gravestone that reads: Here lies the remains of John Lewis, who slew the Irish lord, settled in Augusta County, located the town of […]
Smiling Mickey Welch: Hall-of-Fame Pitcher • Occasional Poet • Lifelong Fan of the Game
By Ray Cavanaugh It was surprising that Mickey Welch had such a successful pitching career: He didn’t have much size (the Society for American Baseball Research describes him as “generously listed” at […]
Bobby Kennedy Has Been Turned into an Impossibly Perfect Hero
He deserves a better judgment As Bobby Kennedy lay dying on a hotel kitchen floor, we’re told his last words were of concern for those around him who had also […]
Black and Green Today
African American and Northern Irish citizens in the Struggle for Civil Rights.
The Amazing Role Gay Women Played in the 1916 Rising
This weekend marks the 104th anniversary of the The Easter Rising of 1916. In his new book, Niall O’Dowd looks at the women who took part in the Rising. Historical […]