April 2015 Blog Posts (64)


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That's Just How it Was /Mary Thorpe

Waterstones - in England /Ireland ; my book -That's Just how it Was -  people  can order the book in the shop ; it is not stocked as yet .

  ISBN 978-1-4918-8985-5 

Just to remind people of what it is about ; click on the lick below to view the video

Youtube: http://youtu.be/oT0oOa0jx28

Sláinte 

Added by That's Just How It Was on April 23, 2015 at 8:34am — No Comments

A Visit to The Hope Foundation in Kolkata, India

Last night Susan McManamon​ and I joined the night rescue team of The Hope Foundation​, supported by Irish Aid. We spent 3 hours driving through areas of Calcutta where people live on the street or in slums or work in the red light district. This is very real…

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Added by Aine Edwards on April 23, 2015 at 4:30am — No Comments

Some Nice Irish Music

This is a wonderful, albeit old, recording.  Enjoy it ...

Also this ...

Added by Benny O'Carroll on April 22, 2015 at 8:00pm — No Comments

The Irish Experience in Australia Study

Fidelma McCorry Breen is seeking out participants for a survey she is doing on the Irish Experience in Australia. Please read the following post to see if you can help her out.

Thank you so much for your…

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Added by Greg Lynch Jr on April 22, 2015 at 10:00am — No Comments


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That's Just How it Was /Mary Thorpe

I have found out this morning that my Book - That's Just How It Was - can now be bought in the USA from Waterstones; ; not on the shelves as yet ; but it can be ordered from the Waterstones Bookstore -via Ingrams.

ISBN 978-1-4918-8985-5 

This is  a breakthrough for me ; as a self published author ; it has not been easy to get my book acknowledged ; so its now official . Whatestones will take orders for my book ;

Dont forget the--  ISBN…

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Added by That's Just How It Was on April 22, 2015 at 7:30am — No Comments

Thomas McKean -- From Ulster to Pennsylvania

Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817) was the son of William McKean from County Antrim who came to Pennsylvania via the city of…

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Added by Dee Notaro on April 22, 2015 at 5:00am — No Comments

Book Review: 'The Longing'

Book review

"The Longing," by Kimberly Mae

Friesen Press, 2015

Reading this warm-hearted book was a precise reminder to me of the full range of…

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Added by Patricia Louise Hughes on April 22, 2015 at 4:00am — No Comments

Lt. Michael P. Murphy Honored in County Cork

The Irish Examiner reports that the Irish Veterans, an organization whose goal is…

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Added by The Wild Geese on April 21, 2015 at 9:00pm — No Comments

ANZAC Day Centenary - 25th April, 2015

The centenary of ANZAC Day is approaching, (ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Armed Corps), which commemorates the anniversary of the first engagement of those southern hemisphere troops, at Gallipoli, Turkey in April…

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Added by Brian Nolan on April 21, 2015 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

'Compassionate Stranger' -- An Intimate Glimpse at Famine-Era Ireland

Book Review:

"Compassionate Stranger: Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine"

By Maureen O’Rourke Murphy

Syracuse University Press, 2015

366 Pages…

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Added by Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ on April 19, 2015 at 12:00pm — No Comments

This Week in Irish History - April 19 - April 25

LUAIN --  On April 20, 1772, William Lawless, revolutionary and officer in Napolean's Irish Legion…

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Added by The Wild Geese on April 18, 2015 at 7:00pm — No Comments


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Cumann na mBan: Forgotten Heroes of the Easter Rising

Women from all walks of life, all over Ireland, were just as interested in Irish Independence as their male counterparts in the Irish Volunteers, The Citizen Army, and Sinn…

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Added by That's Just How It Was on April 18, 2015 at 5:00pm — 14 Comments

The 38th Irish Brigade in WWII -- Letters Home from the War

I am a new member of TheWildGeese.Irish, and I am so interested in the history of Ireland. My Father was born and raised in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He shared so…

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Added by Adrienne Siemer on April 18, 2015 at 11:00am — No Comments

THIS WEEK'S NEWS REPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD  as the Media zooms in on the Iconic Film Location " The Quiet Man " Quiet Man cottage in Connemara could get protected status BBC WORLD NEWS -14 hours …

THIS WEEK'S NEWS REPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 

as the Media zooms in on the Iconic Film Location " The Quiet Man "

Quiet Man cottage in Connemara could get protected status

BBC WORLD NEWS -14 hours ago

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32318071

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Quiet Man cottage to be declared protected…

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Added by Luke Gerard Lanigan on April 17, 2015 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Benny's Ireland 11-Day Pub Tour of Ireland -- September 10-20, 2015

In the next days, I will be presenting an 11-day Irish music and pub tour along Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, and it will be mighty!  I am presently finalizing details.

The trip will be limited to 30 people, which I believe is a nice group number.  All accommodations will be within walking distance of music/pubs and spectacular road trips will be guaranteed.  I will also…

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Added by Benny O'Carroll on April 17, 2015 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Family Secrets

 

The Breed Act forbade borrowing another California driver’s vehicle without permission, but neglected to assess a penalty for its violation. This old article points out the folly of such a law by spinning this story:

The Bakersfield Californian

April 10, 1925

Keefe Arrested

Now comes Ed Keefe of Taft into the story. Not so long ago Keefe. a young man, became…

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Added by Jim Gregory on April 16, 2015 at 2:15pm — No Comments

American Sniper - Etymology of word

The term sniper originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe was dubbed a "sniper". The term was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter".  Dating back to the early 19th century, a sniper…

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Added by Dee Notaro on April 15, 2015 at 5:00am — No Comments

Traditional Irish Music Album of the Year, 2014

I should have posted this a bit earlier in the year as we announced it in late February.  For those of you that have an interest in traditional Irish music I run a traditional Irish music website called…

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Added by Tony Lawless on April 14, 2015 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

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