All Blog Posts Tagged 'Seafaring' (25)

ITICA National Fish & Chips Day

Ready for a somewhat obscure bit of celebratory news?  Did you know the Italian community in Ireland (and especially Dublin) has a long, proud history of operating some of the most established fish & chips restaurants in the country?  Yes, indeed!  In fact, the involvement of Italian immigrants in this scrumptious niche business dates all the way back to the 1880s in…

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Added by Ryan O'Rourke on May 29, 2013 at 4:55am — No Comments

A 19th Century Account of The Claddagh

Galway City has historically been among the "most Irish" of all Irish towns/cities -- some would even argue that it would top that list.  For evidence of this, one need look no further than Galway's unofficial slogan, Croí Cultúrtha na hÉireann,…

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Added by Ryan O'Rourke on May 28, 2013 at 10:30am — 8 Comments

Immigrant Dreams Founder Off Long Island

I look where the ship helplessly heads end on,

I hear the burst as she strikes,

I hear the howls of dismay,

They grow fainter and fainter.

– From "The Sleepers" by Walt Whitman

Left, a Currier print…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 18, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Are Remains in Famed Warship Irish? US Navy Seeks Sailors' Descendants

Are Remains in Famed Warship Irish?

US Navy Seeks Sailors' Descendants

By Doug Chandler / TheWildGeese.com

Naval Historical Center

Crewmembers cooking on deck of the USS Monitor, on the James…
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Added by The Wild Geese on January 19, 2013 at 4:17pm — No Comments

The '79 Mullaghmore Bombing 'Heard Round the World'

University of Kansas

Lord Mountbatten reviews Indian troops during World War II.

Things in Mullaghmore have never quite been…

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Added by The Wild Geese on January 19, 2013 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

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