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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 10 - November 16
| From a St. Patrick's Day card published about 1910 Theobald Wolfe Tone |
DOMNAIGH -- On November 10, 1798,…
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November 16th: LIVE Community Chat on Celtic Art
Join acclaimed Celtic / Fantasy artists, Jim Fitzpatrick, Courtney Davis, and Hamish Burgess as we get together for a real-time Wild Geese Community Chat on what makes Celtic art Celtic.
The chat will be held on Saturday, November 16th at 5:00 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) Time. As always, the…
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Remembering the Irish Who Fell in 'The Great War'
November 11th, marks both Remembrance Day in Ireland and the “Commonwealth Countries,” and Veteran’s Day in the United States of America. Although no official holiday is observed on the 11th of November in the Republic of Ireland,…
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Crossing Paths with Meath Poet-Soldier Francis Ledwidge
By Jean Tubridy
When I agreed to write about the poet Francis Ledwidge (right), I completely underestimated the impact that this exploration of his life, poetry and influence would have on me. Above all, it has made me all the more aware of the…
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Coming This Monday: LIVE Community Chat with Jim Goulding
This Monday, The Wild Geese community will have the opportunity to engage in a real-time discussion with fellow member, Jim Goulding, regarding the Irish influence in Latin America. Jim is a resident of Pereira, Colombia on the South…
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'Chasing' More Opportunities for The Wild Geese
A chairde (chara), we could use your help getting to the next stage of a competition for a $250,000 grant, offered by Chase Bank's Mission MainStreet. We need to garner 250 'votes,' and fast (by the Nov. 15th deadline).
This infusion of cash would help us…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 3 - November 9
| John Mitchel as portrayed by Currier and Ives, who made a number of Irish prints to appeal to the Irish-American market. |
DOMNAIGH -- On Nov. 3,…
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'Bring a Pal Home' Campaign Nets Over 600 New Members ... and One Big Winner
Our online community dedicated to celebrating and preserving the history and heritage of the Irish worldwide has welcomed over 600 new members through our "Bring a Pal Home" campaign.
"Members invited their friends to join The Wild Geese and enter they did, in droves," Wild Geese executive producer Gerry Regan said,…
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Halloween A-BOO! Joe McGowan Chats About Halloween Traditions in Ireland
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Thursday, October 31, 2013 with County Sligo historian and author (and fellow Wild Geese member), Joe McGowan. Joe's website and …
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Discuss Halloween Origins and Traditions with Author Joe McGowan
This Thursday, October 31st (Halloween), members of The Wild Geese will have the chance to join in on a LIVE community chat with author and historian, …
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A View From the 'Sandy'-Shattered 'Irish Riviera'
Photo by Adelaide…
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For This Son of Meath, the Somme Holds Particular Resonance
By John Bruton
Recently I visited the battlefields of the Somme in Northern France. In doing so, I was fulfilling a long-held wish.
Last year, I was at the launch of “…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 27 - November 2
| O'Duffy's Blueshirts rally in a Dublin cemetery, 1934 |
CÉADAOIN -- On Oct. 30, 1892, Eoin O'Duffy, revolutionary and organizer of the infamous Blueshirts, was born in…
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The Wild Geese Virtual Síbín with Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones Rescheduled
We've rescheduled our community hangout with Derek Warfield the Young Wolfe Tones in The Wild Geese Virtual Síbín for the week of October 28th. Logistical challenges…
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'The Streets of New York' by Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
Enjoy this video of Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones performing one of the quintessential Wolfe Tones songs, "The Streets of New York." Derek Warfield and one of his Young Wolfe Tones, banjo player Damaris Woods, will be joining us for a LIVE hangout in The Wild Geese Virtual Síbín in November.
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 13 - October 19
Tom Davis from an illustration in Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, c. 1903. |
LUAIN -- On Oct. 14, 1814, Thomas Osborne Davis, the poet laureate of the…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 6 - October 12
| The Battle of Perryville from a contemporary illustration. |
MÁIRT -- On October 8, 1862, Irish-born…
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A Short History of the Celts
By Patrick Lavin (First published in 2004)
The Celts stand out as one of the most daring of all the ancient European people in the history of pre-Roman Europe. They arrived on the European stage in prehistoric times as a "fierce naked warrior class that collected enemy heads as war trophies," and evolved into a singular culture that flourished…
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Q&A With Claíomh’s Dave Swift – Living History By the ‘Sword’
| Claíomh members in… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 29 - October 5
| National Museum of Ireland Kathleen Clarke |
DOMHNAIGH -- On Sept. 29, 1972, Kathleen Clarke, wife…
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