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Corkmen Capture Mallow Barracks
Posted by Joe Gannon on September 25, 2022 at 12:00pm 2 Comments 2 Likes
Dick Willis walked up to the Sheehan's farmhouse in Mourneabbey, County Cork, on the pleasant late summer afternoon of Sunday, September 26, 1920. Dick, a member of the Mallow Company of the Cork No. 2 (North) Brigade, could see numerous brigade members from the newly formed brigade…
ContinueWWII Hero Edwin O’Hara: The Honor, But Not the Medal
Posted by Joe Gannon on September 23, 2018 at 1:00pm 4 Comments 3 Likes
(Edwin O'Hara, loading the 4 inch gun on the SS Stephen Hopkins. By W.M. Wilson, on display at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.)
For them there are no big parades,
No heroes' welcome gay,
No uniforms, and no applause
To cheer them on…
The Connemara Convictions: A Case for the Belated Recognition of a Land League Patriot By Tim Flynn
Posted by T.S.Flynn on September 23, 2026 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Fraying of the Common Ground: Why a victory of The UK Reform Party would Impact the Irish Diaspora in the UK
Posted by T.S.Flynn on September 22, 2026 at 4:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
This Week in the History of the Irish: September 27 - October 3
Posted by The Wild Geese on September 26, 2026 at 3:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
SATHAIRN -- On Sept. 27, 1847, Civil War veteran and middleweight champion 'Professor' Mike Donovan was born in Chicago to Irish-born parents. The first of many memorable events in Donovan's life came when he fought for the Union Army, serving in Sherman's army in its march through Georgia. After the war,…
The George Street Standoff: When Queensland’s Police Stood Down the Australian Army By T.S. Flynn
Posted by T.S.Flynn on September 21, 2026 at 7:28pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Alchemy of Reunification: Why a Border Poll Is About More Than Arithmetic By Tim Flynn (T.S. Flynn)
Posted by T.S.Flynn on September 17, 2026 at 3:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Alchemy of Reunification: Why a Border Poll Is About More Than Arithmetic
The Pits, the Parish, and the Premier: Andy Burnham and the Triumph of the Lancashire Irish
Posted by T.S.Flynn on September 15, 2026 at 3:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Fire of Erin in the Coalfields: How Ashton-in-Makerfield Preserved an Irish Identity by Tim Flynn
Posted by T.S.Flynn on September 14, 2026 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Brian Boru Club and Irish Political Identity
At the centre of this story stands the historic Brian Boru Irish Club, founded in the late nineteenth century by members of Ashton’s Irish community. The club traces its origins to around 1889, with evidence of activity from the mid-1880s, and is widely regarded as one of the oldest surviving Irish clubs in Britain.
Named after…
The Rineen Ambush: Hell Comes to County Clare
Posted by Joe Gannon on September 2, 2017 at 2:30pm 13 Comments 4 Likes
Come all you gallant Irishmen, come listen for a while
I’ll sing to you the praises of the sons of Erin’s Isle
’Tis of an awful, awful ambush I’d have you to beware
That happened in Rineen, in a spot in County Clare.…
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