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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 2 - November 8
James DalyDOMHNAIGH -- On Nov. 2, 1920, James Daly was killed by a British firing squad in India. Daly had been one of the leaders of the so-called "India Mutiny," but had not been among its…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 26 - November 1
DOMHNAIGH -- On Oct. 26, 1771, John (Juan) MacKenna, who would rise to fame in South America, was born in Clogher, County Tyrone. MacKenna was related to Gen. Alexander…
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Remembering Journalist Ed Moloney and His Heroic Efforts To Chronicle the History of the Troubles
New York -- We at TheWildGeese.irish are sorry to learn of the passing of journalist Ed Moloney, who provided our readers a front-row seat to one of the most consequential…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 19 - October 25
DOMHNAIGH -- On October 19, 1751, Charles Edward (Jennings) Kilmaine, general in the French army, was born at Saul's Court, Dublin. His father was a physician from County…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 12 - October 18
MÁIRT -- On Oct. 14, 1814, Thomas Osborne Davis, the poet laureate of the Young Ireland party and one of its founders, was born in Mallow, Co. Cork. Like many other revolutionary Irish leaders, Davis was of an Anglo-Irish family; his father was a British army surgeon. He graduated from Trinity…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 5 - October 11
LUAIN- On October 6, 1649, Owen Roe O'Neill (right), nephew of Hugh O'Neill and an officer in the Spanish army, died at Cloughoughter Castle on an island in Lough Oughter in…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 28 - October 4
LUAIN -- On Sept. 29, 1972, Kathleen Clarke, wife of Easter Rising martyr Tom Clarke, died in Liverpool, England.…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 21 - September 27
DOMHNAIGH -- On Sept. 21, 1827, Michael Corcoran (left), a brigadier general in the Federal Army during America's Civil War, was born in Carrowkeel, County Sligo. Corcoran…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 14 - September 20
DOMHNAIGH -- On September 14, 1908, Montana and Alaska pioneer …
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 7 - September 13
LUAIN -- On September 8, 1798, Lord Cornwallis and General Gerard Lake cornered French General Joseph Humbert's small Franco-Irish army at Ballinamuck, County Longford. With the two British armies closing in, Humbert drew his men up into line of battle. Humbert had less than 2,000 men, and only…
