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This Week in the History of the Irish: April 5 - April 11
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 29 - April 4
LUAIN -- On March 30, 1873, Richard Church (left), of County Cork, soldier, sometimes called the "liberator of Greece," died in Athens. Church was born in Cork in 1784. As a…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 22 - March 28
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Heritage PartnerButterflies / Fire / Mythology / Legend / Folklore from Ireland
As a child running around the garden’s and fields in Wolfe Tone Square where I was raised, playing with friends on the Bray Head that rose above the Town of Bray m I was…
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'Long-Distance Kiddies,' 'Tunnel Tigers' and 'Blitz Squads'
My Grandfather Tom left Westport, Mayo, and farm life in Aughagower, I assume around 1923. As one of the "Lost Legion" of Irish republicans, disgruntled by the affairs of…
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Na San Patricios (The St. Patrick Battalion)
This winter I was travelling through Mexico -- almost into Guatemala and as far up as the deserts bordering the U.S. The last time I had been down Mexico way was in 2010 when…
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The Great Assembly at Tara (Part 4 of 4)
In the last week of July 431 A.D., Patricius left his residence at Ard Mhacha and traveled with his retinue south toward the kingdom of Midhe. He had been summoned, by royal decree, to a…
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I Just Love a Good Mystery!
Those pictured above -- more likely both of them -- had witnessed and survived another pandemic, the Irish Famine, where generations of whole families were swept away by…
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Patrick Cleburne's Ireland
On the day following Christmas 1849, the barque “Bridgetown” finally docked in New Orleans and its 258 passengers disembarked. One of the cabin passengers was a 21 year old…
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Hello From Ireland
Hello, Everyone, My name is Mary and I'm from County Cork, Ireland. I have just joined this great group and I'm still trying to find my way around the site. I heard of this group through the lovely Claire Fullerton and I want to say thank you to her. I am a published writer and enjoy crocheting…
