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Ireland and the Great War: RTE series on Irish WWI vets
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill Nov 13, 2013. 1 Reply 3 Likes
A collection of short films from RTE's archive on the Irish who fought in WWI.…Continue
An Image of Union Donors to the 1863 Irish Relief Fund, Forty Years On
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From our good friend Damian Shiels' blog on the Irish in the American Civil war comes…Continue
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Meath Artist John Mulvany: Painting the "Last Stand"
Posted on March 20, 2023 at 12:00pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Walt Whitman removed his wide-brimmed hat and wiped his brow with his handkerchief. The summer of 1881 was hot and humid in New York City, with 22 days hitting 80̈° or more. The 62-year-old had come downtown to see a massive work of art. It was causing a sensation in the few places it had already been displayed, including in Boston, just before it…
Continue'The Blacksmith' Hammers the Auxies at Clonfin, Longford
Posted on January 27, 2023 at 10:30pm 3 Comments 2 Likes
Irish Volunteer Paddy "Bug" Callaghan and his two comrades stared up the road to the east as the cool, crisp air of February 2, 1921, caused their breath to fog the air around them. The three members of the North Longford Battalion of the Irish Volunteers were tasked with the most critical job of…
ContinueDillon’s Cross Ambush and the Burning of Cork City
Posted on December 10, 2022 at 10:00pm 3 Comments 1 Like
Volunteer Michael Kenny pulled up the collar of his mackintosh, tightened his scarf, and pulled down his cap against the cold breeze as he stood beside the Old Youghal Road near Dillon’s Cross in Cork City. As the clock neared…
ContinueCorkmen Capture Mallow Barracks
Posted on September 25, 2022 at 6:00pm 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…
ContinueBallymahon Barracks Attack: Arming the Boys of Longford
Posted on August 11, 2022 at 9:00pm 8 Comments 3 Likes
Seán Connolly and Leo Carter pushed a table into the corner of the upstairs bedroom of the Lloyd family in Ballymahon, Co. Longford. Carter, who stood 6’ 3”, jumped on the table and began to hack at the roof with an ax. It was just past midnight in the early morning hours of August 20,…
ContinueThe Listowel Mutiny: 'Shoot on Sight'
Posted on July 6, 2022 at 7:30pm 4 Comments 3 Likes
Seán Culhane stood across the street from the Cork & County Club Hotel, an Anglo-Irish social club in Cork City. Culhane, the Intelligence Officer, Cork 1 Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, was watching the door, waiting for a sign from his informer, waiter Ned “Bally” Fitzgerald. It was a…
ContinueThe Ballymacandy Ambush: 'I Would Not Turn Off My Road For Any Shinner'
Posted on May 26, 2022 at 11:30pm 5 Comments 2 Likes
It was shortly after 5 pm on the hot afternoon of June 1, 1921, in Milltown, County Kerry when the sharp ringing of the phone shattered the still air of the doctor’s office. Thirty-eight-year-old Dr. Daniel Sheehan, whom many of the…
ContinueJohn “Don Juan” O’Brien: An Irishman in South America
Posted on April 12, 2022 at 11:00pm 1 Comment 1 Like
The hot summer sun beat down on 72-year-old John (Don Juan) O’Brien as he slowly mounted the wooden platform in the Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru. The Cathedral of Lima (below-left) loomed above the plaza that 28th of July, 1858, just as it had on the same day in 1821. On that day,…
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"“A DEATH-SONNET FOR CUSTER” BY WALT WHITMAN.
I.From far Montana's cañons,
Lands of the wild ravine, the dusky Sioux, the lone- some stretch, the silence,
Haply, to-day, a mournful wail—haply, a trumpet note for…"
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Meath Artist John Mulvany: Painting the "Last Stand"
Walt Whitman removed his wide-brimmed hat and wiped his brow with his handkerchief. The summer of 1881 was hot and humid in New York City, with 22 days hitting 80̈° or more. The 62-year-old had come downtown to see a massive work of art. It was causing a sensation in the few places it had already been displayed, including in Boston, just before it was brought to New…See More
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The Clonbanin Ambush: 'To Hell With Surrender!'
March 5, 1921, dawned bright and clear on the Mallow-Killarney Road (N-72 today) west of Clonbanin, Co. Cork. The men of Seán Moylan’s Cork No. 2 (North) Brigade and Thomas McEllistrim’s Kerry No. 2 (South) Brigade of the Irish Volunteers began to move into position on the north and south sides of the road.…See More
"It’s is a story of such brutality,hatred and slaughter.Joe Gannon ,it’s an amazing well researched story.Dad was a Cork man.It was only when I was older he told me a few things but otherwise the eyes would well ..He was a school boy at…"
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'The Blacksmith' Hammers the Auxies at Clonfin, Longford
Irish Volunteer Paddy "Bug" Callaghan and his two comrades stared up the road to the east as the cool, crisp air of February 2, 1921, caused their breath to fog the air around them. The three members of the North Longford Battalion of the Irish Volunteers were tasked with the most critical job of that day's attempt to ambush a convoy of the hated Auxiliary Division of…See More
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"The General Sean Mac Eoin"
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"This film tells the story of the Clonfin ambush and the North Longford Flying Column through a combination of interviews with historians and relatives of those who took part in the action; the use of images and archival footage; and dramatic…"
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Clonfin - Irish War of Independence Documentary
This film tells the story of the Clonfin ambush and the North Longford Flying Column through a combination of interviews with historians and relatives of tho...
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Clonfin - Irish War of Independence Documentary
This film tells the story of the Clonfin ambush and the North Longford Flying Column through a combination of interviews with historians and relatives of tho...
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post “The Blacksmith” Hammers the Auxies at Clonfin, Longford
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'The Blacksmith' Hammers the Auxies at Clonfin, Longford
Irish Volunteer Paddy "Bug" Callaghan and his two comrades stared up the road to the east as the cool, crisp air of February 2, 1921, caused their breath to fog the air around them. The three members of the North Longford Battalion of the Irish Volunteers were tasked with the most critical job of that day's attempt to ambush a convoy of the hated Auxiliary Division of…See More
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Dillon’s Cross Ambush and the Burning of Cork City
Volunteer Michael Kenny pulled up the collar of his mackintosh, tightened his scarf, and pulled down his cap against the cold breeze as he stood beside the Old Youghal Road near Dillon’s Cross in Cork City. As the clock neared 8 on that chilly…See More
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- At 10:19am on September 21, 2011,
Gerry Regan said…
- Joe, glad you found your way here. And again, happy birthday!
- At 9:35pm on April 29, 2013,
GaeilgeoirJane Sherry Gardner said… Nice photos, Joe!
- At 11:29am on May 4, 2013,
Ryan O'Rourke said…
Joe, where in Ireland do your people come from?
- At 12:05pm on May 4, 2013,
The Wild Geese said…
I have a McLaughlin line on my mother's side that we know was from Co. Cavan, but left way back in the 1830s. Gannon is a Mayo name, but we can only trace that side of the family back to a great-grandfather who was born in England, where they must of gone for work.
- At 12:32pm on May 4, 2013,
I ask because we have good friends in Connemara here who are Gannons. There is a significant pocket of them in Leitir Móir, which is where our friends are from.
- At 4:46pm on July 11, 2013,
michael hogan said…
Glad to be aboard, Joe. Here is the site for the Irish Soldiers of Mexico. We have over 3,000 visitors who share information about the San Patricios and the Irish Mexican connection. Lots of photos, historical conversations, videos and more. Hope you'll all pay us a visit.
http://www.facebook.com/IrishMex
- At 3:02am on July 27, 2014,
Denise McDunn said…
Thanks for friending, Joe :)
- At 2:26pm on September 10, 2015,
Ivan Lennon said…
Drop me a line Joe navilenn65@gmail.com or call 585 288 0636
Thanks for getting the word our re Burgery ambushes - Shades of GUESTS OF THE NATION is it not?
Ivan Lennon
- At 1:33pm on June 14, 2019,
Martin J O'Malley said…
It appears that there is some controversy as to John Riley's burial site, possibly in Vera Cruz, Mexico. However, the Mexican government donated a bronze statue to Major Riley of the Batalion San Patricios; the statue is located in Clifden, County Galway. I expect to be visiting Clifden in a few days and will check this out. Michael Higgins and Mary Robinson both visited Mexico City in the past few years, where Ireland has erected a sculptural monument to John Riley who is celebrated in Mexico. While in Galway two weeks ago, I inquired about Riley but no one seemed to know the history. Because of the Irish battalion, I have found statues of Saint Patrick in Mexican churches and basilicas, so at least in Mexico his legend lives on; and here in Ireland, it is recognized by officialdom.
- At 2:05pm on June 14, 2019,
It appears that there is some controversy as to John Riley's burial site, possibly in Vera Cruz, Mexico. However, the Mexican government donated a bronze statue to Major Riley of the Batalion San Patricios; the statue is located in Clifden, County Galway. I expect to be visiting Clifden in a few days and will check this out. Michael Higgins and Mary Robinson both visited Mexico City in the past few years, where Ireland has erected a sculptural monument to John Riley who is celebrated in Mexico. While in Galway two weeks ago, I inquired about Riley but no one seemed to know the history. Because of the Irish battalion, I have found statues of Saint Patrick in Mexican churches and basilicas, so at least in Mexico his legend lives on; and here in Ireland, it is recognized by officialdom.
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