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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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William 'Whack' Ryan: Martyr to Cuban Freedom
Posted on February 14, 2019 at 6:30pm 5 Comments 3 Likes
As the brilliant rays of the morning sun began to flash off the whitewashed adobe wall in Santiago, Cuba, 30-year-old William Albert Charles Ryan reflected that it would be yet another beautiful day on the tropical island he had come to love. He could hear the sweet songs of a few…
ContinueThe Tureengarriffe Ambush: Cork and Kerry Strike a Blow
Posted on January 1, 2019 at 2:30pm 5 Comments 4 Likes
Seán Moylan slowly moved his binoculars back and forth pointed to the west as he scanned the east Kerry countryside in the direction of Scartaglen. He was standing on some high ground in Thade Daly’s Glen in Tureengarriffe, along what is now the R-577 road. Moylan, commanding the Cork No. 2 (North)…
ContinueAlleta Sullivan: 'Champion Gold Star Mother' of WW2
Posted on November 22, 2018 at 11:30pm 4 Comments 2 Likes
There are many stirring tales of Irish and Irish-American military heroes in the long history of the United States. From…
ContinueGeneral Charles Edward Jennings: 'Le Brave Kilmaine'
Posted on October 19, 2018 at 10:30pm 1 Comment 3 Likes
The port of Brest in the mid-1790s by Jean-François Hue (1751-1823)
As he watched the small French fleet carrying his friend Theobald Wolfe Tone and about 3,000 French troops sail out of Brest,…
ContinueWWII Hero Edwin O’Hara: The Honor, But Not the Medal
Posted on September 23, 2018 at 7:00pm 4 Comments 2 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…
Mountain Man John Colter: Surviving 'Naked and Afraid'
Posted on August 15, 2018 at 3:00pm 3 Comments 3 Likes
John Colter’s leg muscles were burning and his lungs were aching, but he kept his legs moving. As he glanced over his shoulder he could see that most of the Blackfoot warriors chasing him were far behind now, but there was one far ahead of the others, and he was closing the distance. Blood was spotting the grass and…
ContinueOne of 'The Boys of Wexford' Returns: JFK in Ireland
Posted on June 12, 2018 at 4:00pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
On June 23, 1963 the people of Ireland fell in love with a member of “The Wild Geese” who had less than five months to live. If ever an American politician had a style and ease that allowed the people of Ireland to see the “Irish” in him, it was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. By the summer of 1963 he had become the…
ContinueSemmes and the San Patricios: 'Dishonored and Dishonorable'?
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 3:30pm 2 Comments 1 Like
In November of 1846, as the war between Mexico and the United States raged, an unusual unit of the Mexican army was formed by General Santa Anna, it was called the San Patricios or St. Patrick's Company. Commanded by John Riley, a deserter from Company K of the 5th U.S. Infantry, who probably gave it the name, it…
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Patrick Francis Deady commented on Joe Gannon's blog post William 'Whack' Ryan, Martyr to Cuban FreedomGeoffrey Cobb commented on Joe Gannon's blog post William 'Whack' Ryan, Martyr to Cuban Freedom"Hi Joe,I also write about Irish-American history and I would like to publish some pieces for the wild geese. What do I have to do? Slan,
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Ps If you google my name you can see some of my work. "
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"Thanks, Geoffrey. I'm glad you liked it. You just never know where the Irish are going to "turn up." "
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Love this story. "
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William 'Whack' Ryan: Martyr to Cuban Freedom
As the brilliant rays of the morning sun began to flash off the whitewashed adobe wall in Santiago, Cuba, 30-year-old William Albert Charles Ryan reflected that it would be yet another beautiful day on the tropical island he had come to love. He could hear the sweet songs of a few tropical birds wafting on the air. The tall, broad-shouldered, blue-eyed young man, whose…See More
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post “Every Cause But Our Own”: William “Whack” Ryan, Martyr to Cuban Freedom
"“Hurrah For the Next Man to Die"
We meet ’neath the sounding rafter, And the walls around are bare; They echo our peals of laughterIt seems that the dead are there.
So, stand to your glasses, steady!This world is a world of…"
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William 'Whack' Ryan: Martyr to Cuban Freedom
As the brilliant rays of the morning sun began to flash off the whitewashed adobe wall in Santiago, Cuba, 30-year-old William Albert Charles Ryan reflected that it would be yet another beautiful day on the tropical island he had come to love. He could hear the sweet songs of a few tropical birds wafting on the air. The tall, broad-shouldered, blue-eyed young man, whose…See More
"Following on from Blog above I came across an interesting story from Folklore of Ballycastle, County Mayo relating to Fr Conroy's execution.
There once lived in Kilbride, Ballycastle a very devout and holy man called Fr. Flanagan…"
Irish War of Independence / Black & Tan War
A place to discuss the men and women who took on the British Empire, and in spite of the incredible odds against them ... won. Photo to the left is the monument at the site of the Carrowkennedy Ambush in Co. Mayo.See More
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"Sean Moylan Commemoration 1983 (Filmed by Mike Fitzgerald)"
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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
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