"A list of some of the Volunteers who participated in the Glenwood Ambush, from "With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom: 1919 to the Truce":
1st Battalion: Jack Grady, Danny O’Brien, and Jack Curley, all of Quinn; 2nd Battalion:…"
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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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Michael Brennan and the East Clare Brigade at the Glenwood Ambush
Posted on January 13, 2021 at 2:30pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
Michael Brennan waved his arm and called out of the men of the East Clare Flying Column to abandon their positions along the road near Glenwood House in southeast County Clare, about 12 miles north of Limerick City. Like so many ambushes laid by members of the Irish Volunteers during the Irish War of Independence, this one, on January 20, 1921, was…
ContinueMarcus Daly: The King From Cavan
Posted on November 29, 2020 at 9:30pm 3 Comments 2 Likes
Fourteen-year-old Marcus Daly sat staring into the hearth of his family’s stone cottage in Derrylea, just outside the town of Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. Closing his eyes he could still imagine his grandfather, who seemed to be 100 years old when Marcus was a boy, sitting across from…
ContinueLiam Lynch, Civil War Martyr: “It never should have happened”
Posted on October 17, 2020 at 7:00pm 10 Comments 2 Likes
It was a lovely spring morning in the foothills of the Knockmealdown Mountains in southern County Tipperary on April 10, 1923. Six members of the Irish Republican Army, then engaged in the Irish Civil War against the Free State…
ContinueMike “King” Kelly: Baseball’s First Superstar
Posted on September 7, 2020 at 6:00pm 5 Comments 1 Like
It was a sunny, hot September afternoon in 1887 at the South End Grounds baseball stadium in Boston. Mike “King” Kelly, the player-manager of the Boston Beaneaters, sitting on the bench, wiped the sweat off his brow with his sleeve as he watched his pitcher,…
ContinueTipperary’s Dan Breen: The Hardest Hard Man
Posted on August 6, 2020 at 7:30pm 3 Comments 3 Likes
Dan Breen was startled awake from his dozing slumber by the sound of tramping feet. The small room suddenly flashed to near daylight as a spotlight played across the window looking out to the back of the house. Breen leaped to his feet and grabbed his Mauser pistol off the chair where he had left…
Continue'Here They Come, as Thick as Grass': The Irish at Rorke’s Drift
Posted on June 30, 2020 at 3:30pm 8 Comments 4 Likes
Sgt. Henry Gallagher of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, who was from Thurles, County Tipperary, paced up and down behind the red-clad soldiers looking over the mealie bag fortifications at Rorke’s Drift. He lifted…
ContinueA Dog’s Tale: Pat and Mike Go To War
Posted on May 15, 2020 at 3:30pm 2 Comments 5 Likes
(Above: "The Army Forge" by Edwin Forbes, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.)
Patrick Callaghan of the 1st Vermont Cavalry felt the warm northern Virginia summer sun on his face as the blacksmith…
Continue'Greyhound on Train': Rescuing Seán Hogan at Knocklong
Posted on April 6, 2020 at 5:00pm 12 Comments 4 Likes
Irish Volunteer Seán Hogan gazed out the window of the train toward the distant Galtee Mountains to the south. It was early evening on May 13, 1919. The train had just pulled out of Emly, County Tipperary, headed toward the small town of…
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"Dan Lenihan, who tossed the defective Mills bomb into the lorry at Glenwood, in his Free State National Army uniform. "
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post Michael Brennan and the East Clare Brigade at the Glenwood Ambush
"Free State forces move over the Athlunkard Bridge in Limerick on July 22. Lynch leaving this bridge unguarded was a major mistake. "
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post Michael Brennan and the East Clare Brigade at the Glenwood Ambush
"A reunion of the East Clare Brigade of the Old IRA, at Knappogue Castle on May 8th, 1968. During the War of Independence Clare County Council held their meetings at Knappogue Castle where they were guarded by the East Clare Flying Column. Michael…"
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Michael Brennan and the East Clare Brigade at the Glenwood Ambush
Michael Brennan waved his arm and called out of the men of the East Clare Flying Column to abandon their positions along the road near Glenwood House in southeast County Clare, about 12 miles north of Limerick City. Like so many ambushes laid by members of the Irish Volunteers during the Irish War of Independence, this one, on January 20, 1921, was about to end without…See More
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post Marcus Daly: The King From Cavan
"The people of Anaconda continue to try to save Daly's Montana Hotel, which is now just 2 stories high. From the Revitalizing Montana's Rural…"
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Marcus Daly: The King From Cavan
Fourteen-year-old Marcus Daly sat staring into the hearth of his family’s stone cottage in Derrylea, just outside the town of Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. Closing his eyes he could still imagine his grandfather, who seemed to be 100 years old when Marcus was a boy, sitting across from him by the flicking fire and telling him, "Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin”…See More
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post Marcus Daly: The King From Cavan
"Sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Butte's statue of Marcus Daly was originally unveiled September 2, 1907 in the center of Main Street, between Copper and Gagnon Streets, most likely in front of the old Federal Building, today known as the…"
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post Marcus Daly: The King From Cavan
"The lobby of Daly's "Montana Hotel." Daly is the man seated in the dark coat. "
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Marcus Daly: The King From Cavan
Fourteen-year-old Marcus Daly sat staring into the hearth of his family’s stone cottage in Derrylea, just outside the town of Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. Closing his eyes he could still imagine his grandfather, who seemed to be 100 years old when Marcus was a boy, sitting across from him by the flicking fire and telling him, "Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin”…See More
"Actually it s a road bike I keep at a bike shop on Ballybricken Square. But you are right - the "road" is more suitable - particularly on the descent - for a mt. bike or hybrid. "
AdminJoe Gannon commented on Joe Gannon's blog post Liam Lynch, Civil War Martyr: “It never should have happened”
"If you are riding up to that monument, that's gotta be a mountain bike. It was hard enough to get up there by car. "
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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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