MÁIRT -- On July 29, 1693, units of the Irish Brigade of France fought at the battle of Landen (also known as Neerwinden) against the forces of William of Orange, their nemesis from the Battle of the Boyne. William had some 50,000 English, Dutch, German and Spanish troops against about 80,000 French troops under the…

To the Irish-American community, to Civil War historians and to local history in general, and to all who care about truth, heritage, and the stories of those who came before us, we lost one of our greatest champions. Joseph G. Bilby passed away this week, and with him, we lost more than a man. We lost a…

DOMHNAIGH  -- On July 20, 1866, at the battle of Lissa (depicted right by Eduard Nezbeda, 1911) in the Adriatic, an Austrian fleet defeated a numerically superior Italian fleet. Commanding one of the Austrian ships was Irishman Alfred…

DOMHNAIGH to CÉADAOIN  -- From July 13 to 16, 1863, one of the more regrettable incidents related to…

MÁIRT -- On July 8, 1770, Mary Ann McCracken -- patriot, philanthropist and sister of United Irish martyr Henry Joy McCracken -- was born in Belfast. Mary Ann was the fiercely independent daughter of a Presbyterian sea captain. With her sister, Margaret, she started a small muslin business while only in…

MÁIRT -- On July 1, 1897, Gen. Tom Barry , one of the finest guerrilla…

DOMHNAIGH   -- On June 22, 1922, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was shot and killed by two …

LUAIN -- On June 16, 1917, Eamon De Valera convict #95, was released from London's…

DOMHNAIGH -- On June 8, 1853, John Mitchel escaped from Australia, eventually making it to the United States. Mitchel, a member of the Young Ireland Party, was born in Comnish, Co. Derry. John was the son of a Presbyterian minister. He obtained…

DOMHNAIGH -- On June 1, 1866, the Fenian Brotherhoodundertook the most famous action of its history: the invasion of Canada. Mexican…

DOMHNAIGH -- On May 25, 1798, in Co. Wicklow, as the British authorities began to receive news of people rising up in several parts of the island, anxious loyalist militia units committed two massacres of men they suspected of being rebels. In Dunlavin, 28 or…

LUAIN - On May 19, 1798, Lord Edward Fitzgerald , military leader of the…

DOMHNAIGH -- On May 11, 1745, the Irish Brigade of France, whose soldiers are most identified in Irish history as …

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DOMHNAIGH -- On May 4, 1916, the British executed …

DOMHNAIGH -- On April 27, 1779 Irish-born (County Donegal) U.S. Navy Capt. Gustavus Conyngham ,…

DOMHNAIGH -- On April 20, 1772, William Lawless, revolutionary and officer in Napolean's Irish…

MÁIRT -- On April 15, 1848, in Dublin, Thomas Francis Meagher presented the tricolor national flag of Ireland to the public for the first time at a meeting of the Young Ireland Party. Meagher had recently gone to Paris with an Irish delegation sent to…

Avoca Cafés and restaurants, with 14 locations throughout Ireland from Mount Usher in County Wicklow to Moll’s Gap in County Kerry, serve luscious lunches, dreamy confections, and sweet treats to eat-in or to take- away. Even some of the best cooks in the country supplement their own baked goods…

MÁIRT -- On April 7, 1865, …