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The Economic Hammer: How Thatcherism Reshaped Britain's Irish Diaspora
One of the largest Irish communities outside Ireland was built in the industrial towns and cities of Northern England. For many families, the economic transformations of the 1980s were not an abstract debate about markets and monetarism, but a lived experience that changed communities, careers and migration patterns for generations.
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Escaping the Flatline: Why the Left-Right Spectrum Fails the Modern Diaspora
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The Laureate of the Lash: Francis MacNamara and the Verse of Convict Defiance
The Laureate of the Lash: Francis MacNamara and the Verse of Convict Defiance
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The Boys Were Back in Town Phil Lynott, the Quality Street Gang and Manchester's Pub Culture
By Tim Flynn (T.S. Flynn)
Most people think Phil Lynott's story begins in Dublin.
In reality, part of it begins in Manchester.
Long before Thin Lizzy filled concert halls around the world, long…
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What Grace O'Malley Can Teach Her Children Today
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Grace O'Malley (Gráinne Mhaol), the sixteenth-century Irish chieftain, trader and naval commander whose life continues to inspire new generations.…
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The Doctor of the Republic Kathleen Lynn and the Politics of Compassion
Kathleen Lynn and the Politics of Compassion
By Tim Flynn (T.S. Flynn)
History tends to remember revolutions through their soldiers, generals and politicians. We remember those who seized buildings, proclaimed republics and challenged governments. Yet some of the most important figures in the struggle for Irish freedom…
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The Rebel Girl: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and the Irish-American Tradition of Dissent
By Tim Flynn (T.S. Flynn)
Few women occupied centre stage in American radical politics quite like Elizabeth Gurley…
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Daniel O'Connell and the Road to Irish Unity
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Daniel O'Connell's statue in the gardens of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. The Great Liberator's ideas travelled further than he ever did, accompanying generations of Irish emigrants and helping shape democratic traditions across…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 27 - October 3
SATHAIRN -- On Sept. 27, 1847, Civil War veteran and middleweight champion 'Professor' Mike Donovan was born in Chicago to Irish-born parents. The first of many memorable events in Donovan's life came when he fought for the Union Army, serving in Sherman's army in its march through Georgia. After the war,…
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From Connemara to Cape Barren: The Shared Soil of Irish-Aboriginal Activism
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The Shadow of the Crown, the Bread of the Republic: Unmasking Reynolds, the IRA’s Auxiliary Spy
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The Real Tommy Shelby: How John Wren Ruled Melbourne’s Working-Class Underground
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The Pulpit of Defiance: Archbishop Mannix and the Conscription Wars
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From the Calton to Chimorra: Tommy Flynn and the Glasgow Vanguard in Spain
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The Vanguard of the Domain: Irish Rebels and the ‘One Big Union’
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THE GENTLEMEN REBELS OF ’98: HOW THE BRUTAL ISOLATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND FORGED AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
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The Connemara Convictions: A Case for the Belated Recognition of a Land League Patriot By Tim Flynn
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The Fraying of the Common Ground: Why a victory of The UK Reform Party would Impact the Irish Diaspora in the UK
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The George Street Standoff: When Queensland’s Police Stood Down the Australian Army By T.S. Flynn
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 20 - September 26
LUAIN -- On Sept. 21, 1827, Michael Corcoran (left), a brigadier general in the Federal Army during America's Civil War, was born in Carrowkeel, County Sligo. Corcoran served as a policeman in the Royal Irish Constabulary but resigned during the…
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