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Painting 'Mother Ireland': Part 1 -- Learning To 'Be Still'
American artist Edmund Sullivan tells how Ireland came to dominate his work
By Edmund Sullivan
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PART 1 OF A 3-PART SERIES
Life's decisions have a way of testing one's beliefs. My…
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'Undaunted Courage': The Irish at Fredericksburg: Part Two: 'Give It to Them Now, Boys!'
| Library of Congress Telegraph Road on Marye's Heights, the position of Cobb's Brigade on December 13, 1862. |
In 1862, the second year of America's Civil War, Meagher's Irish Brigade made two of the most gallant charges…
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PAINTING 'MOTHER IRELAND' PART 3 OF 3: RETURNING TO KERRY
| Mary Murphy with Edmund Sullivan at Hogs Head, Shepherd's Farm, August 1994. |
PAINTING 'MOTHER IRELAND'
American artist Edmund Sullivan tells how Ireland has come to…
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'Undaunted Courage': The Irish at Fredericksburg: Part 3: 'I Am Wounded All Over'
| Historical Art Prints The 28th Massachusetts during the attack on Marye's Heights, as painted by artist Don Troiani.… |
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PAINTING 'MOTHER IRELAND' American artist Edmund Sullivan tells how Ireland has come to dominate his work
| Landscape artist Edmund Sullivan, whose work since 1976 has focused on Ireland, is often mistaken for an Irish native, but the former Marine, in his own words, has "9,000 years of Irish red blood ... flowing through my American veins." He is the first American painter in history to focus his life's work on Ireland, and returns there often. In an exclusive, 3-part series, Sullivan relates how he came to turn his artistry to… |
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The Stories Behind the Songs: 'Camp Song of the Chicago Irish Brigade'
The Stories Behind the Songs:
'Camp Song of the Chicago Irish Brigade'
By David Kincaid
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The 'Wine' Geese
Many have heard of "The Wild Geese," those Irish rebels who fled Ireland for many other lands, including France, beginning after the defeat of James II in 1691 and continuing for some hundred plus years after that. Their contributions to the…
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The Stories Behind the Songs: 'Kelly's Irish Brigade'
The Stories Behind the Songs:
'Kelly's Irish Brigade'
By David Kincaid
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The Irish Brigade's Stand for 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' Part 1 of 3: 'My King Has Landed'
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Part 4: 'Down Into the Mire'
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Part 6: 'Death With No Tremblings'
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Part 5: 'England Executes Prisoners of War'
| Patrick Moran, who might have escaped, but didn't want to appear to be guilty. |
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The Stories Behind the Songs: 'The Irish Sixty-Ninth'
"Kelly's Irish Brigade" |
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Special Report: The Irish Battle at Antietam: 140th anniversary
Special Report: The Irish Battle at Antietam
The Irish played a big part in the Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, as the Southerners called it. Here's a look at how, on the occasion of the battle's 140th anniversary.
THE IRISH AT ANTIETAM
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The Deadliest Day: The Irish Brigade at Bloody Lane, September 17, 1862
By Joseph E. Gannon
WGT Managing Editor
(Left: Father Corby blesses the Brigade as it steps off, in "Sons of Erin" by artist Don Troiani.)
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Corcoran: 'Your Likes We Will Never See Again'
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1948: Belfast Celts Mugged on Boxing Day
By Eddie Whyte
Belfast -- The Belfast Celtic Football Club was the pride of Irish football until it was forced out of competition after the dramatic game…
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Corcoran: 'The Prisoner'
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Corcoran: 'Making a Stand'
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A Short History of the Celts
The Celts stand out as one of the most daring of all the ancient European people in the history of pre-Roman Europe. They arrived on the European stage in prehistoric times as a "fierce naked warrior class that collected enemy heads as war trophies," and evolved into a singular culture that flourished during the European Iron Age. They laid the foundation of western European civilization; before the Romans came, their influence was felt… |
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