Time for another Flash Contest!

This time, it's a Five for Five! In this case, the first five members who bring in five members each will receive "Live from the 33rd County" CD, featuring Mary…

"The obituary of Domnall Ua Neill in 980 is the first contemporary record of the term Árd-ri Erenn (High King of Ireland), which was to be given a spurious significance by the so-called ‘men of learning’ who shaped the pseudo-history of Ireland. From the mid 9th century “the doctrine of the High Kingship was being elaborated for the…

John Millington Synge was one the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival towards the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century.

Like Lady Gregory, Synge was also a dramatist portraying the Irish on stage as a means of reviving interest in Irish heritage and…

By John Walsh

Lovers Jack Dawson (Leo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) take to the floor at a hooley in steerage in James…

By John Walsh

"Titanic Sinking" by Willy Stöwer. Click on image to see a larger…

Professor Diarmuid Ferriter said presence of royals could end up ‘distorting history’

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/historian-queries-decision-to-invite-royals-to-1916-commemorations-1.1760992#.U0usykmE25s.twitter

When I was growing up on a farm in the west of Ireland in the 1950s and 60s, a Morris Minor did not warrant a second glance. They were everywhere. They provided utilitarian transportation for countless families. Occasionally a convertible version driven by a British tourist…

Eugene Daly was dreaming, in a deep sleep. In the dream, he was playing his uileann pipes to a rapturous audience of dancers in the ship's sumptuous main ballroom. He played like a man possessed, jigs and reels, in perfect pitch. The audience were thrilled. All of a sudden he panicked and woke. He had woken up to the sound of water lapping under his bunk. Unused to…

I would like to share the following passionate speech that was made by Independent Nationalist M.P. for Westmeath North, Laurence Ginnell, on 11 May, 1916, during a debate in the British House of Commons on the continuance of Martial Law in Ireland following the Easter…

Easter in my childhood meant time off school, the prospect of cream filled chocolate Easter eggs and endless hours attending mandatory church services. But most of all it meant the…

Good evening to all The Wild Geese.

I am thankful to Ryan for asking me to come on board and post on The Wild Geese.

Bear with me until I find my feet and my way around the site.

I run a tourism promotion website in Co. Clare, Ireland called www.clarevirtually.ie and we make virtual tours of the tourism products in the county

So I would like to invite you all to come visit Co. Clare and follow in the footsteps of…

This is the latest painting from John McGinnis' "The Last Torch"  I love this piece. I love the detail, I love that it is almost a caricature and I love that Elizabeth would have hated it. Notice the blood dripping from her lips. She liked her paintings to make her look beautiful. Wait 'til she gets cast as a male tenor.…

The original color scheme of the Irish tricolor, with the orange near the staff.

LUAIN -- On April 15, 1848, in Dublin, Thomas…

While the rest of Europe plunged into darkness with the fall of the Roman Empire, the light of learning and western civilization was kept flickering in Ireland, preserved in the monasteries established by the followers of St.  Patrick.   However, it would only be a matter of time…

The names Moses Montefiore, Paul de Strzelecki, and Abdul Medjid Khan are not common Irish names, yet they are the names of some of the strangers to Ireland who helped to relieve the suffering of the…

From: NYIrish with Tommy D - April 11, 2014

Not sure if you saw this but its gone viral on youtube. Fr Kelly breaks out into songs while performing a wedding ceremony to the surprise of everyone including the bride and groom and to a rousing applause afterward. I'm basically a "retired Catholic" at this point of my life but if I ever get married I want a priest like this fella who can rock out the tunes :)  I love a story like this when the status quo is put aside and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzvxgrn2JaM

http://donegalnews.com/2014/04/oprah-prime-loves-donegal-is-happy/

From NYIrish with Tommy D - April 10, 2014

For those of you don't know there has been a worldwide initiative going on where different cities around the world are making YouTube videos to Pharrell Williams song…

Hello! My name is Tommy Dullaghan, and I was born and raised in NYC -- Sunnyside, Queens, to be specific. My parents were from Donegal and Monaghan and I will be using this blog to talk about all my experiences here in NYC and in Ireland about my Irish life. I have the privilege of…

Easter is approaching and so is the time for family get togethers and plenty of home-cooked food. We’ve supplied 3 delicious recipes for 3 of the most popular Irish meals, Bacon and Cabbage, Cottage Pie and Roast Lamb.

Bacon and…

April 23, 2014 will mark the 1,000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf. The battle was fought between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máel Mórda mac Murchada: composed mainly of his own men, Viking mercenaries from Dublin and the…