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January 2013 Blog Posts (190)
Poet Siegfried Sassoon in Ireland
This controversial war hero finds calm, amid the stirrings
of revolution, in the countryside of Cork and Limerick
By Kieron C. Punch
On April 16, 1917, Siegfried Sassoon,…
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'Gallowglass' at Antietam: The Irish Brigade's Fight PART 1 of 6: OUT OF THE MIST
THE IRISH AT ANTIETAM
- Introduction
- "The Deadliest Day": The Battle of Antietam
- Dispatches from the 140th
- Antietam Narrative of…
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Just 'Doing Their Job' - Remembering 9-11
The 69th is called into action after the World Trade Center attack
PART 1 IN A FOUR-PART SERIES
69th New York veteran Vic Olney, the volunteer manager of the 69th armory's Officers Club, observed the battalion's soldiers last week as they returned from duty in and near "The Pit" created by the collapse of the 110-story twin…
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'Let Your Manhood Be Seen By The Push of Your Pike,' Part 2 of 3 -- Victory at Benburb
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Bataireacht: The Art of Irish Stick-Fighting
Bataireacht: The Art of Irish Stick-Fighting
By John W. Hurley
Special to The Wild Geese Today
PART 1: THE 'FACTION-FIGHTING'…
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The Wild Geese Dedication
| From an engraving by Jean Sorieul Uniforms of the Irish Brigade of France. Red coats were worn throughout the… |
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More Than Once, A Pope Sold Out The Irish
By Joe McGowan (First published in 2005.)
With the eyes of the faithful and the news media craned on the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, Joe McGowan looks behind, at what he calls an infamous alliance forged between the Papacy and the Crown. Does the Vatican owe yet another people a grievous apology? Clearly, says…
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'Danny Boy' Explores an Enduring Irish Mystery
In "Danny Boy: The Legend of the Beloved Irish Melody," Malachy McCourt plays sleuth in tracing the origin of "Danny Boy," the most beloved of all Irish melodies. WGT Consulting Editor Rick Grant says McCourt's book creates a context for the song, albeit leaving its meaning as murky as ever.
Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen…
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Victory at Benburb: Owen Roe's Finest Hour (2011)
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Chatting with ‘Max O’Rover’ on Italish-Irish Relations (Jan. 4, 1913)
Italian writer and editor Massimiliano Roveri is driven, and, in a sense, adrift, as a storyteller who has found himself 1,300 miles from Ireland, the country that inspires him most. Roveri, 43, based in the central Italian province of Tuscany, has…
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