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January 2013 Blog Posts (190)
Sheridan Rides to Lincoln's Rescue in 1864 Election - Part 2 OF 2: 'THIS RETREAT MUST BE STOPPED'
| Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library Sheridan portrayed inspiring his troops in "Sheridan's Ride" by Thure de Thulstrup.… |
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How St. Patrick's Day Was Celebrated by The Irish Brigade in the Year 1863
| Green Flag Productions This limited edition art print by Bradley Schmehl, part of the artist's Irish Brigade series, depicts Lt. O'Connor on QM… |
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For Erin and America - James McKay Rorty
AN IRISH HERO OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
We dug him a grave near his own shining cannon,
And laid him therein with his sword by his side,
Far away from his home by the fair flowing Shannon,
In the strength of his years and the flush of his pride ...
-- From "Captain O'Hay" a poem dedicated to
James McKay Rorty by Michael Scanlan, June, 1887
One of the many…
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Sheridan Rides to Lincoln's Rescue in 1864 Election - Part 1 OF 2: A RUDE AWAKENING
| United States Army Military History Institute A confident looking Phil Sheridan, taken in late 1863. |
By Joseph E. Gannon…
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Honoring Those Who Saved Washington's Army
'BE REVOLUTIONARY': THE SPIRITS OF '76 AND '98
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Evidence Abounds: British Leaders OK'd Mayhem
On December 11, 1920, an IRA ambush near Cork City caused more casualties among the Auxiliaries, less than two weeks after the IRA killed 17 of 18 Auxiliaries caught in an ambush in… |
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Countess Markievicz: The Polish Connection - Part 1 of 3: Love and Marriage
To the Irish that shared Constance Markievicz's life and times, the appellation, "The Countess" was enough to recall the fiery revolutionary and friend to Ireland's poor. Despite her exotic surname and title, she was born in Sligo, christened Constance Georgina Gore-Booth. Over the next few weeks, WGT will be chronicling the story of how Markievicz became a countess. The three-part narrative is adapted from WGT Connacht correspondent Joe McGowan's new biography, "Constance Markievicz: The…
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'Born a Soldier': Myles Walter Keogh - Part 3 of 3: Riding With Custer Into Eternity
By Brian C. Pohanka
The veil which conceals the future seems to be removed, and a glance, short and fleeting as the lightning flash, is permitted us into the gloomy valley before us.
-- From Charles Lever's 'Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon' (Dublin,…
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'Born a Soldier': Myles Walter Keogh - Part 2 of 3: Conquering The South and The Plains
By Brian C. Pohanka
All the bright aspirations of a soldier's glory, all my enthusiasm for the pomp and circumstance of glorious war, fell coldly upon my heart; and I looked upon the chivalry of a soldier's life as the empty pageantry of a dream.
-- From Charles Lever's 'Charles…
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Marching the Queen's Highway: Battling 'The Pagans,' Part 1 of 2
Being on the twelfth day of July, eighteen and forty-nine,
The pagans of this country did together combine,
To…
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A Soldier's Story: Sgt. Lawrence F. Condon
Company L, 106th Infantry, U.S. Army
| Gerry Regan photo The grave of Sgt. Lawrence F. Condon, St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, New… |
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'Born a Soldier': Myles Walter Keogh - Part 1 of 3: From Carlow to America's Civil War
By Brian C. Pohanka
ContinueNow I like Garryowen,
When I hear it at home,
But it's not half so sweet …
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Irish 'Pirate Queen' Struts Stuff on Broadway
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Irish 'Pirate Queen' Struts Stuff on Broadway
Two strong-willed women, one Irish, one English, and spirited choreography and music dominate new musical
By Patricia Jameson-Sammartano
Culture Editor /TheWildGeese.com
(First published in 2007) Enticing and energetic only begin to describe "The Pirate Queen," now on…
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Dublin, Easter Monday, 1916: 1,700 Take On the British Empire
By Joseph E. Gannon
| AND I say to my people's masters: Beware, Beware of the thing that is coming, beware of the risen people, Who shall take what… |
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Irish Dominate Medal of Honor List
By John J. Concannon
By a stroke of good fortune, I became involved in an Irish/Irish American book writing project that is dear to my heart.
(Left: "Brothers of Ireland" by Don Troiani depicts the 69th New York and 9th Massachusetts Infantry regiments in battle at Gaines Mill,…
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The Irish Gentleman Convict Who Nearly Won Wimbledon
| Library of Congress Lawn tennis in the United States, an 1887 print. Click on the image to see a larger view. |
MORE ON TENNIS IN IRELAND… Continue
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Marching the Queen's Highway: Dolly's Brae to Drumcree (1849 to Today), Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2: Dolly's Brae to Drumcree (1849 to Today)
By Christine Kinealy (First produced in 2003)
By 1849, the nationalist threat had passed, but the Orange…
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Tennis in Ireland: Once World-Class
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The First Republican President in Ireland, Part 2 of 3: A Rebuff From Cork
Dublin City Council Dublin City Hall
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Ulysses S. Grant spent five days in Ireland, the 21st…
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The First Republican President in Ireland, Part 1: Ulysses S. Grant Tests the Emerald Waters
Candace Scott, Ulysses S. Grant Homepage Ulysses Grant, taken in 1879
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Ulysses S. Grant spent five days in Ireland, the 21st country in a world tour he launched after his…
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