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The Wild Geese's Blog – February 2015 Archive (19)
This Week in the History of the Irish: March 1 - March 7
| From Wikipedia Statue of Andrew Lewis, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.… |
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Maureen O'Hara: More Than an Actress
It was a very determined and indignant Irish woman who stood before a clerk at the Los Angeles immigration court in 1946. Maureen FitzSimons (aka Maureen O’Hara) had passed the required exam for US citizenship when she was instructed to forswear allegiance to England. She replied,…
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Who was Typhoid Mary?
Mary Mallon, famously known as Typhoid Mary for the infection she carried and spread, was born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone on 23 September 1869. Her story, and experience of the state’s early approaches to dealing with ‘healthy carriers’, continues to divide opinion.
Typhoid is…
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Transcript: Discussing the Irish In New Orleans with Dr. Laura Kelley
The following is a transcript of the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Saturday, February 21, 2015 with Dr. Laura Kelley. Some editing has been applied for clarity.
The Wild Geese: Hello and “fáilte” to Dr. Laura Kelley who joins us live from New Orleans,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 22 - February 28
| Belfast Central Library A drawing of Lord Randolph Churchill from the Illustrated London News. Churchill died at age 46. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On…
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It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Make Way for the Irish
by Dr. Laura Kelley
The Irish of New Orleans today can be found in many places, some familiar and others less so. Pauline Patterson’s much loved pub, …
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Personality Quiz: Who is Your Irish Celebrity Valentine?
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Recipes From Finn McCool's Pub, New Orleans
How can we spend all this time discussing the Irish in New Orleans without talking about food?
To fill that lack, Pauline Patterson of New Orleans' own Finn McCool’s Irish Pub has passed on…
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Life in New Orleans' Irish Channel
What was life like in New Orleans' Irish Channel in the early to mid 20th-century?
The Works Project Administration (WPA) conducted a series of interviews with the people of the Channel in 1941. Many of those…
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The Fighting Irish of New Orleans
by Dr. Laura Kelley
Street-fighting man, bare-knuckles, and hard-fisted: Why do the Irish like to fight? Is there more…
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The Civil War and the Irish in New Orleans
by Dr. Laura Kelley
At the onset of the Civil war, New Orleans was protected in part by Fort Jackson, located sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, confederate soldiers, a majority of whom were German and Irish immigrants mutinied…
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More Stories About Margaret Haughery
Anne O'Brien who runs the Beloved Margaret Haughery of New Orleans was kind enough to share some additional tidbits about Margaret and her…
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Margaret Gaffney Haughery: From Poverty to Philanthropy
By Dr. Laura Kelley
“No work was too menial, no venture too unprofitable, for her.”
Without question, among the Irish…
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The Irish in Colonial Era New Orleans
By Dr. Laura Kelley
Usually, when we speak about the Irish Diaspora in the USA, New Orleans is not among the cities that first come to mind as centers of Irish population and…
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The Irish in New Orleans: An Introduction
Laura D. Kelley’s Irish roots dictated the focus of her study, and Irish luck lent a hand when she met on her first day in the Crescent City a man from “da Channel”– the Irish Channel – with an unusual accent reminiscent of New York City even though he was born and raised in New…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 15 - February 21
| Courtesy of Warflag.com Flag of Berwick's regiment of the Irish… |
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Knowledge Quiz: Great Irish Romances 101
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 8 - February 14
| Courtesy of Warflag.com Flag similar to those carried by Irish regiments in Spanish service.… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 1 - February 7
| National Museum of Ireland The flag of Dillon's Regiment, Irish Brigade of France. |
DOMNAIGH -- On February 1, 1702, the…
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