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This Week in the History of the Irish: June 2 - June 8
DOMHNAIGH -- On June 2, 1567, Shane "the Proud" O'Neill (left) was murdered. The eldest son of Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone, Shane became chief of the O'Neills in 1559. Shane alternately fought and negotiated with the English through the years. In 1562, Shane went to London to make peace with Queen Elizabeth again. Returning home, he…
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Father Peter Paul Cooney: Faithful Servant
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Father Peter Paul Cooney C.S.C. a priest of the Holy…
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The 35th Indiana: Hoosier State's '1st Irish': Part 2 of 2: 'Fight On'
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The 35th Indiana: Hoosier State's '1st Irish': Part 1 of 2: Be Just and Fear Not
Not all Irish regiments in the Civil War came from the east. From the heartland sprung the hard fighting 35th Indiana. Whether fighting on battlefields from Perryville to Nashville or enduring the horrors of the prison camp in Andersonville, these sons of Erin pressed on to final victory.
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England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
"The Famine Plot," reviewed by Eamon Loingsigh (originally from bookslut.com).
Outside of Ennis, in County Clare in the west of Ireland, the wind kicks upon the hills under the same gray sky where once starved children, women and old men were buried callously, if not left by the ditches. Where the weakest of the agrarian poor were communally laid…
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