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Picture Perfect: A Members-Only Photography Contest

If you haven't done so already, take a few minutes to flip through the photographs posted here by members of The Wild Geese community.  There is quite a variety of photos, ranging from landscapes to historical figures -- both in "The Motherland" and from points across the globe which have been touched by the Irish diaspora.

We want to encourage…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 11, 2013 at 3:00pm — 18 Comments

Irish-American Authority Takes On 'Killing Kennedy'

Narrative-History with an Irish Flavor

 

An Open Letter to Bill…

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Added by James Francis Smith on June 10, 2013 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Young Belfast Celt on World Cycle Tour for Charity

A young Celtic supporter from Belfast - Brendan Barnes - has just started on his 2 year cycle trip round the world on behalf of the charity Project Zambia. The Project was started by the staff and students of St Mary's Christian Brothers School (CBS) in Belfast in response the cry of the poverty-stricken people…

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Added by Belfast Celtic Society on June 10, 2013 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

This Week in the History of the Irish: June 9 - June 15

National Army Museum, London

Lieutenant General

Sir George Nugent

DOMHNAIGH -- On June 9, 1798, Col.…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 9, 2013 at 1:00am — No Comments

Every Small Victory leads to a Greater Success

A small victory but still counted...

The PSNI will only be allowed access to 11 out of the 85 taped interviews...

The 1st Circuit reined in the reach of a subpoena that would grant access to Boston College’s confidential interviews with former Irish Republic Army fighters.


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Added by Bit Devine on June 8, 2013 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Crosswords at the Crossroads: Irish Wordsmiths

The premiere of our "Crosswords at the Crossroads" at the end of last month was met with exuberant participation among much of the membership here at The Wild Geese.  Quite a few informed us that they learned a great deal about Ireland's unofficial county nicknames by completing the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 7, 2013 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

James Braddock: The Real 'Cinderella' Story

By Robert Cassidy

Special to The Wild Geese

It has been said that one of the traits the Irish brought to these shores was that of survival. Heavyweight champion James J. Braddock demonstrated that in life, as well as the boxing ring.…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 7, 2013 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Irish knowledge contest

Comhghairdeas! (Congratulations!) to Catherine Farrel & Rose Maurer, on their great win in the Test Your Irish Knowledge Contest. Go ladies!! - Fran Pultro

Added by Fran Pultro on June 6, 2013 at 11:55am — 1 Comment

Marian Price Free at Last

Sandy Boyer, co-coordinator of the Free Marian Price Campaign in the U.S. and co-host of the weekly radio program Radio Free Eireann on WBAI in New York City, reports on the victory of the grassroots struggle for Marian --- and on what still lies ahead for…

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Added by Sandy Boyer on June 5, 2013 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

Liam Lynch: Victim of the Irish Civil War

In the early morning hours of April 10, 1923, in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Tipperary, there died a great Irish patriot; a man who had fought with and lead some of the very men who now, tragically, would kill him. The man was General Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff, IRA. Born in the town of Barnagurraha, Co.…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 5, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Mickey Hamill: An Irishman at the White House

Mickey  at The White House (standing outside the West Wing, no less) in 1925, where he  was brought to meet US President Calvin Coolidge, with his colleagues in the Boston Soccer Club…

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Added by Belfast Celtic Society on June 4, 2013 at 3:00am — No Comments

3,000 Facebook Followers, Now The Big Winners

The Wild Geese Facebook page surpassed the 3,000-follower mark on Monday, June 3rd.  In…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 3, 2013 at 10:30pm — 8 Comments

Painting 'Mother Ireland': Part 2 of 3 - Coming To Know the Irish

Edmund Sullivan, painting Croagh Patrick in 1977.

American artist Edmund Sullivan tells how Ireland has come to dominate his work

By Edmund Sullivan

Special to…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 3, 2013 at 6:53pm — No Comments

Edmund Sullivan, Popular Painter of Irish Landscapes, Dies at 72

Landscape artist Edmund Sullivan, whose work since 1976 focused on Ireland, died Friday after a lengthy illness. He was buried Saturday in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York, after a funeral mass at Church of the Annunciation, in nearby…

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Added by Gerry Regan on June 3, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

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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Added by The Wild Geese on June 2, 2013 at 1:00am — No Comments

Father Peter Paul Cooney: Faithful Servant

Notre Dame Archives.
Father Peter Cooney

Father Peter Paul Cooney C.S.C. a priest of the Holy…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 1, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

The 35th Indiana: Hoosier State's '1st Irish': Part 2 of 2: 'Fight On'

The Battle of Stones River (February 14, 1863 Harper's Weekly)

By Brian D. Henry

The…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 1, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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.

(A reproduction of the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 1, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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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Added by Eamon Loingsigh on June 1, 2013 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

The Irish in Canada: A Strong, 'Loyal' Presence

By Joseph E. Gannon

The Gaels in one-time British North America never quite understood the revolutionary fervor that gripped their American counterparts.

Today, nearly 400 years since they first arrived, the Irish have been nearly fully and…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 31, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

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