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The Deadliest Day: The Irish Brigade at Bloody Lane, September 17, 1862
By Joseph E. Gannon
WGT Managing Editor
(Left: Father Corby blesses the Brigade as it steps off, in "Sons of Erin" by artist Don Troiani.)
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Corcoran: 'Your Likes We Will Never See Again'
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1948: Belfast Celts Mugged on Boxing Day
By Eddie Whyte
Belfast -- The Belfast Celtic Football Club was the pride of Irish football until it was forced out of competition after the dramatic game…
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Corcoran: 'The Prisoner'
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Corcoran: 'Making a Stand'
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A Short History of the Celts
The Celts stand out as one of the most daring of all the ancient European people in the history of pre-Roman Europe. They arrived on the European stage in prehistoric times as a "fierce naked warrior class that collected enemy heads as war trophies," and evolved into a singular culture that flourished during the European Iron Age. They laid the foundation of western European civilization; before the Romans came, their influence was felt… |
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Cleburne's Ancestors: Anglo-Irish, Well-Respected
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Christmas in the Union's Irish Brigades Part 1 of 2: Early War In the Irish Brigade
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Defender of the Faith: Commander Aids Pope, U.S. Army
| Library of Congress Captain Coppinger during his service on the staff of cavalry commander Alfred Torbert, July 1864.… |
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A Union Officer, A Dublin Backmark Trans-Atlantic sleuthing finally yields identity of Irishman in photo
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Corcoran: Part 1: From Bane to Toast of the Nation
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'Celebrating 250 Years' Brings Parade to Life
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Gods and Generals: 'Stonewalling' the Civil War
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Reliving 'Bloody Sunday' Part 1 of 3: "A Worm's Eye View"
Reliving 'Bloody Sunday'
Part 1 of 3: "A Worm's Eye View"
By David Tereshchuk
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'Bloody Sunday': 50 Years Later, Still Seeking Answers
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long... How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long... "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" -- U2
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Character Assassination in 'Gods and Generals': Shaara Book Portrays T.F. Meagher as Bumpkin
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Cleburne: Let Blacks Fight for the Confederacy
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THE O'BRIEN CHRONICLE BERNARDO O'BRIEN'S BRAZIL
BERNARDO O'BRIEN'S BRAZIL
The Brazil that Bernardo O'Brien visited during the early part of the 17th century was much less settled than the coastline of North America. Brazil was first discovered in 1499 by Spanish explorer Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (who could not claim it due to the Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494). It was claimed in 1500 by Portuguese…
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REVIEW: 'The Gangs of New York' by Herbert Asbury
REVIEW: 'The Gangs of New York' by Herbert Asbury
By Patricia Jameson-Sammartano
Special to The Wild Geese Today
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Part 4: A Gallant But Futile Charge
This five-part series on the 69th New York Irish Brigade at the 1st Battle of Bull Run is drawn from the book "The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns," by Tipperary native David P. Conyngham, published in 1866. Conyngham served during the Civil War, for a time with Meagher's Irish Brigade, and finally as a correspondent for the New York Herald. In part 4 of 5…
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