(First published 12/14/11) 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the start of America’s Civil War, and in Ireland, a group of historians and writers used the occasion to promote the concept of a Civil War heritage trail. Archaeologist Damian Shiels and writers James Doherty and Robert Doyle [All three…
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(First published 12/2/11) Turtle Bunbury is an Irish journalist and historian, whose photo-book series “…
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DOMHNAIGH -- On May 26, 1706, Col. Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare, died from wounds suffered at the battle of Ramillies . O'Brien was born in 1670. He had…
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"Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. from the Seat of War," by Louis Lang
(First published 11/17/11) On 27th July 1861, the 69th New York State Militia regiment returned home to New York, and to a hero’s welcome, after the …
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(First publish 11/15/11) Mary Courtney is a Kerry-born folk artist and New York resident, and she is lead singer, guitarist and bodhran player for Morning Star [pictured below], a traditional Irish band that regularly travels between shows in the United States and Ireland. Her music incorporates traditional Irish folk sound with a progressive social…
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(First published 11/4/11) Guthrie, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, spent six years covering the parishioners’ fight. Her book tells the story of the parish’s history, the drama of the fight to save it, and what the parishioners learned about their own…
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So...one of the problems of studying my Irish past... is no one knows nothing. There is no great stories of the homeland. My relatives shared nothing good, great, or happy stories. They didn't even bother to share the region from where they were from. They simply didn't care, Who can blame them? They were leaving a horrible hell...looking at the U.S.A ...the promised land... they left Hell behind..they didn't look back...They left poverty, only to be confronted with a new hell... life aboard…
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The green flag of the 9th MA. Over the eagle it says, "THY SONS BY ADOPTION - THY FIRM SUPPORTERS AND DEFENDERS - DUTY, AFFECTION AND CHOICE"… |
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Historical Art Prints "Brothers of Ireland," by Don Troiani, depicts the 69th New York and 9th Massachusetts Infantry regiments in battle at Gaines… |
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The team here at The Wild Geese would like to convey our support for the communities in Oklahoma which have been decimated by the recent storms. We extend our sympathy to all who have lost loved ones.
If you would like to donate to help the victims of this tragedy, you can find a well-compiled list of…
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This is reposted from Eamon Loingsigh's blog, which you can find here: http://artofneed.wordpress.com
The panoramic photo above is actually from 1907 at the Chelsea piers of Manhattan, well before the outbreak of World War I. On this day (actually yesterday) in 1915, it was sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast…
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A native of Crusheen, County Clare, Christy McNamara has spent a lifetime telling stories of the people of rural Ireland through his photography and his music. He is a true insider, having grown up in a household filled with traditional Irish…
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Dublin, Ireland (First published 4/23/11) - April 12, 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter, and with it the onset of America’s long and bloody Civil War. Two days later, the first recorded fatality of the five-year conflict occurred, with the death of…
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DOMHNAIGH -- On May 19, 1798,…
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Some died on the glenside, some died near a stranger
And wise men have told us their cause was a failure
But they fought for old Ireland and never feared danger
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men
-- From ‘The…
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I look where the ship helplessly heads end on,
I hear the burst as she strikes,
I hear the howls of dismay,
They grow fainter and fainter.
– From "The Sleepers" by Walt Whitman
Left, a Currier print…
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Scarsdale, N.Y. (First publish 11/9/10) -- If there was ever a man who demonstrated that one need not raise one's voice to shrillness to be heard, it was Donegal native Dan Kelly, a successful entrepreneur who spent a good part of his last few decades furthering the heritage of his people, on both sides of the Atlantic. For those efforts, and with great…
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