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Winter's Last Hurrah:

• Cherish The Ladies' Star in the East CD
• Sephira's Starlight CD
• Ashley Davis' Song of the Celtic…

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Recorded live during our Launch Gala on March 9 at 9am eastern

Moderating the panel is David Cosgrove.

Panelists include:

Mindie Burgoyne- "Travel Hag" blogger, author, curator of "Thin Places"

Henry Healy - Community Activation Leader at …

Linda Evangelista - Preservation Editor of The Wild Geese

Toni Maguire - Archaeologist and Anthropologist

Mari Steed - Activist

Gerry Regan - Executive Producer of The Wild Geese

The Moylan’s, a merchant family from County Cork, were well off. They had Stephen educated by Jesuits in Paris, since Catholics were forbidden by the Penal Laws from obtaining an education in Ireland. He apprenticed in the family shipping business in Lisbon before immigrating to Philadelphia.…

Friday, March 8th 2013, 2:30 - 4:30pm at Glucksman Ireland House NYU

RECORDS REVEAL 400 YEARS OF WESTMINSTER’S HISTORY

Leading family history website findmypast.ie a href="http://www.findmypast.ie/">http://www.findmypast.ie/> has today published online for the first time parish records held by the City of Westminster Archives…

The (New) Wild Geese Debuts Sat., Mar. 9…

If one were to query the public regarding the Father of the American Navy, they would likely hear the name, John Paul Jones. The Scotsman, John Paul, who added the name Jones to gain some anonymity while hiding in the colonies from the…

As February’s Black History Month fades into memory and March’s Irish History Month begins its ascendancy, there’s a brief moment where the black takes on a tinge of green.

Few realize that these two ethnic groups, African-Americans and Irish-Americans, who together make up one-quarter of…

By Megan Finnegan Bungeroth / Special to The Wild Geese

Monday, February 11, 2013

Monday, February 18, 2013

Strutting their genitalia, Sheela-na-Gigs remain a provocative presence in ancient Irish churches. Part 2 of the 3-part series ‘When The Goddess Ruled’

By Ronnie T. Stout-Kopp

Special to The Wild Geese…

In Part 3 of WG's 3-part series "When the Goddess Ruled," Ronnie Drew-Kopp explains why Brigit remains a uniquely Irish figurehead, with a legacy of both Goddess and Christian saint.

By Ronnie T. Stout-Kopp

Special to The Wild…

The first of a three-part series recalling the time before Patrick, before Jesus, even, when Goddesses, such as Maeve, Eriu, Banba, Fotla, and many others, dominated the panoply of Celtic deities.

Part 1: The Mists of Time…

Two world wars brought more battle streamers to the regiment, which, though Irish at heart, has in recent years become as diverse as the city it calls home.

PART 2 IN A TWO-PART SERIES

By Lt. Col. Kenneth H. Powers, NYARNG…

By Kevin O'Beirne

Michael Corcoran was the commander of the 69th New York State Militia regiment, which fought at the battle of 1st Bull Run in July of 1861. Corcoran was captured by the rebels at that battle and was held prisoner for 13 months, until his exchange in August '62. One hundred and thirty-five years ago this November he formed an…