By James Doherty

A British sailing ship of the "Welp" type.

A deeply unhappy king ordered an inquiry with high-ranking admiralty officials blaming the captain of…

On Dec. 3, 1154, the day after the death of Pope Anastasius IV, the freshly gathered conclave of cardinals unanimously elected the Bishop of Albano as Anastasius' successor. The bishop of this Italian see, 25 miles southwest of Rome, was not Italian, though. His name was Nicholas Breakspear. The new…

By James Doherty

Photo by James Doherty The cove where the pirates landed. Click on the image for a larger view.

On the 20th of…

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A Review By Kieron C. Punch

On Sunday,…

By David Kincaid

In the spring of 1862, a call was made by the Federal government for more troops. The Civil War had been in progress for more than a year, and the 116th Pennsylvania, recruited principally from Philadelphia, was one of the regiments then authorized. Tipperary-born Dennis Heenan, …

The Seventh on the march in "The Valley of the Shadow" Michael Schreck.

By Robert Doyle

In 1876, as the…

"With Their Boots On: Battle of Little Big Horn" by Michael Schreck.

By Robert Doyle

By this stage, General Custer…

Giovanni Martini prepares to depart with Custer's last message to Benteen in "PS, Bring Pacs" by Michael Schreck.

By Robert Doyle…

By Robert Doyle

As the men of the 7th Cavalry rode toward their destiny in June 1876 and into the pages of history, the regiment's muster rolls listed Irishmen from 30 of…

(Above: F. Otto Becker's colorful 1896 lithograph of "Custer's Last Fight.")

Part 1: The 'Greening' of the 7th Cavalry

By Robert Doyle…

By Joseph Gannon

My country men awake! arise! our work begins anew!

Your mingled voices rend the skies, your hearts are firm and true,

You've bravely marched and nobly met, our little green isle through;

But, oh! my friends, there's something yet for Irishmen to…

The dust of some is Irish earth;

Among their own the rest;

and the same land that gave them birth

Has caught them to her…

• Part 1: A Powerful Tug
• Part 3: St. Patrick's Day in 1864 and 1865…

• Part 2: St. Patrick's Day in 1863
• Part 3: St. Patrick's Day in 1864 and 1865…

• Part 1: St. Patrick's Day in 1861 and 1862
• Part 2: St. Patrick's Day in 1863…

  By Joseph Gannon

 The Minstrel boy to the war is gone,

in the ranks of death you will find him.

His father's sword he hath girded on,

and his wild harp slung behind him.

It would be hard to find a life that more perfectly illustrates the grit, determination, and pure courage of the Irish in America in the 19th…

By Joseph E. Gannon

• Sheridan Rides to Lincoln's Rescue in 1864 Election

Phil Sheridan was born on March 6, 1831 in Albany, the…