By Joseph Gannon
The light of evening, Lissadell,
Great windows open to the south,
Two girls in silk kimonos, both
Beautiful, one a gazelle.
From William Butler Yeats'
In Memory…
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One armed man cannot resist a multitude, nor one army conquer countless legions; but not all the armies of all the empires of earth can crush the spirit of one true man. And that one man will prevail. -- Terence MacSwiney
Probably no man outside of Michael Collins was as responsible for getting England to agree to peace talks in 1921 as Terence…
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Ah! Why, Patrick Sarsfield, did we let your ship sail
Away to the French Flanders from the green Innisfail.
For far from your country you lie cold and low:
Ah? Why Patrick Sarsfield, ah, why did you go.
We prayed, Patrick Sarsfield, to see you sail home,
Your flag waving victory across the white…
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By Joe Gannon, Managing Editor
("The Storming of the Bastille," by Jean-Pierre Houël, 1735-1813.)
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By Joe Gannon, Managing Editor
(Right: General Thomas Arthur Lally. His heroic image here betokens the restoration of his honor by the "canceling" of his conviction for treason.)…
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By Joe Gannon, Managing Editor
(Right: John Adams Reviews Jones' Marines, 13 May 1779, by Charles Waterhouse.)…
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THE IRISH AT ANTIETAM |
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OTHER IRISH BOXING ARTICLES FROM WGT: |
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They came from all over the city, down by subway from Inwood, and the Bronx, over the bridges and through the tunnels from Queens and Brooklyn, or by ferry in from Staten Island.
Photo left, front page of New York-based The Irish World's…
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By Christian G. Samito
When rebellion threatened to destroy the Union, Patrick Robert Guiney swiftly rallied to its defense, proving to be a brave fighter and one of the most articulate Irish supporters of his adopted country. Perhaps his greatest legacy was a collection of Civil War letters running…
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By WGT Managing Editor Joe Gannon
The locals would come to call Grosse Ile "L'Ile des Irlandais." The Canadian island would be the first and final resting place in the New World for thousands of Irish emigrants.
During "Black '47," the worst year of the Great Famine, the coffin ships arrived at the…
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By Joseph Gannon
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false…
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The Irish Brigade Monument Unveiling… |
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Bob Halloran recounts Micky Ward's fall ... and rise. |
OTHER IRISH BOXING ARTICLES FROM WGT:…
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After the British army suppressed the Easter Rising 90 years ago, authorities loaded their take of nearly 1,900 prisoners onto cattle boats and shipped them across…
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American artist Edmund Sullivan tells how Ireland came to dominate his work
By Edmund Sullivan
Special to TheWildGeese.com
PART 1 OF A 3-PART SERIES
Life's decisions have a way of testing one's beliefs. My…
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Library of Congress Telegraph Road on Marye's Heights, the position of Cobb's Brigade on December 13, 1862. |
In 1862, the second year of America's Civil War, Meagher's Irish Brigade made two of the most gallant charges…
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