By Gerry Regan / The Wild Geese
Mineola, N.Y. -- Fifty years after JFK’s visit to Ireland and his…
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When the term "slavery" as it pertains to the United States is mentioned, almost all minds immediately turn towards thinking of the enslavement of Africans by pre-Civil War American citizens. While the images that are conjured up by contemplating this era of human indignity…
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The grandson of Big John Meehan from Sligo, Mary Ellen McLaughlin-Keane from Galway, Bridget Munnelly from Mayo, and Matthew Smith from Cavan ended up with the least recognized Irish name of them all. I can’t begin to tell you how many times, I’ve been asked, “Smith, huh! English … right?” When I meet up with my ancestor Mac an Gabhann—the one who anglicized our family name to Smith—he…
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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…
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Gerry Regan photo The grave of Sgt. Lawrence F. Condon, St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, New… |
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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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