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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 30 - December 6

Library of Congress

William Brimmage Bate, the 10th Tennessee's division commander at the battle of Franklin.

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Irish Christmas Gifts Drawing

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‘Tis better to give than receive, we often hear, especially at Christmas. We at The Wild Geese Irish Social Network are giving four of our members a chance to choose. Win one of our amazing…

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2014 Irish Christmas Gifts * For Anyone *

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2014 Irish Christmas Gifts * For Kids *

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2014 Irish Christmas Gifts * For Her *

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2014 Irish Christmas Gifts * Stocking Stuffers *

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2014 Irish Christmas Gifts * For Him *

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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 23 - November 29

From a Massachusetts Ancient Order of Hibernians poster commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the hanging of the Manchester Martyrs.

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Quiz: Are You an Irish Poetry Expert?

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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 16 - November 22

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Gen. Michael Kelly Lawler



DOMHNAIGH-- On Nov. 16, 1814, Michael Kelly Lawler,…

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Personality Quiz: In Which Irish Province Should You live?

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Hercules Mulligan: George Washington's Irish Spy



by Bill McGimpsey

Alexander Hamilton died on the 12th of July, 1804. If he had not rowed his boat…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 9 - November 15

National Library of Ireland

James Napper Tandy

DOMNAIGH -- On November 9, 1791, James Napper Tandy convened the first meeting of the Dublin…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 2 - November 8

James Daley

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Isaac Butt: Founder of the Home Rule Party

by Patrick Bonar

Isaac Butt Q.C. M.P. (6 September 1813 - 5 May 1879) was an Irish…

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The Irish 'Backbone' of the Erie Canal

by Maryann Tracy

To say that the Irish built the Erie Canal is an exaggeration, since there were British and Germans who worked alongside them, but to say that they were the backbone of the Erie Canal is…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 26 - November 1

DOMHNAIGH -- On Oct. 26, 1771, John (Juan) MacKenna (left), who would rise to fame in South America, was born in Clogher,…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 19 - October 25

From a contemporary portrait

Charles (Jennings) Kilmaine…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 12 - October 18



Tom Davis from an illustration in Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, c. 1903.

MÁIRT -- On Oct. 14, 1814, Thomas Osborne Davis, the poet laureate of the…

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Limerick Scholar Rebuts Those Who Dismiss The Rising's Heroes

New York -- University of Limerick Professor Ruan O'Donnell drew more than 40 to O'Lunney's Times Square Pub on Thursday, October 2nd to issue a resounding rebuttal -- some would argue refutation -- of the recent critics of the 1,700 who went out on Easter Monday 1916. Directly challenging former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton and Senator David Norris,…

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