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Crosswords at the Crossroads: An Irish Christmas
It's time for the next offering in our popular Irish-themed interactive crossword puzzles feature, "Crosswords at the Crossroads."
This time around, we focus on the season at hand -- Christmas. We've put together a puzzle which both tests puzzle…
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The Bodhrán: A Driving Force in Irish Music
by Sharon Hazard for The Wild Geese
When George Millar of the Irish Rovers talks about the music his group has been playing for more than 40 years, he can’t help mentioning the bodhrán, the…
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Short of Ideas, and Time, Check The Wild Geese Shops
Finding something unique that expresses your Irish pride colorfully and durably and affordably can be challenging, especially with less than 15 shopping days (and 10 shipping days) until Christmas.
Well, for more than a decade, we at The…
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The American Civil War at Christmastime: A Community Chat with Kevin O'Beirne
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Friday, December 6, 2013. The focus for the discussion was bygone Christmas traditions in Ireland with writer / historian, Kevin O'Beirne of Buffalo, New York. Some…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 8 - December 14
| Smithsonian Institute James Hoban and George Washington inspect the unfinished White House in 1798. Washington would never live in it. |
DEARDAOIN -- On…
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Irish Christmas Nostalgia: A Community Chat with Joe McGowan
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Thursday, December 5, 2013. The focus for the discussion was bygone Christmas traditions in Ireland with Sligo-based author / historian,…
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An Irish Christmas Cookbook -- Add Your Own Recipes!
We have a dynamic collection of members' own special Irish Christmas recipes building…
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Is St. Nick Buried in Kilkenny? Let's Chat About It
Join us for a LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat session centered around the intriguing possibility that "good ol' St. Nick" is actually buried on the grounds of Jerpoint Abbey in County Kilkenny . Our special guest for this chat will be Maeve O'Connell from …
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Spirit of Giving: TWG Play Santa for Irish-American Family
In the spirit of giving, The Wild Geese community has adopted an Irish-American family from the Aisling Irish Community Center in metro New York. The family that we have chosen consists of a 13-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, and a 9-year-old boy, and mother and…
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The American Civil War at Christmastime -- Live Chat this Friday
Join us for a LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat session all about the American Civil War at Christmastime. Battlefield behavior during the holidays is a fascinating subject, so this should make for quite the educational evening. Our special guest for this chat will be historian and…
Added by The Wild Geese on December 4, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
Thursday: Chat with Joe McGowan About Irish Christmas Traditions
Join us for a LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat session on Irish Christmas traditions. Our special guest for this chat will be author and historian, Joe McGowan of County…
Added by The Wild Geese on December 4, 2013 at 1:45pm — 8 Comments
Christmas in the Union's Irish Brigades Part 2 of 2: In Corcoran's Legion and After 1862
Added by The Wild Geese on November 30, 2013 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments
This Week in the History of the Irish: December 1 - December 7
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The Fairies
By Patrick Bonar
Irish folk lore is part of our heritage and the tradition of storytelling runs strongly through our veins. It would be difficult to find an Irish person who did not hear the stories of ‘Oisin in the Land of Youth’ or ‘The Children of King Lir’.…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 24 - November 30
| Hulton Deutsch Erskine Childers in his British army uniform, c. 1900 |
LUAIN -- On November 24, 1922, during the Irish Civil War,…
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Remembering JFK: A Community Chat
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Friday, November 22, 2013 -- the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Some editing has been applied for clarity.
The Wild Geese: Céad míle fáilte, a chairde! So glad to see…
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Remembering JFK 50 Years On
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Forged in Fire: JFK and PT 109
In the early morning hours of August 2, 1943, a small American torpedo boat was moving just west of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. In command was a young Irish-American destined to be the first Catholic president of the United States: Lieutenant…
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Bruton: JFK's Visit a Dramatic Turning Point for Ireland
By John Bruton
In 1963, when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy visited Ireland, I was 15 years of age.
To understand the impact of President Kennedy, one has to understand that the Ireland of 1960 was a very different place, even to the…
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