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Hoboken Hurling Club’s Roots Planted on Elysian Fields

By David Cosgrove / The Wild Geese 

Hoboken, N.J. -- Seventy-something Hoboken native John Carey, sporting a green sweater, stood amid the city’s annual Irish Festival and spoke of his youth -- having grown up with his parents…

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The Mysterious Provenance of Kylemore’s Battle Flag



From 1702 to 1714, western Europe was engaged in a war involving, on the one side Spain and France, on the other a coalition of states headed by the Holy Roman Empire, and including Portugal, the Dutch Republic, England,…

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Added by The Wild Geese on March 20, 2013 at 3:00pm — 14 Comments

Sisters Seek Funds for Legendary Kylemore Abbey

By Gerry Regan / The (New) Wild Geese

New York -- Nuns from the Irish Benedictines, who count themselves as cloistered nuns who "are focused on staying  at home and living in our community rather than focused on things outside,"…

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Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig Ort! From The Wild Geese

(Illustration by Kevin Gleeson / Verse author unknown)



Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort! (St. Patrick’s Day Blessings to You!) From Gerry, Joe, Linda, Alannah, Tiffany, Maryann, David, Mary, Kieron, Liam, and the entire gang at The (New) Wild Geese. 



Win a Photo Package from Irish Homeland Photography! 

There’s still time to enter our Irish Freeze Frame and Tell Your Irish Story Contests. …

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Added by The Wild Geese on March 17, 2013 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Former Irish PM praises Home Ruler John Redmond in NYC

New York -- Friday, with Irish heritage making headlines throughout the world, New York publicist Terry Rooney, with little fanfare, held his 27th annual celebration of Irish heritage, at venerable Manhattan eatery Sardi’s. The self-styled ‘toast of Broadway for 90 years.” Sardi’s is famed for the hundreds…

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Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort! From the (new) Wild Geese

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(Illustration by Kevin Gleeson / Verse author unknown)…



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Is Your Brew Good Enough for St. Patrick?

By Maryann Tracy

 Producer / The Wild Geese ‘Kitchen’



I'm no beer aficionado, but I have had a few in my day, and I can tell you, the goings-on in the craft-beer industry is pure craziness. On St. Patrick's Day maybe I'll have only one, but it better be something that tastes like beer, not that…

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Added by The Wild Geese on March 15, 2013 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Lúnasa Wows Fans at NYC's Lincoln Center

By Megan Finnegan Bungeroth

New York -- The five members of the Irish acoustic band …

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Irish History Site Celebrates Relaunch with On-Line Event

The (New) Wild Geese Debuts Sat., Mar. 9…

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Added by The Wild Geese on March 2, 2013 at 2:00pm — 6 Comments

Welcome to ‘The Wild Geese Kitchen’

Monday, February 11, 2013

Welcome to ‘The Wild Geese Kitchen’…

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Added by The Wild Geese on February 22, 2013 at 6:55pm — 2 Comments

St. Patrick's Day Art Competition for Children

Monday, February 18, 2013

St. Patrick's Day Art Competition for Children…



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'The Fighting 69th' at 150: A Brief History Part 2

Two world wars brought more battle streamers to the regiment, which, though Irish at heart, has in recent years become as diverse as the city it calls home.

PART 2 IN A TWO-PART SERIES

By Lt. Col. Kenneth H. Powers, NYARNG…

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Recalling the 155th New York Volunteer Infantry 'Corcoran's Irish Legion' 1862-1865

By Kevin O'Beirne

Michael Corcoran was the commander of the 69th New York State Militia regiment, which fought at the battle of 1st Bull Run in July of 1861. Corcoran was captured by the rebels at that battle and was held prisoner for 13 months, until his exchange in August '62. One hundred and thirty-five years ago this November he formed an…

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A Brief History of the 16th 'Irish' Division

By Kieron Punch

John Redmond addressing a recruiting meeting in Wexford. Above his head was a banner reading "Ireland a…
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Added by The Wild Geese on January 24, 2013 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Edmund Burke: The Conscience of a Nation

By Joseph E. Gannon

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

-- Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was one of the most famous political thinkers of the 18th century. Through his speeches and writings, he raised…

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Added by The Wild Geese on January 24, 2013 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

'The Fighting 69th' Part 1

 

The regiment that Robert E. Lee christened is going strong at 150

PART 1 IN A TWO-PART SERIES

By Lt. Col. Kenneth H. Powers, NYARNG (Ret.)…
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Added by The Wild Geese on January 24, 2013 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Winning the Death Lottery

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Engaging the Enemy Part 2 of 3 of 'The Pope's Irish Battalion'

* Part 1 of 3: A Call to Arms

In 1860, 1,400 Irishmen travelled to Italy, responding to Pope Pius IX's call for help thwarting Italian efforts to seize Papal lands. Robert Doyle relates the saga in this 3-part series.

By Robert Doyle…
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A Brief History of the O'Bannon Clan

More on the O'Bannons:

'To the Shores of Tripoli': The Presley O'Bannon Story

By Joseph E. Gannon

WGT Managing Editor…
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Added by The Wild Geese on January 24, 2013 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The Pope's Irish Battalion Part 1 of 3: A Call to Arms

In 1860, 1,400 Irishmen traveled to Italy, responding to Pope Pius IX's call for help thwarting Italian efforts to seize Papal lands. Robert Doyle relates the saga in this 3-part series.

By Robert Doyle

Up to the mid-19th century, Italy was a patchwork of small independent states, each influenced to a…

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