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This Week in Irish History - April 6 - April 12
| High bridge of the South Side Railroad across the Appomattox. Capture of this bridge allowed Union troops to catch up to Lee at Farmville |
LUAIN --…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 23 - March 30
DOMHNAIGH -- On March 23, 1862, Irish-born Union General James Shields (left: pictured during the…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 16 - March 22
| Courtesy of the Carter House Archives The Carter cotton gin, at the Carter House in Franklin, TN, site of some of the most intense fighting on November 30, 1864.… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 2 - March 8
| Currier and Ives Robert Emmet stands defiant before the judge at his trial. |
MÁIRT -- On March 4, 1778,…
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In Memoriam: Historical Sculptor Ron Tunison
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 16 - February 22
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Sacrifices for Freedom: The Life of John Devoy, Fenian
Born near Kill, County Kildare, in 1842, John Devoy would go on to become a man described by the London Times as ‘the most dangerous enemy of this country [Britain] Ireland has produced since Wolfe Tone’. His republican career began when, as a teenager, he met the Young Irelander John…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 29 - January 4
| WGT photo by Joe Gannon Carriganuss Castle, an O'Sullivan castle just outside of Glengariff |
MÁIRT -- On December 31, 1602, Dónall…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 22 - December 28
| Linen Hall Library A 17th century portrait of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. |
MÁIRT -- On December 24, 1601,…
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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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Christmas in the Union's Irish Brigades Part 2 of 2: In Corcoran's Legion and After 1862
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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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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 17 - November 23
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 10 - November 16
| From a St. Patrick's Day card published about 1910 Theobald Wolfe Tone |
DOMNAIGH -- On November 10, 1798,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 3 - November 9
| John Mitchel as portrayed by Currier and Ives, who made a number of Irish prints to appeal to the Irish-American market. |
DOMNAIGH -- On Nov. 3,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 6 - October 12
| The Battle of Perryville from a contemporary illustration. |
MÁIRT -- On October 8, 1862, Irish-born…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 15 - September 21
MÁIRT -- On Sept. 17, 1860, units of the Irish Battalion of St. Patrick of the Papal army fought a Piedmontese army allied with Garibaldi
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'The Irish Sword': A Community Chat All About Dick Dowling, with Mike Harrington
The following is a transcript of the LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Sunday, September 8, 2013 with historian C. Michael (Mike) Harrington. Some editing has…
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