Hi. I'm James Francis Smith - author of the Irish-American series - consisting of 7 historical novels which place characters in real-life scenarios ranging from the ancient Celts through the American Revolution, America's Civil War, WWI, and the Irish-Anglo War - WWII, the Kennedy Era, including the Korean War and…
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In remembrance of the 1916 Easter Rising, the Kindle edition of James Francis Smith's The Irish-American Chronicle, will be free starting March 28th through Thursday, March 31st.
The 44-pages dedicated to Kennedy's assassination and funeral are well worth acquiring.
Travel an historical byway few…
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In the field of battle, he shone like a
meteor on a clouded sky. As a dashing
military man, he was all virtue; a single
voice does not stain him as a warrior.
-- Robert E. Lee…
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1928: Killenkere, County Cavan Ireland
The following article regarding the author’s grandfather is from a 1928 Anglo Celt newspaper published in County Cavan, Ireland.
Continue… Mr. Matthew Smith, Beagh Upper, Parish of Upr. Killinkere. Mr. Smith resided in Philadelphia until a few years ago, when he returned…
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Both the Blue-Gray Alliance & the National Park Service are having Gettysburg reenactments. Neither will be complete unless they include the following.
Colonel Patrick O’Rorke, County…
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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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As February’s Black History Month fades into memory and March’s Irish History Month begins its ascendancy, there’s a brief moment where the black takes on a tinge of green.
Few realize that these two ethnic groups, African-Americans and Irish-Americans, who together make up one-quarter of…
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