(First published 12/30/11) At 70 years old, Billy Willbond is a man of many roles: a poet, decorated peacekeeping veteran, and social activist, providing humanitarian aid to the developing world through his NGO, ICross…
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DOMHNAIGH -- On May 26, 1706, Col. Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare, died from wounds suffered at the battle of Ramillies . O'Brien was born in 1670. He had…
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In the news this week: British embassy forced to apologise after BBQ 'celebrates' the 200th anniversary of the burning of White House during the War of 1812. The story, and our post below, recall the…
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Gerry Regan photo The grave of Sgt. Lawrence F. Condon, St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, New… |
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By WGT Managing Editor Joe Gannon
The locals would come to call Grosse Ile "L'Ile des Irlandais." The Canadian island would be the first and final resting place in the New World for thousands of Irish emigrants.
During "Black '47," the worst year of the Great Famine, the coffin ships arrived at the…
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