All Blog Posts Tagged 'Diaspora History' (163)

Fr. Peter Whelan: Serving the Blue and the Gray

Part 1 of 2: Serving Dixie

By Ed Churchill

Father Peter Whelan


Wexford native Peter Whelan saw some of the…
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Added by The Wild Geese on August 7, 2013 at 8:00pm — No Comments

This Week in the History of the Irish: July 14 - July 20

A scene from the Draft Riots.

SATHAIRNMÁIRT -- From…

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Added by The Wild Geese on July 14, 2013 at 1:00am — 5 Comments

Wild Geese in West Virginia, And Who's Hanging Out Most

From the Desk of the Executive Producer

New York -- We noticed in today's Google Analytics the following:

For the previous 30 days, the 5,737 visitors to The Wild Geese typically spend 4 minutes and 50 seconds in our community, while the 1,360 visitors from Ireland lingered 27 seconds longer, about 9 percent more. Meanwhile, those stopping…

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Added by Gerry Regan on July 12, 2013 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Brooklyn's Irish-American White Hand Gang

Originally posted at artofneed Blog for the Auld Irishtown trilogy: 

http://artofneed.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/the-white-hand-gang/

 

There has…

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Added by Eamon Loingsigh on July 11, 2013 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

The Resurrection of Edward Hand

Irish-born soldier served the late Mike Flannery, George Washington and his adopted nation well

By 'Brigadier'

Reproduced by Anna Frances

Levin
Edward Hand,…
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Added by The Wild Geese on July 4, 2013 at 12:36pm — No Comments

2001: Brooklyn Holds a Bash for "The Maryland 400"

By Gerry Regan

For The Wild Geese

WGT Photo/Gerry Regan

Thousands take to the streets Saturday to help commemorate the Maryland Regiment's heroic…
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Added by The Wild Geese on July 4, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Honoring Matilda and Willam Tone in Brooklyn

By Gerry Regan

for The Wild Geese

WGT Photo/Gerry Regan

With piper Chris Heinl in the fore, members of the Brooklyn Irish American Parade Committee head off to honor Matilda and William Tone at Green-Wood…
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Added by The Wild Geese on July 4, 2013 at 11:38am — No Comments

View From Battle Hill Is Green

Brooklyn Irish show the flag throughout battle's commemorations

By Gerry Regan

For The Wild Geese

WGT Photo/Gerry Regan

Minerva, one hand upon the "Altar to Liberty," salutes "Lady Liberty" in New York…
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Added by The Wild Geese on July 4, 2013 at 10:59am — No Comments

The Irish Impact on America's Revolution

We extend our best wishes to all our American Wild Geese on this Independence Day.  The contributions of Irish-Americans in the War Between the States is well documented and much discussed.  Perhaps less so is the impact some of the earliest Irish immigrants had upon the American revolution of the late 18th century.  

Many of these would have been of Scots-Irish…

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Added by The Wild Geese on July 4, 2013 at 10:30am — 6 Comments

400 Years Ago, The Marriage of Owen Roe and Rosa

We Irish have many 400th anniversaries, but few that can celebrate a happy event, given the state of our nation back in 1613. Leading Gaelic nobles had been exiled, their lands, especially in Ulster,  planted with foreigners, their people destitute, dispersed to the forests and hills of Donegal, or  emigrants, camped…

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Added by Brian O'Doherty on June 18, 2013 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

'That's That': Colin Broderick Discusses Being a Kid Amid 'The Troubles'

The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Monday, June 17th with County Tyrone native (and fellow Wild Geese member),…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 17, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Young Belfast Celt on World Cycle Tour for Charity

A young Celtic supporter from Belfast - Brendan Barnes - has just started on his 2 year cycle trip round the world on behalf of the charity Project Zambia. The Project was started by the staff and students of St Mary's Christian Brothers School (CBS) in Belfast in response the cry of the poverty-stricken people…

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Added by Belfast Celtic Society on June 10, 2013 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Father Peter Paul Cooney: Faithful Servant

Notre Dame Archives.
Father Peter Cooney

Father Peter Paul Cooney C.S.C. a priest of the Holy…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 1, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

The 35th Indiana: Hoosier State's '1st Irish': Part 1 of 2: Be Just and Fear Not

Not all Irish regiments in the Civil War came from the east. From the heartland sprung the hard fighting 35th Indiana. Whether fighting on battlefields from Perryville to Nashville or enduring the horrors of the prison camp in Andersonville, these sons of Erin pressed on to final victory.

(A reproduction of the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on June 1, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Irish in Canada: A Strong, 'Loyal' Presence

By Joseph E. Gannon

The Gaels in one-time British North America never quite understood the revolutionary fervor that gripped their American counterparts.

Today, nearly 400 years since they first arrived, the Irish have been nearly fully and…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 31, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Using newspapers for family research

The online availablity of core genealogy material such as census returns, births, marriages and deaths records, emigration/immigration lists, military service records etc can prove such an attractive lure to family history researchers that they often overlook the wealth of information that can be gleaned from newspapers. Although census returns and BMD data can provide the bread and butter facts needed to compile a family tree, newspapers can provide the details that flesh out a person's…

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Added by Kieron Punch on May 28, 2013 at 8:47am — No Comments

A New York Childhood 'More Irish Than American'

(First published 1/9/12) Kevin Gleeson, a talented guitarist and former portrayer of Keith Richards in Stones’ tribute bands Sticky Fingers and Beggars Banquet, is a graphic artist with the New York Police Department and a native of the borough of Queens, in New York City.  Gleeson’s heritage is steeped in both Irish music and the turbulent history of Northern…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 27, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Irish Fight for Union Resounds

(First published 1/9/12) Patrick Young is a blogger for Long Island Wins, a communications and organizing campaign focused on immigrants’ needs and immigration reform in Long Island, in New York State.  In his blogs, he has written extensively on the experiences of immigrants in America, including an…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 27, 2013 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Growing Up Irish In French Canada!

(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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Added by The Wild Geese on May 27, 2013 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Building a trail to recall the Irish role in America’s bloodiest war

(First published 12/14/11) 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the start of America’s Civil War, and in Ireland, a group of historians and writers used the occasion to promote the concept of a Civil War heritage trail. Archaeologist Damian Shiels and writers James Doherty and Robert Doyle  [All three…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 27, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

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