'BLOODY SUNDAY -- THE MOVIE" |
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By Joseph Gannon
Many men become known as heroes for their bravery in battle, for their willingness to face death in an effort to kill the enemy and obtain an objective, or for helping win the war for their country.
They are often celebrated by millions of their countrymen and…
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WOODSIDE, N.Y. -- With these words, Col. Patrick Kelly's family and comrades-in-arms…
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Special to The Wild Geese Today
I remember driving home from the mall. It was a cold January afternoon and the radio DJ reported that Phil Lynott, founder/ singer/ bassist/ songwriter of…
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The British Army An Irish Guards NCO surveys the scene in Basra. The regiment returned to England on April 14.… |
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One armed man cannot resist a multitude, nor one army conquer countless legions; but not all the armies of all the empires of earth can crush the spirit of one true man. And that one man will prevail. -- Terence MacSwiney
Probably no man outside of Michael Collins was as responsible for getting England to agree to peace talks in 1921 as Terence…
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Ah! Why, Patrick Sarsfield, did we let your ship sail
Away to the French Flanders from the green Innisfail.
For far from your country you lie cold and low:
Ah? Why Patrick Sarsfield, ah, why did you go.
We prayed, Patrick Sarsfield, to see you sail home,
Your flag waving victory across the white…
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By Joe Gannon, Managing Editor
("The Storming of the Bastille," by Jean-Pierre Houël, 1735-1813.)
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By Joe Gannon, Managing Editor
(Right: General Thomas Arthur Lally. His heroic image here betokens the restoration of his honor by the "canceling" of his conviction for treason.)…
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By Joe Gannon, Managing Editor
(Right: John Adams Reviews Jones' Marines, 13 May 1779, by Charles Waterhouse.)…
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THE IRISH AT ANTIETAM |
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The Irish Brigade Monument Unveiling… |
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Mary Murphy with Edmund Sullivan at Hogs Head, Shepherd's Farm, August 1994. |
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Landscape artist Edmund Sullivan, whose work since 1976 has focused on Ireland, is often mistaken for an Irish native, but the former Marine, in his own words, has "9,000 years of Irish red blood ... flowing through my American veins." He is the first American painter in history to focus his life's work on Ireland, and returns there often. In an exclusive, 3-part series, Sullivan relates how he came to turn his artistry to… |
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