The History of The Irish...Worldwide
(First published on 2/10/12) Seattle-based author James Francis Smith, 78, found his current calling after he retired from a career in industry and finance. He has been writing historical fiction for the past 10 years, starting with “Western…
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By Ed Churchill
Wexford native Peter Whelan saw some of the… |
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| The National Gallery of Ireland Patrick Sarsfield, by William Mossop |
LUAIN -- On July 29, 1693, units…
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My maternal Grandmother was a Corcoran from Knockaderry in County Kerry. Knockaderry is just around the corner from the Kerry Airport in Farranfore. One of thirteen kids, Grandma could not wait to get off the island. Thankfully, she waited until a few days after the 1911 census! She emigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago where other family members had already…
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| Reproduced by Anna Frances LevinEdward Hand,… |
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| WGT Photo/Gerry Regan Thousands take to the streets Saturday to help commemorate the Maryland Regiment's heroic… |
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| 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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| WGT Photo/Gerry Regan Minerva, one hand upon the "Altar to Liberty," salutes "Lady Liberty" in New York… |
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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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Firefighters Killed Battling Arizona Blaze
Courage and devotion to duty seems to be second-nature to many in this Arizona city. More than a century ago, beloved Prescott Mayor 'Bucky' O'Neill set out from the town when his country…
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| Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork 'Men of the South' by Sean Keating, depicting the men of an IRA Flying Column during the War of Independence. |
LUAIN --…
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By John Bruton
American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles (Anchor Press, 2012, 416…
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Originally posted at ArtOfNeed blog for the Auld Irishtown Trilogy
Well, I’ve finally turned in the manuscript and in a month or so, I’ll hear back from Three Rooms Press concerning any edits considered.
The last few weeks, I tried to…
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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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Irish families traditionally revere their mothers, and the Smith clan was no different. My Kindle book The O’Donnells of Philadelphia, however, was set in Port Richmond to preserve the essence of my father’s boyhood before it fades from memory. An Irish section situated in northeast…
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Jed Marum, a Boston lad who now calls Texas home, is a storyteller in true fashion of the Seanchaí of old. He traces his heritage and roots back to Kilkenny and Galway. I can easily see him amongst the Bards of old entertaining Kings and commoners alike.
Jed has been performing on the Folk and Celtic music…
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