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An Irish Christmas Cookbook -- Add Your Own Recipes!
We have a dynamic collection of members' own special Irish Christmas recipes building…
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Is St. Nick Buried in Kilkenny? Let's Chat About It
Join us for a LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat session centered around the intriguing possibility that "good ol' St. Nick" is actually buried on the grounds of Jerpoint Abbey in County Kilkenny . Our special guest for this chat will be Maeve O'Connell from …
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Spirit of Giving: TWG Play Santa for Irish-American Family
In the spirit of giving, The Wild Geese community has adopted an Irish-American family from the Aisling Irish Community Center in metro New York. The family that we have chosen consists of a 13-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, and a 9-year-old boy, and mother and…
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The American Civil War at Christmastime -- Live Chat this Friday
Join us for a LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat session all about the American Civil War at Christmastime. Battlefield behavior during the holidays is a fascinating subject, so this should make for quite the educational evening. Our special guest for this chat will be historian and…
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Thursday: Chat with Joe McGowan About Irish Christmas Traditions
Join us for a LIVE Wild Geese Community Chat session on Irish Christmas traditions. Our special guest for this chat will be author and historian, Joe McGowan of County…
Added by The Wild Geese on December 4, 2013 at 1:45pm — 8 Comments
Christmas in the Union's Irish Brigades Part 2 of 2: In Corcoran's Legion and After 1862
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 1 - December 7
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The Fairies
By Patrick Bonar
Irish folk lore is part of our heritage and the tradition of storytelling runs strongly through our veins. It would be difficult to find an Irish person who did not hear the stories of ‘Oisin in the Land of Youth’ or ‘The Children of King Lir’.…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 24 - November 30
| Hulton Deutsch Erskine Childers in his British army uniform, c. 1900 |
LUAIN -- On November 24, 1922, during the Irish Civil War,…
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Remembering JFK: A Community Chat
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Friday, November 22, 2013 -- the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Some editing has been applied for clarity.
The Wild Geese: Céad míle fáilte, a chairde! So glad to see…
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Remembering JFK 50 Years On
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Forged in Fire: JFK and PT 109
In the early morning hours of August 2, 1943, a small American torpedo boat was moving just west of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. In command was a young Irish-American destined to be the first Catholic president of the United States: Lieutenant…
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Bruton: JFK's Visit a Dramatic Turning Point for Ireland
By John Bruton
In 1963, when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy visited Ireland, I was 15 years of age.
To understand the impact of President Kennedy, one has to understand that the Ireland of 1960 was a very different place, even to the…
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What JFK Meant To the Irish … Worldwide
ContinueI am glad to be here. It took 115 years to make this trip,
and 6,000 miles, and three generations. But I…
Added by The Wild Geese on November 19, 2013 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments
A Taste of Irish Christmas: Chatting with Purveyors of Unique Irish Gifts
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Monday, November 18, 2013 with three crafters of unique Irish gifts: …
Added by The Wild Geese on November 19, 2013 at 3:28pm — 3 Comments
Chatting with Three of the Leading Lights in Contemporary Celtic Art
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE Community Chat chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Monday, November 15, 2013 with three of the "leading lights" in contemporary Celtic Art and fellow Wild…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 17 - November 23
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Coming November 18th: LIVE Community Chat: 'A Taste of Irish Christmas'
Come along with us on Monday, November 18th at 5:00 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) Time for our next LIVE Community Chat. We'll be joined in the chat room by our friends from Tara the Game, Si-Og…
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Viva Irlanda! Transcript from Live Chat with Jim Goulding About the Irish Influence in Latin America
The following is a transcript taken from the LIVE members' chat hosted here at TheWildGeese.com on Monday, November 11, 2013 with fellow Wild Geese member, Jim Goulding. Jim…
Added by The Wild Geese on November 14, 2013 at 9:54am — 1 Comment
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