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Treachery and Betrayal in South Armagh
In July 1690 the last battle fought on Irish soil between two kings played out in the hills and valleys of the Boyne river valley in County Meath, Ireland. The battle was fought between the deposed king James II who was the last Roman Catholic monarch of…
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The Human Computer from Donegal
The next time you power up your computer or go to the rifle range, take aim and set your sights on a target off in the distance, knowing that you will hit the target, raise a glass to a ground-breaking Irishwoman from Donegal named…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on October 6, 2018 at 3:30pm — No Comments
The Firefighter
I often find myself thinking about my cousin Michael Brennan. He was a firefighter…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on September 10, 2018 at 3:26am — 11 Comments
The Great Famine of 1315
Five hundred and thirty years before the death and devastation caused in 1847 by An Gorta Mor (The Great Hunger), Ireland suffered an equally horrific event that begun in 1315 and was the first in a series of large-scale disasters that devastated Europe in the 14th century. A continent-wide famine began with…
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In the Realm of Spirit: Psalms from a Mountain
In the Realm of Spirit: Psalms from a Mountain
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The man sitting in the back row of the…
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The Miami Showband Massacre: The Day The Music Was Silenced
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It is widely accepted that the traditions of music and storytelling in Ireland, are among the most original and earliest forms of communication in Europe. The one thing that truly unites all the differing factions in Ireland is our love of and deep respect for music. Music unites, gladdens and…
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Oliver Plunkett, Tomás Ó Fiaich and The Bard of Armagh
This month we remember Irishman Oliver Plunkett, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, who was hung, drawn and quartered, on July 1, 1681 at Tyburn Gallows, London. That barbaric act made him the last Catholic victim martyred as a direct result of the devious ‘Popish…
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Press Release for 'Turn Out The Light'
Pleased to see my book "Turn Out the Light' was chosen as a finalist in the Eric Hoffer 2018 Book Awards. http://www.hofferaward.com/…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on May 31, 2018 at 8:30pm — No Comments
'Out of the Ice: Ireland Then and Now'
Added by John Anthony Brennan on May 27, 2018 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments
The Bonfires of Beltaine (May Eve)
Added by John Anthony Brennan on May 1, 2018 at 9:00am — 2 Comments
The Poet
On this day, April 24, 1916 one of the most important events in the long history of Ireland took place. This is a personal tribute to a handful of dreamers, the brave men and women of Ireland, the poet and the grocer, the tobacconist and the piper, the…
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Slaughter in South Armagh
The period between November 1974 and January 1976 was a particularly dark and frightening time around South Armagh. I remember vividly the fear and shock being felt around the area at that time and when McArdles Bar in Crossmaglen was bombed in Nov. 74, leaving one dead and several seriously injured,…
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Festival of Imbolc and the Two Brigids
Back in the mists of time, long before the Milesians arrived from Egypt, and even longer before the Celtic tribes came and settled, another ancient tribe inhabited the island of Ireland. The ‘Tuatha De Dannan,’ translated as ‘people of the Goddess…
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O'Reilly: Fenian Rebel, Convict and Poet
This month in January 1868, after a voyage of 89 days, an infamous convict-ship docked for the last time in Freemantle harbor, Western Australia.
On October 12, 1867,…
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The Wrenboys
“The wran, the wran, the king of all birds,
on Stephen's day was caught in the furze.
His body is little but his family is sweet
so rise up landlady and give us a treat.
And if your treat be of the best
your soul in heaven…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on December 26, 2017 at 2:16pm — 2 Comments
The Winter Solstice
This year’s shortest day of the year is on Thursday, December 21, which will also mark the longest night of the year. Every year, the winter solstice marks the turn of the calendar as autumn ends and the winter begins. From an astronomical…
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Life Along the Border in 1920s Ireland (A Short Story)
Added by John Anthony Brennan on December 16, 2017 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
An Gorta Mor: The Great Hunger
This year 2017, is the 170th anniversary of the ‘great Hunger’ that befell Ireland in 1847. Otherwise known as ‘an Gorta mor’ or more commonly referred to as ‘Black ‘47’ it was a seminal turning point in the long tortuous history of…
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How the Ancient Irish Oral Tradition Was Saved From Extinction
On a cold, wet evening in 576 AD, a flotilla of small, wave-tossed, leather-covered boats with tattered cloth sails, came to rest on the rocky shores of Lough Foyle close to the modern-day town…
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The Destruction of Eamhain Mhacha
According to both oral and written traditions, at the beginning of the 4th century A.D., three brothers, known as the Three Collas, rebelled and killed their uncle, the high king of Ireland, Fíacha Sroiptine. This singular barbarous act started a…
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