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Major James Thomas Byford McCudden was Britain’s most decorated and successful WW1 flying Ace with 57 victories.
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WWI Pilot James McCudden: From Mechanic to Ace

Posted by Joe Gannon on March 15, 2024 at 8:30pm 4 Comments

It was two days before Christmas 1917, as James McCudden pulled gently back on the control stick of his British S.E. 5 biplane. He had spotted what appeared to be a German two-seat scout flying slightly higher, a little over 18,000 ft, to the west of him, over Peronne, about 90 miles north of Paris. As he got closer, he recognized it as a Rumpler.…

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Easy Easter Sweet

Posted by Margaret M. Johnson on March 25, 2024 at 3:14pm 0 Comments

      It’s a safe bet that you’ll find slices of this cake offered in tea rooms, coffee shops, home kitchens, and take-aways throughout the Emerald Isle. It’s a “standard” to which bakers often add a personal touch — think extra lemon (or orange) zest in the cake or fresh herbs in the drizzle — and…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 24 - March 30

Posted by Joe Gannon on March 23, 2024 at 4:14pm 0 Comments

LUAIN -- On March 25, 1846Michael…

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The Man Behind the Long Green Lines (and It's Not Patrick) - Part One

Posted by The Wild Geese on January 20, 2014 at 9:30pm 4 Comments

By James Doherty

Waterford City, Ireland - From his perch as rector of the Irish College of St. Isidore in Rome, Waterford-born Franciscan Friar Luke Wadding welcomed a steady stream of refugees from the land of his birth - men forced to leave Ireland to pursue their vocations. He came to understand then,…

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West Cork’s Hales Family: Giving All for Irish Freedom

Posted by Joe Gannon on February 1, 2024 at 12:00am 3 Comments

Seán Hales, a TD (member of the Dáil Éireann) from County Cork, and Padraig Ó Maile, a TD from County Mayo, emerged from the Ormond Hotel along the north bank of the Liffey River in Dublin at about 2:30 PM on December 7, 1922. Just the day before, the Free State had been formally established by…

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Hearty Fare for St. Patrick’s Day

Posted by Margaret M. Johnson on March 9, 2024 at 7:16am 0 Comments

            Nothing warms the heart on St. Patrick’s Day more than the mashed potato-topped casserole known as Shepherd’s Pie. In a land where sheep were traditionally a primary food supply, it’s not surprising that lamb is the foundation for many Irish farmhouse dishes, especially this…

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Black with a Tinge of Green

Posted by James Francis Smith on February 27, 2013 at 4:30pm 0 Comments

As February’s Black History Month fades into memory and March’s Irish History Month begins its ascendancy, there’s a brief moment where the black takes on a tinge of green.

Few realize that these two ethnic groups, African-Americans and Irish-Americans, who together make up one-quarter of…

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An American Imbolc

Posted by Mike McCormack on January 31, 2024 at 2:00pm 0 Comments

(An 18th-century drawing of a Delaware River ferry boat)

February 1 is the Celtic feast of Imbolc, which signifies change or rebirth. In Luke’s Gospel, it is when Jesus was presented in the temple to begin his…

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Hungry Trails

Posted by Máire Malone on January 11, 2024 at 10:30am 0 Comments

Julie Foley is sixteen when she and her family are evicted from their humble mountain dwelling in the Mayo town of Attymass. Their crime is rental arrears. It's 1847 and the potato famine has impoverished Ireland. Corpses of men, women and…

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The Irish War of Independence and Civil War in Co. Roscommon

Posted by The Wild Geese on January 18, 2024 at 10:00pm 2 Comments

By Kathleen Hegarty Thorne

Ireland is a very small country in land mass. Compared to industrialized England, it is a poor cousin in the family of imperialists. Challenging the most…

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