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Weekly Comment: 1916 Memorabilia Up For Auction at Whyte’s Dublin

By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant
April 27, 2018

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In another installment of their ever-popular series of auctions called The Eclectic Collector, famed Dublin specialist art and collectable auction house Whyte’s has plenty of artifacts from Ireland’s past for purchase in their upcoming May 5 auction. These artifacts stem from the varying times of violence and revolution to times of peace and neutrality. The first two objects of … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: 1916 Memorabilia Up For Auction at Whyte’s Dublin

Weekly Comment:
1916 Memorabilia Up For Auction at Whyte’s Dublin

By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant
April 27, 2018

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In another installment of their ever-popular series of auctions called The Eclectic Collector, famed Dublin specialist art and collectable auction house Whyte’s has plenty of artifacts from Ireland’s past for purchase in their upcoming May 5 auction. These artifacts stem from the varying times of violence and revolution to times of peace and neutrality. The first two objects of … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
1916 Memorabilia Up For Auction at Whyte’s Dublin

Podcast: Eileen Collins and Patricia Harty in Conversation

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2018

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In this 45-minute podcast, Eileen Collins, the first woman to have command of a space shuttle mission and editor in chief Patricia Harty discuss Earth Day, April 22, and how the astronauts have helped spur awareness of forest clearing and environmental changes since the 1960s. Other topics include working with the Russians, what the future of space exploration looks like, … [Read more...] about Podcast: Eileen Collins and Patricia Harty in Conversation

The Titanic’s Irish Legacy

By Nicola Pierce
April 20, 2018

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An excerpt from Titanic: True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy by Nicola Pierce explores three locations notable to the Irish links to the Titanic. THE NOVA SCOTIA GRAVEYARDS It was White Star Line who paid for the headstones that went up during the autumn of 1912. The Titanic bodies, those not claimed by relatives, were divided between three different graveyards, … [Read more...] about The Titanic’s Irish Legacy

Mary Todd, Abraham Lincoln, and their Irish Maids

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An excerpt from Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union, by Irish America publisher, Niall O’Dowd. Mary Todd Lincoln was of solid Irish stock. Mary's paternal great-grandfather, David Levi Todd, was born in County Longford, Ireland, and came to America, via Pennsylvania, to Kentucky. Another great-grandfather, Andrew … [Read more...] about Mary Todd, Abraham Lincoln, and their Irish Maids