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The Making of a Nation
Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation. On View at The…
Canada Recognizes Irish Famine Memorial
The Irish in Canada have won a major victory over the Canadian Government on how…
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
Found her Voice in Ireland
Found her Voice in Ireland
In Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield: The Abolitionist “Black Swan”, Professor Christine Kinealy (Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute,…
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Grosse Ile: Island of Sorrows
The name Grosse Ile (Big Island) is almost a generic term on the map of North America, it appears in so many places. But there is one island by that […]
Commemoration for Catalpa Fenians
The Catalpa Six were Fenians who escaped to America from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. They are buried throughout the U.S., five of them were buried in unmarked graves. To […]
A Visit to Buckingham Palace and the Home of the British Royal Family
Reflecting on the history and historic actions of Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth II Following the death of Queen Elizabeth, Niall O’Dowd remembers his exciting tour of Buckingham Palace and reflects […]
How The Assassination of Michael Collins 100 Years Ago Changed Ireland For The Worse
There is no question that if Michael Collins had not died, Irish history would have been changed utterly. 100 years ago, on the 22nd of August, 1922, on a lonely […]
Passages East and West: An Irish Indian Comes Home
History speaks of migration waves that flow across land and sea and create epochal change. This description can obscure the smaller, often heroic journeys of daring individuals who establish new […]
The New “Special Relationship”
President Clinton’s Commitment to Ireland The White House economic conference on Ireland on May 24-26, 1995 will be the latest in a series of Irish initiatives by President Clinton. Niall […]