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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,…
Remembering Alice James
When William of Albany, as he came to be known, left County Cavan in 1789…
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Timothy Egan: A Modern Day Pilgrim
In late October, media outlets around the world reported that Pope Francis had expressed support for civil unions, “a significant break from his predecessors that staked out new ground for […]
A Modern Day Pilgrim
Best-selling author and New York Times columnist, Timothy Egan’s latest book is called A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From to Canterbuy to Rome in Search of Faith. He talks to Tom […]
The United Irishmen and the 1798 Rebellion
The Society of United Irishmen, founded in Belfast on October 26, 1791 by radical political thinkers, including Theobald Wolfe Tone, Hamilton Rowan, Samuel Nellson, Henry Joy McCracken and Thomas Russell, […]
Presidents & First Ladies of Irish Ancestry
There’s as much of the old sod in the White House as there is on its south lawn. The backgrounds of America’s First Families are diverse: Nancy Reagan and Lady […]
Daniel Shays and the 1786 Protest Against Economic and Civil Rights Injustices
Though it was far from successful, Shays’ Rebellion – which spanned several months during the latter part of 1786 and early 1787 – certainly captured everyone’s attention. Some, such as […]
Sarah Parker Remond
Continuing Christine Kinealy’s series on Black abolitionists who visited Ireland, we find, in Sarah Parker Remond, a woman who was remarkable and fearless. Frederick Douglass’s visit to Ireland 175 years […]