History Archive
“Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett
When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a…
“Over There”
Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy?…
Blazes Boylan
In the last issue we reported on the 26-year-old Irish American woman from Long Island,…
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A Late Encounter with the Enemy
Few things are sadder than a missed opportunity. The story of the San Patricios, the Irish emigrants and their comrades of other ethnic groups who fought for Mexico during the […]
Mrs. O’Leary Exonerated
The truth would have made a great story: Catherine O’Leary, successful Irish immigrant businesswoman. She had five cows in her dairy and her husband Patrick was gainfully employed as a […]
Rebel With A Cause
In a rare television interview from 1983, Michael Flannery speaks with Niall O’Dowd for a PBS show based in San Francisco called Irish Magazine. Michael Flannery fought in the Irish […]
Last Word: 90 Seconds Together
“I’m not ready to give up on the anthem and the ritual of standing while its played.” During operation desert storm, after Iraq’s Republican Guard had been forced out of Kuwait, […]
Remembering Colorado’s Forgotten Irish
The Irish in Colorado are seeking to honor immigrants buried in unmarked graves. These were desperate, transient, uneducated, unskilled, and mostly young people. The poorest of these immigrants, without any […]
The General Who Launched Memorial Day
Tracing the origins of Memorial Day can become rather convoluted. After all, about two-dozen U.S. communities claim to have held the first such commemoration. On a less contested level, Gen. […]