History Archive
The British Broadcast Ban, The Media and the Conflict in Northern Ireland
On October 19, 1988 the British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, imposed unprecedented peace time restrictions…
Looking Back at the Hunger Strike
He has chosen death: Refusing to eat or drink, that he may bring Disgrace upon…
Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin’ McAliskey was elected to represent the…
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Salute to Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Committee to Save the Museum plans street art, live music, other festivities to salute institution unexpectedly closed by Quinnipiac University. The Committee to Save Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum will host […]
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 […]