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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Queen of the Klondike
After the discovery of gold in the Klondike, 100 years ago, some 100,000 people headed north in search of a quick fortune. Only a handful of them found it, and […]
Yankee Doodle with a Brogue:The Irish in the American Revolution
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley there is a gravestone that reads: Here lies the remains of John Lewis, who slew the Irish lord, settled in Augusta County, located the town of […]
Smiling Mickey Welch: Hall-of-Fame Pitcher • Occasional Poet • Lifelong Fan of the Game
By Ray Cavanaugh It was surprising that Mickey Welch had such a successful pitching career: He didn’t have much size (the Society for American Baseball Research describes him as “generously listed” at […]
Bobby Kennedy Has Been Turned into an Impossibly Perfect Hero
He deserves a better judgment As Bobby Kennedy lay dying on a hotel kitchen floor, we’re told his last words were of concern for those around him who had also […]
Black and Green Today
African American and Northern Irish citizens in the Struggle for Civil Rights.
The Amazing Role Gay Women Played in the 1916 Rising
Historical accounts of the gay movement in Ireland usually omit women, yet they had a remarkable part to play in the 1916 Rising as just one example and as lifelong […]