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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The Great Famine Online
University College Cork, and the Irish Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, collaborated to create the Great Irish Famine Online. The project displays detailed information on the famine’s effects […]
John Wolfe Ambrose Monument is Restored
Nearly 30 years after the bust of John Wolfe Ambrose, the Irishman who helped New York become one of the greatest sea ports in the world, was stolen from his […]
Native Americans and the Irish
The Irish Consulate in New York City hosted a discussion of Irish-Native American relations in June. Titled, “Native Americans and the Irish: Historic and Continuing Connections,” it touched on interactions […]
Irish Landmark in Montreal in Danger
The preservation of Montreal’s rich history of Irish settlement is once again in peril. After plans to build a park and preserve the Black Rock Irish Famine memorial erected in […]
Wall Street's Forgotten Financial News Genius
All but Forgotten John J. Kiernan was a pioneer in the financial news industry and the inventor of ticker tape news. A lone figure, etched against the burgeoning lower Manhattan […]
Frederick Douglass and Irish Home Rule
Born a slave, Frederick Douglass died as a champion of human rights, and Ireland played an important role in his political awakening. In 1845, Ireland provided a safe refuge to […]