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The Making of a Nation
Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation. On View at The…
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,…
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British Government Finally GrantsFinucane Family an Inquiry
Back in February 1989, George H.W. Bush had just succeeded Ronald Reagan as U.S. president. Margaret Thatcher was the British prime minister, and the conflict in Northern Ireland had another […]
St. Ailbe of Emly
Patron of Wolves | Feast Day September 12th St. Ailbe, sometimes known by his anglicized name, St. Elvis, was a 6th-century saint born in County Tipperary. The name Ailbe is derived […]
Saint-Gauden’s Celtic Vision
The most important American sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th century was born in Ireland. If there was such a thing as an American Renaissance, Augustus Saint-Gaudens embodied […]
St. Kevin of Glendalough
Patron of Ireland | 498-618 | Feast Day June 3rd Since no biography of this holy hermit was written until 600 years after his death, the facts of his long life […]
St. Dymphna: The Lily of Eire
PATRON OF THE MENTALLY ILL; INVOKED AGAINST INCEST, DEPRESSION, STRESS, INSANITY, AND SLEEPWALKING. In Belgium, near the town of Geel, can be found one of Europe’s largest and most progressive […]
Impunity and The Northern Ireland Conflict
An international expert panel from Norway, Argentina, Israel, and Ireland has produced a monster piece of research on the British forces during the North of Ireland conflict that details impunity […]