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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The Celtic Twilight
If you could count back through enough pairs of grandparents, it could be that you have some genetic ties to that astonishing people, the Celts, whose art, conquests and legends […]
The Battle to Save the Burren
The Burren in northwest Clare, a wild region of bare limestone, vanishing lakes, and surprising wildflowers, is one of Europe’s most remarkable habitats. Yet the most diverse and fragile part […]
Hibernia | The Irish Contribution to America’s Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written in the hand of Irish-born Charles Thomson. First read to the people by John Nixon, another native of Ireland. Printed by John Dunlap also […]
A Little Irish Romance | Marriage in the Good Old Days
A woman at marriage passed into her husband’s fine and was accorded half his worth in honor-price, but she also had status in her own right. Some historians believe that […]
Hibernia | Irish in the Civil War
The March-April issue of Civil War magazine is devoted to examining the role of the Irish in the War Between the States. This fact comes on the heels of the […]
Charleston’s Hibernian Hall
Charleston, South Carolina: At first I saw what I anticipated-streets of beautiful eighteenth-and nineteenth-century homes and public buildings lovingly restored. True, Hurricane Hugo had struck. But the people had fought […]