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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An American Spy in Northern Ireland
The wild, true story of a Chicago trucker-turned-spy who infiltrated the Real IRA Did you hear the FBI paid to lease a pub on the Irish side of the Northern […]
Return to Ireland
The kings of Ireland were not inaugurated in Christian churches as were other European monarchs. The chieftains stood on the high hills that enclosed the tombs of their tribal ancestors […]
The Irish American Dream
The Irish who survived the perilous journey to America struggled to build a new life for themselves and their families in the new world, and in doing so, they would […]
The Search for Missing Friends
From 1831 through 1916, the national Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 “Missing Friends” advertisements placed by friends and relatives in attempts to locate loved ones lost during emigration. These […]
The Hands that Built America
Between 1845 and 1855, some 1.8 million left Ireland for Canada and the United States. Those who were lucky enough to survive the brutal journey to the New World were […]
Arriving in the New World
What we know from literature about what Irish Famine immigrants encountered upon their arrival in North America. If you ever spend the day at the Silver Lake golf course on […]