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Black Abolitionists in Ireland

William P. Powell:
A Black Abolitionist in Ireland

IA Newsletter
Aptil 13, 2024

April 10, 2024 by 1 Comment

William Peter Powell is generally overlooked in the history of the Black abolition movement. Nonetheless, as a former seaman from his homes in New Bedford, New York, and Liverpool ports, he was at the heart of a global network of anti-slavery activity, primarily centered on the nexus between Dublin, Liverpool, and Boston.  Powell's numerous and crucial contributions are not … [Read more...] about William P. Powell:
A Black Abolitionist in Ireland

Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland

By Christine Kinealy
IA Newsletter October 30, 2021

October 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment

If you had been in London on 15 May 1835, you could have heard Daniel O’Connell, Ireland’s Liberator, speak at a large Anti-Slavery meeting in the prestigious Exeter Hall. O’Connell, the hero of Catholic Emancipation, had established himself as the leading transatlantic opponent of enslavement and as a thorn in the side of American enslavers. But if you had been almost 300 … [Read more...] about Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland

Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland

IA Newsletter, May 13, 2023

October 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment

The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, and Irish Heritage Trust have released Ira Aldridge: Black Tragedian in Ireland in collaboration with Professor Christine Kinealy from the African American Irish Diaspora Network and Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, as part of its Great Famine Voices 2023 season which is funded by the Government of Ireland … [Read more...] about Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland

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William Trevor, short story-writer and novelist, was born in Co. Cork. Trevor, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been short-listed five times for the Booker Prize, is considered one of Ireland’s greatest writers. In a rare interview with Irish America magazine in 1992 Trevor said, “I think we Irish are a nation of storytellers. If you study the way we argue, you find we sometimes do so by telling a story. We make points by telling stories. They tell far more stories in the Dail than they do in the British House of Commons. I can never explain why stories are natural in Ireland, but they are, and sometimes it’s better to leave it at that, and just say the are.”

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