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Where Shall We Seek for a Hero?
Reflections on John Boyle O’Reilly

By Michael Quinlin

June 28, 2024 by 4 Comments

John Boyle O'Reilly c., 1870

180 years after his birth on June 28, 1844, the lessons of legendary Irish rebel, patriot, poet and activist John Boyle O’Reilly deserve to be remembered and cherished.  In today’s society of discontent and distrust mingled with guarded hope and optimism, O’Reilly would be hailed simultaneously as a disruptor of the status quo, a man unafraid to speak truth to power, a … [Read more...] about

Where Shall We Seek for a Hero?
Reflections on John Boyle O’Reilly

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