Eigene O'Neill

Remembering Eugene O’Neill and Celebrating Irish American Writers and Artists

By Mary Pat Kelly, Contributor
October / November 2015

October 1, 2015 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/mary-pat-kelly/">Mary Pat Kelly</a>, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2015-archive/october-november-2015/">October / November 2015</a> 1 Comment

Founded in 2008, and operated as a non-profit organization, Irish American Writers & Artists, Inc. (IAW&A) welcomes Irish-American writers, actors, filmmakers, musicians and artists of every (and no) religion. As well as celebrating the achievements of Irish-American writers and artists, past and present, IAW&A’s purpose is to highlight, energize and encourage Irish … [Read more...] about Remembering Eugene O’Neill and Celebrating Irish American Writers and Artists

September 25, 1917

Thomas Ashe, member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood and one of the founders of the Irish Volunteers, died from a hunger strike on this day in 1917. Ashe, who was born in Co. Kerry, took part in the Easter Uprising of 1916 as a commander of the Fingal Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. On May 8, 1916, both Ashe and De Valera were court martialled by the British and sentenced to death. He was released but then charged with sedition and returned to prison in August of 1917. There, he began a hunger strike in protest that he be treated with a prisoner of war status.

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