Jeremiah Curtin

The Last Word: Frontiersman Curtin

By Dr. Eoin McKiernan

January 2000

July 13, 2021 by </br> <p> By Dr. Eoin McKiernan </p> </p> <a href = https://www.irishamerica.com/3d-flip-book/2000-january/ > January 2000 </a> Leave a Comment

His birthplace claimed by two states, Jeremiah Curtin, son of Irish immigrants, shed glory upon the state to which he was brought as an infant -- Wisconsin. Something of his indomitable nature was evident in his triumph over frontier conditions to become the first Wisconsinite to earn a degree from Harvard College and to go on to become one of the greatest linguists the world … [Read more...] about The Last Word: Frontiersman Curtin

November 28, 1905

Arthur Griffith founded the Irish political party Sinn Fein on this day in Dublin in 1905. At the first annual Convention of the National Council, Griffith outlined what he called the “Sinn Fein” policy. The policy planned “to establish in Ireland’s capital a national legislature endowed with the moral authority of the Irish nation.” At first, support and membership were not very strong, however the party grew following the Easter Rising of 1916. Today, the party is led by Gerry Adams and is one of the largest political parties, with elected representatives in both Northern Ireland and the Republic.

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