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Hibernia: News from Ireland

By Tom Deignan

Summer 2021

September 10, 2021 by By Tom Deignan </br> <p></p> <a href = https://www.irishamerica.com/3d-flip-book/2021-summer-issue/> Summer 2021 </a>

Bridge from Ireland to Scotland? Amidst centuries of conflict and bloodshed, peacemakers have attempted to ease hostility between Great Britain and Ireland, building metaphorical bridges in the name of peace. You may soon see an actual bridge between the two islands, spanning the Irish Sea. “In a bid to improve domestic transport links, the UK government is now conducting a … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News from Ireland

To Hell or Barbados

By Emmett O'Connell, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by </a> By Emmett O'Connell, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2001-archive/april-may-2001/">April / May 2001</a> Leave a Comment

The ethnic cleansing of Ireland: Emmett O'Connell reviews Sean O'Callaghan's book on the Irish whom Cromwell sent into slavery. ℘℘℘ "These Irish, anciently called Anthropophagi (maneaters), have a tradition among them, that when the devil showed our Savior all the kingdoms of the earth and their glory he would not show him Ireland, but reserved it for himself...They are … [Read more...] about To Hell or Barbados

October 26, 1932

Margaret Brown, or “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” survivor of the Titanic died in New York City on this day in 1932. Born Margaret Tobin in Missouri, she relocated to Colorado at the age of 18. She met J.J. Brown, also the child of Irish immigrants. The two married and acquired great wealth after J.J.’s engineering efforts helped Ibex Mining Company in the production of ore. Their new found wealth allowed Margaret to become an activist. She ran for US Senate in 1909 and again in 1914. She was dubbed “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” for her heroic efforts to save passengers. She forced Lifeboat 6 to go back and search for more survivors, taking an oar to row.

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