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The Kings of Redonda
The tiny, Caribbean island of Redonda is situated some fifteen miles from Montserrat. It had never been regarded as important enough to be claimed by any state. In 1865 the sovereignty of Redonda was claimed by Matthew Dowdy Shiel, an Irish trader living on Montserrat. more...
The Irish of the Canaries
The thousands of Irish who visit the Canary Islands every year on holiday may be so intent on sun, sand and sangria that they will probably overlook a most interesting aspect of the islands history their links with Ireland. more...
The Clancys of Dartry and the Spanish Connection
The Clancys of Dartry are indeed most fortunate and immensely indebted to a survivor of the Spanish Armada, one Don Francisco de Cuellar, who left a written account of his stay with them in 1588. more...
The Vikings
The Vikings had a bad press in Ireland because they were seen as invaders and destroyers of our monasteries and priests. In more recent times historians have tended to concede that they were not always the bad guys. more...
Ireland's Longest Serving Political Dynasty
At least five well-known Irish political families, namely the Dillons, the Esmondes, the Redmonds, the Sullivans and the Sweetmans made the successful transition from the old Irish Parliamentary party which sat at Westminster to those elected after 1918 who took their seats in Dáil Éireann. more...
St. Patrick's Day in Vienna, 1766
Without a party to attend, March 17 can be a lonesome occasion for Irish exiles far from home. To ensure that did not happen, the Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Vienna invited residents of Irish descent to a grand entertainment on the feast day of St Patrick in 1766. more...
Monument to Irish Pioneers in Texas
Under a burning Texas sun, before a gathering of several thousand people, a memorial to the Wexford emigrants who took part in the colonisation of southern Texas in 1834, was unveiled with fitting ceremony in Refugio on St Patrick's Day 1995. more...
Irish Fighting Irish
At Saratoga, in New York's Hudson River valley, rebellious Americans dealt a humiliating defeat to the British Army in October 1777. The American hero was Timothy Murphy, the sharp shooting son of Irish immigrants who picked off two key British officers during the battle. more...
Nobiliary Titles in the Republic
First of all, the Constitution of the Republic forbids the grant of any title of nobility. Period. It also requires any Irish citizen who receives a title of nobility or knighthood from any foreign state to apply for permission to accept/use it. more...
T. E. Lawrence's Irish Links
I have the fancy, if money ever comes my way, to buy some square yards of Ireland for myself and dig myself in there.So wrote the legendary Lawrence of Arabia in 1927, after discussing his father's ancestral home South Hill, near Killua, County Westmeath. more...
Saint Patrick's Day in Peru
As Irish emigrants have scattered across the globe, St Patrick has been honoured in unexpected ways and places. But a Peruvian celebration of 1824 was unique. Indeed, it is doubtful that Ireland's patron saint was feted before or since in the Andean mountain village of Huamachuco. more...
The Black Irish - How Irish is Montserrat?
Tales of Irish-speaking West Indians have been a staple of British humour since the early years of the nineteenth century. more...
Irish Medieval Lineages
Many researchers have heard of the 'Irish kings' and how one reportedly can trace back to these kings and, through their lineages, to Adam. more...
The Kilt is not a Traditional Irish Garment!
On St Patrick's Day, many people who like to identify strongly with Ireland will don the kilt. more...
The Hurley Emigrant Letters
Emigrants' letters, which are held in various educational institutes, archives and libraries throughout Ireland, provide us with an insight into the lives of Irish emigrants in their country of adoption. more...
William Pembroke Mulchinock -Author of the 'Rose of Tralee'
Among minor nineteenth-century Irish poets whose output included one ballad that has stood the test of time can be numbered such as J.F. Waller ('The Spinning Wheel'), J.K. Casey ('The rising of the Moon') and Lady Dufferin ('The Irish Emigrant'). more...
Hitler: His Irish Connections
Adolf Hitler's half-brother, Alois, was working as a waiter in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, in 1909. He had been sent there by a London employment agency. more...
The Australian Share
Elsewhere in this magazine there is reference to the world-wide Irish population of 70 million . Here in Australia we feel we have a fair share of them. more...
The story of Camila O'Gorman
The lives of Camila O'Gorman, her lover Fr Uladislao Gutiérrez and their unborn child came to a violent end on 18 August 1848. more...
The Irish-born signatories of the American Declaration of Independence
Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of July 4, 1776. Forty-eight were born in the American Colonies. Of the eight foreign-born, three were born in Ireland. These men have been neglected in our history books. more...
St Patrick's French Connection
People always used to say my name must be Irish, recalls Edmond Saint Patrice who, with his wife, made his first visit to Ireland in July of last year. more...
Argentine-The Forgotten Irish
It is a fact that throughout Ireland there is a very scanty knowledge of the existence of an active Irish community in Argentina. more...
San Patricios -The Irishmen who died for Mexico
An Irish Batallion unique in military history. Anyone who is Irish or of Irish descent and who has lived or travelled in Mexico will no doubt be familiar with one of the best kept secrets in the colourful world of Irish emigrants.
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Irish emigration to the province of Ontario
Emigration from Ireland to Canada in the last century seems to receive less attention in modern research than that to the United States and Australia.
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Emigration from the Beara Peninsula
The following history of his family, written in the USA by Daniel E. Harrington over a three years period from 1930 to 1933, gives an insight into the sad times and terrible hardships of emigrants in the nineteenth century. more...
Casey and the one-eyed deer (Argentina)
Soon after its independence, Argentina became a paradise for immigrant families from different parts of the world, including Ireland. These families, with hard work, could establish themselves as merchants or farmers in the new country and most of them amassed large fortunes. more...
 
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