This letter was written on 22nd September 1850 by Margaret McCarthy to her family and would have served as an emigrant’s guide. She was 22… Read More »Moving letter home to Mom and Dad from an Irish famine emigrant in 1850
The following is excerpted from “They Put the Flag a-Flyin’ The Roscommon Volunteers” by Kathleen Hegarty Thorne. The book is a fascinating account of the… Read More »The Roscommon Volunteers – The common men who freed Ireland
Between the years 1874 and 1955, the political names that brought Ireland to nationhood are legendary: Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera,… Read More »On This Day: Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
Thomas Clarke, a key member of the Irish revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. was among the rebel leaders executed on May… Read More »On This Day: Tom Clarke, Easter Rising leader, was executed
Ellen Shine was a Cork-born Titanic survivor, who lived to the age of 98. The survivor told tales of how men in steerage were held… Read More »Who was the longest-living Irish survivor of the Titanic?
There is little doubt that many Irishmen enlisted in the Union Army very shortly after their arrival in the United States. Editor’s note: On this day… Read More »On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
Irish dancer Kaitlyn Sardin, 26, is a bit shocked by the negative reactions to her latest viral video, but says that the ignorance she’s encountered… Read More »Irish dancer’s fusion choreography goes viral, triggers racists
Update, 2:20 pm EST: An earlier version of this article said Irish acts Cardinals, Gurriers, and NewDad were still set to perform at SXSW, but… Read More »All Irish acts withdraw from SXSW in protest of festival’s US military ties
Among the many Irish and Irish American military heroes of U.S. history whose exploits have become lost to most Americans in modern times, we now… Read More »George Croghan: Irish American ‘Boy Major,’ hero of the War of 1812
Editor’s Note: Dr. Suzanne McClean is a Counselling Psychologist based in Co Galway. Dr. McClean shared her letter with IrishCentral on February 27 and has… Read More »Bereaved Irish mother begs President Biden to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
