As a teenager, he was an apprentice to the Irish American photographer ... For the first year of the Civil War, O’Sullivan worked with Brady, and then in 1862 became assistant to colleague ...

the legendary “Fighting 69th,” i.e., Meagher’s Irish Brigade of the American Civil War. The Meagher in question was Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher (August 3, 1823-July 1 ...

or the political violence precipitating the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—the subject of his Burns Scholar Lecture on March 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Burns Library Thompson Room. A collaboration between ...

Donald Trump expressed surprise at the very high number of recipients having roots in Ireland – and it seems he may be on to something ...

“American Requiem ... A story set during New York's Civil War draft riots. Lincoln needed bodies; the Irish were coming in droves; New York was almost burned down. Looking for Irish book ...

Having this archive of moving images – mainly captured by non-Irish news ... the 1916 Rising, the Civil War and the War of Independence, as well as the 1963 visit of American President John ...

American patriots from the Boston Tea ... businessman who was put in charge of forming the Ninth Irish Regiment during the Civil War. “He was heroic. He led a group of men, he was shot in ...

In 1966, I read Irish newspapers celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising: “Right proudly high over Dublin town, they hung out a flag of war ... I am more American than Irish.

served with honor in the crucible of the Civil War and won fame and valor among. Theodore Roosevelt's famous Rough Riders, they were rough riders by some estimates more than 2000 Irish American ...