So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

The Colored Orphan Asylum is under siege. A cauldron of resentment, anti-authority, and racial tensions rise as the city ...

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88 from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.

The order temporarily prevents the government from continuing to expel migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act - last used ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where minutemen fought British soldiers who ...

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 April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army opened ...

which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding. The auction house, one of the nation’s leading purveyors of early American ...

As Ireland faces new global opportunities, it’s timely to formally recognise and enhance the extraordinary potential of our relationship with the Irish-American community. With 44m Americans ...

Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein “didn’t realize for a long time” that the release of their upcoming six-episode series on the American ... s “The Civil War” series.

Aiming to tap into the large Irish-American diaspora, Healy's Dundalk Bay Brewing Company began exporting to the United States five years ago and was "just breaking in". Now they are faced with ...

HOUSTON — A federal court in Texas today issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) just hours after the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Texas filed an emergency lawsuit. The TRO halts ...

The book tells the true story of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, the highest-ranking American POW of World War II. Jonathan Horn: Gen. Wainwright was a gritty cavalryman who grew up in Montana not far ...