Some of the most unlikely rebels were women who grew up in Protestant Unionist households, in other words part of the Anglo Irish elite .They went to private schools, socialized with those of their own class, lived in large Georgian houses in the same neighborhoods as...
Mizen Head beats tourist popular Cliffs of Moher every time ! The spectacular beauty of Mizen head rivals that of the Cliffs of Moher. Her swirling tides, high cliffs, and dramatic splendor not seen anywhere else in Ireland make her totally unique. No contest in my...
In 1911,The Ladies School Dinner Committee or the LSDC organized a free lunch for every poor child in Dublin regardless of religion, parents political backgrounds, or race. Before this time, the School Meals Act of 1906 allowed government money to be allocated for the provision of...
After the Easter Rising in 1916, England was faced with what to do with the several thousand men they’d arrested.The answer was Frongoch Internment Camp in Wales. Frongoch Internment Camp, a converted whiskey distillery did not squash the desire for Irish independence among the Irish rebels. The...
EXECUTIONS OF THE IRISH REBELS OF IRELAND 1916 “I am going to ensure that there will be no treason whispered for 100 years.” These were the words of General Sir John Grenfell Maxwel, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the forces in Ireland after the arrest and surrender...
Grosse Isle was another tragedy made possible from the great famine, a mass death and heartbreaking tale of desparation continued from Ireland across the sea. Any local from Dublin will tell you there was no famine but there was … “a potato blight which destroyed the only...
“A woman and two children were found dead and half-eaten by dogs; in a neighboring cottage five more corpses which had been dead for several days; a man still living, was lying in bed with a dead wife and two dead children, while a starving...
The violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland cannot be overlooked in Irish history so this post is dedicated to that subject. In honor of the loyal readers of Celticthoughts.com,. There are over 900 now and the numbers grow consistently day by day, I am running...
I have been curious about the Irish language but confess to thinking it is something so daunting, so out of my reach, that I have not even tried to learn much about it. I have heard there are Gaeltacht regions where the Irish language is...
America was built by the Irish. I’ve said that before but did you know the grass-roots of this fine country, the very fiber of America, the existence of the American government, the life blood that makes America great is due largely in part because of Irish...