Women on Different Continents fighting for a common cause. Both Eva Gore Booth and Edna Purtell and others like them fought for women’s rights but in different ways and on different shores. Eva Gore Booth, an Anglo-Irish woman from County Sligo Ireland, had always been sensitive to...
The Story of Roger Casement, Part I One man recanted what he wrote about Casement years later Roger Casement is best known for his ‘Black Diaries’ which in my opinion have overshadowed the history of his previous life in the British government as a humanitarian. A man...
Extraordinary Women in Ireland’s Struggle for Freedom By Brighid O’Sullivan Excerpt from Chapter 7: Helen (Ruth) Gifford Nellie Gifford did not graduate and left Alexandra College in her late teens. Both she and her sister, Sidney were disgusted with the snobbery of both staff and pupils. Nellie, who was...
Radio and 10 Things You didn’t know about the Easter Rising Part 2 A Wedding Postponed #6. Thomas Dillon and Geraldine Plunkett were supposed to be married in a double wedding with Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett on Easter Sunday. Joseph Plunkett was a leader and planner of the...
Part I Irish Men and Irish Women / Political Statements 1. The Irish Proclamation of the independence, (the first official political document of the Republic) addresses Irish women as well as men. , ‘ IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: in the name of God and of the dead generations from...
10 Fun Quotes from The Easter Rebellion Part 2 Inside the GPO by Joe Good is both a personal and fun read. It actually reads like a novel so if you want something historical that is both accurate and enjoyable continue reading for some Excerpts from the...
Why the rebels of the Easter Rising would not give their names Frongoch Concentration Camp in north Wales was not without its sacrifices for the rebels of the Easter Rising in 1916. While it is true the men had considerably more freedom at Frongoch in the...
My father was extremely proud of being Irish, though I would learn later in life, that were are also part Polish with a smattering of Russian in the pot too. See my post on the Polish Jews in Ireland. Polish is one of the most...
What lead America to rebel against British rule? Not any one thing, though the Colonists did perceive many of King George’s taxes to be extremely unfair, so unjust in fact that some lost their homes and property. The British did the same thing in Ireland...
In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a Catholic holy day of obligation. Patrick, the boy slave who became a saint and bishop, wasn’t even Irish, yet St. Patrick’s Day is all about Ireland and its culture. Why is it so huge in the United States? It’s...