Father Colgan strongly backed the Union in the Civil War. The 1863 Draft Act – which permitted drafted men to meet their obligation by paying $300 – provoked riots in many poor districts, including ...

Pennsylvania and Ireland have had a long and rich historical association. It stretches back to the era of William Penn in the ...

They cared for broken-down Irish miners and old horses and were among the few people who would treat Utah AIDS patients in ...

Undoubtedly, ordinary GAA Club players weren’t getting fair play under the old system, where the Inter County Championships ...

The Life of Rebel New York Attorney Paul O'Dwyer,” takes readers through the civil rights era, Northern Ireland.

A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.” ...

The Irish “piggybacked” on the often-violent and exploitative empire-building of the main European powers, according to a ...

Three veterans are on the ballot in the June gubernatorial primary in New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill, who served in the U.S. Navy ...

Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA’s War Against the British sets out to tell the story of the impact of the Troubles in ...

Shmuel Feiner argues that it would seem logical that the Haskalah movement encouraged rather than discouraged women from ...

The former Sinn Fein president is entitled to bask in his legal victory, but the case showed us his view of the 'armed ...

The first observance of Dorchester Day, in June of 1904, took place under a tent on Savin Hill. A celebration of local ...