An online version of the Irish Civil War census will make information on pro-Treaty soldiers readily available to the public.

A recent piece in The New York Times, "The First Fighting Irish," looks at The University of Notre Dame's participation in the Civil War.

3D sonar imaging has provided a new look into the shipwreck of the USS Hatteras, a Union ship which was sunk off the coast of Galveston, Texas during the US Civil War. Only two men died the day the ship sank - Irishmen William Healy and John Cleary.

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By: TOM HURLEY

One of the most asked questions of American Civil War enthusiasts across the States is ‘Who was the first casualty?’ The answer, that ‘it was a Private Daniel Hough from some unknown part of Co Tipperary in Ireland,’ usually comes as a surprise to many.

Irish Tourism Minister Minister Leo Varadkar, who officially opened Ireland’s Great Hunger museum near the campus of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, stated the Famine’s impact on Ireland was similar to the Civil War in the US and World War 2 on Europe.

On September 1, 2012 the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America rededicated the Tollgate Cemetery in Jamaica Plain to honor the brave Irishmen who fought and died during our Civil War. The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America has been involved in cleaning up the grounds of the Tollgate Cemetery all summer with the assistance of local Boy Scouts. The Tollgate Cemetery holds the remains of many Irish men who escaped the starvation in their homeland, traveled across the ocean in coffin ships to face discrimination here in Boston. During the Civil War if you were drafted you could pay some one to take your place and many wealthy Bostonians did just that, this gave the Irish a means to provide for their families and the hope of citizenship if they survived.

As part of an ongoing series Cohesion arts are set to release their second volume of musical stories relating the moving stories of Irish immigrants in the American Civil War.

The unmarked and forgotten grave of an Irish-born Medal of Honor recipient has been found.

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Writer  Maurice O’Callaghan, born and raised in West Cork, has penned a novel about two families in his home town during the War of Independence and the Civil War, titled “In their dreams of Fire.”

The famous masterpiece  “The Return of the 69th Irish Regiment,” a seven foot high 11.5 feet across monumental painting has been rediscovered.

Irish American actor Martin Sheen commented in an interview published in Irish America that he loves his Irish heritage in part because the Irish have never planted their flag on the soil of another nation. He loves the Irish because Ireland has always exported poets and artists and clergy, but not armies. He is proud that Ireland has never invaded anyone.

Read more: Irish American Civil War hero honored in Montana

With the security situation in Sudan, Africa's largest nation, deteriorating rapidly fears are growing that it could soon slide into civil war.