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Nearly 50 years after the patriot's death his grave fell into disrepair and it was Thomas Davis, a journalist, writer and Young Irelander whose poem and song "The Ballad of Bodenstown Churchyard" that saved the green grave.
Surrounded by your loved ones on Thanksgiving this year seize the opportunity to mind your family’s memories and pick up and record some genealogy gold – family lore.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” starring Irish American Johnny Depp is set to drop and fans of the fantasy series are chomping at the bit.
In the countdown to the anniversary of JFK's assassination on November 22, 1963, we look at the events surrounding his death. including the investigation into the crime.
On the journey to their new lives in America, 10% of the immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island were detained in its hospital complex. Abandoned since 1954, the complex opened to tour in 2014 and offers a fascinating glimpse into the past.
The first Veterans Day, usually called Armistice or Remembrance Day in Ireland, was marked in 1919 a year to the day after the guns fell silent across the Western Front.
Today is Armistice’s Day. On November 11, 1918, an armistice, or truce, was officially called between the Allies and Germany during the First World War – fighting ended on the Western Front.
It was Armistice Day 1918 when an IRA prisoner in Cork County Gaol made a brazen escape to freedom. His name was Donnchada McNeilus, a native of Donegal.
It’s been three years since world-renowned American skateboarder Tony Hawk married his love Catherine Goodman at Adare Manor, County Limerick, recently named Hotel of the Year. The enchanting elements to their Irish wedding day remain as intriguing as ever.
Without the hundreds of thousands of Irish who found new lives in the Americas, and sent money back home, the scale of the disaster back home would have been unthinkable.
With election week upon us in the US, it's a good time to look back at some effective forms of political protest throughout history. Consequently, the acts of Irish suffragette Mary Maloney are garnering attention and applause on social media.
In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting on Oct 27, our minds sprung to the Jewish community in Ireland and the indomitable figures who've made a mark over the years.
All Hallows Eve actually began as a harvest festival, the Celtic Feast of the Dead, several millennia ago in Ireland. Here are some Halloween recipes to help you celebrate.
On Nov 2, All Souls' Day or rather All Souls' Night, the Irish traditionally believed that the souls of the dead would return to their family and speak to their descendants.
