Thomas D’Arcy McGee – The Irish revolutionary who was one of the fathers of the Canadian Confederation
By John Joe McGinley Thomas D’Arcy McGee was a journalist, author, poet, politician and Irish revolutionary, who is now recognised as one …
Book Review: Nano Nagle: The Life and the Legacy
By Deirdre Raftery, Catriona Delaney and Catherine Nowlan-Roebuck Publihsed by : Irish Academic Press, 2018 Reviewer: Gerard Madden An effusive tribute by …
Nineteenth Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana
The19th Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana (The Civil parish of Lower Fahan) by Gearoid Mac Lochlainn. Finley Dun, who in 1879 after …
‘Waterford Parted from the Sea’ – The Irish in Newfoundland
Shay Dunphy explores the historical and cultural links between south-east Ireland and Newfoundland in Canada. The first Europeans arrived on Newfoundland’s shores as early as …
John Boyle O’Reilly and the 1870 Fenian Invasion Of Canada
In the second piece on John Boyle O’Reilly, Ian Kenneally looks some more at Boyle O’Reilly’s role during the invasion of Canada …
The Fenian Invasion Of Canada, 1866
Ian Kenneally the author of From The Earth, A Cry: the story of John Boyle O’Reilly published by The Collins Press writes about the Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866.