Illuminations: William Bernard O’Donoghue and the Last Fenian Raid
The Fenian Brotherhood (the Fenians) was a secret Irish republican society founded in the United States in 1858 by John O’Mahony and Michael Doheny. Members of this movement tried to take Canadian territory by force, so they could ...
Illuminations: The Floating Prisons of Bermuda
“The various horrors of these hulks to tell,These Prison Ships where pain and horror dwell,Where death in tenfold vengeance holds his reign,And injur'd ghosts,...
Illuminations: General Richard James Mulcahy – The Right Hand Man
Richard James Mulcahy, Irish revolutionary and politician, was born in Manor Street, Waterford, on May 10, 1886. His parents were Patrick Mulcahy, a post...
Cleveland Comhra: The Dearg Due
Celtic Vampire Folklore: The Tale of Mairenn
Vampire stories are abundant in Celtic folklore, and Ireland has its share of them. These tales have existed...
Kids craic: who’s your daddy (part 3)
When I started writing about the Founding Fathers, I never thought it was going to take three parts! I do not know why I...