Illuminations: Edward Joseph Dundon
Since most of the deaf players couldn’t speak, professional baseball players, including Dundon, were often saddled with the inappropriate nickname, “Dummy.” In today’s age, thankfully, a label like that would be totally off-limits.
Dundon headed south in 1885, joining Atlanta with the Southern League. Atlanta won the pennant that year. Dundon posted a 21-11 record with 210 strikeouts and 1.30 ERA in 37 games pitched.
Nashville, TN; Cincinnati, OH; & Chicago, IL to host “Irish Unity People’s Assemblies” – Registration now open!
The “Irish Unity People's Assembly: Diaspora” is on the move and coming to Nashville, TN; Cincinnati, OH; and Chicago, IL!
A New Ireland, A Time of Opportunity – Senator Conor Murphy
They do so for very different reasons – 1998 was the year the people of Ireland voted to endorse the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and 2016 was the year the people of the North of Ireland voted to remain inside the EU and reject Brexit – yet the British government ignored the democratic will of the people of the North and forcibly removed the North of Ireland from the EU, in January 2020.
In both referenda large numbers of
British government’s decision regarding murder of Sean Brown just the latest example of political cynicism
Taoiseach must press British Prime Minister for public inquiry into Sean Brown murder – O’Neill
Leas Uachtarán Shinn Féin Michelle O’Neill has described the British...
You Cannot Be Racist and Irish Republican
The 1916 Irish Proclamation makes clear, that “no one who serves that cause will dishonor it by cowardice, inhumanity, or rapine.”