Fascinating New Study on Famine Effect on Irish Height in LiveIreland.ie Today.
Areas hardest hit by the Great Irish Famine did not experience an expected stunting in height of the population, new academic research has found.
The research from Queen’s Business School in Belfast and Edinburgh Business School has examined the impact of one of the defining events in Irish history.
Perspectives on the Role of America on the Ongoing Work of a United Ireland
I was in 8th grade at the time of Bloody Sunday and in high school when the Kent State shootings occurred. Then I was in college/first job during the Irish hunger strikes. So, I grew up during the backdrop of the civil rights movements here in the U.S. as well as the North of Ireland.
Gerry Adams and Séanna Walsh – 2005 – Towards a New Ireland (and the End of the IRA’s Armed Struggle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PTX64l1W9g
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2005 was a momentous year in the Irish peace process when Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams called on the IRA leadership to end its...
The Power of Culture
A Letter from Ireland
a Chara,
This week's letter will be mostly, sort of, politics free as most of the political institutions are in recess.
At the...