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.
Séanna Walsh reflects on delivering historic IRA statement 20 years on
Senior republican Séanna Walsh says the nature of the struggle for a united Ireland has changed and the future promises much more.
He was speaking...
It is Festival Focus Time!
By John O'Brien, Jr
The 19th Annual iIrish Festival Focus Series Has Begun ~ Start Festifying for the Best Summer Yet
13th Motor City Irish Fest...
Remembering Francis McGarry: Guardian of Cleveland’s Irish Flame
In the quiet corners of Cleveland’s Irish history, where census data meets family stories and where faded maps reveal the footsteps of our ancestors, Francis McGarry built an intellectual home. For more than a decade, we traveled with Francis through
Speak Irish: Irish Poetry
learn Irish.
The historical impact of Irish poetry and literature however, is another matter. Much of the poetry written in Irish is of a political or rebellious nature.
The poem “Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire” would not