A community of feeling. A mythology of the instincts. As pilgrims, we bow our heads on the rocky road and we move on, carrying our humanity, and the humanity of others, from one place to the next. If ...

One of the forerunners of modern investigative journalism, Bly was reputed to be a fearless character who would go anywhere and do anything for a good story. Add to that her excellent writing skills ...

This month is crunch time for the British government on one of the most prominent legal cases from the Northern Ireland conflict, with London now under severe pressure to set up an inquiry into the ...

CO-FOUNDER OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – 1961 UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONER FOR NAMIBIA – 1973 AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – 1974 THE LEVIN PEACE PRIZE – 1977 THE AMERICAN MEDAL FOR JUSTICE – 1978 Seán ...

The survivors spent the next few days in the homes of families in Cohasset, before being transferred to the town’s poor-house, where they were all nursed back to health. Miraculously, also, ...

The Connecticut River Valley saw a large number of Irish immigrants in the wake of the Great Famine, and many settled in Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, the upcoming industrial center upriver from ...

INTRODUCTION There is no doubt that Ireland’s sons and daughters played a major role in the battle for American independence from the British Crown. As leading Revolutionary War historian Thomas ...

John Hume, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize, is interviewed by Kelly Candaele. John Hume is the rarest of political figures. For over thirty years he has doggedly pursued peace in Northern Ireland, ...

The Impact of the Election Results on Irish Issues With one or two notable exceptions, the November 1998 elections saw those politicians most influential on Irish affairs safely re-elected to their ...

A map of the Atlantic Ocean area indicating westward Viking sea routes of exploration and discovery. Note the routes leading from Ireland via the “stepping stone” islands northwest to Iceland and so ...

This exchange in a novel about college sports in the 1920s catches the prejudices that many Americans of the time held toward citizens of Irish-Catholic descent. However, unlike other immigrant groups ...

Frank Wild, the second in command, made his way through the ship as its planks buckled and heaved against the mounting pressure. Occasionally a loud crack rang out like a gunshot as the timber snapped ...