During Easter week of 1916, an armed rebellion led by the Irish Republican Brotherhood took place in Dublin, with smaller insurrections scattered throughout the rest of Ireland. This rebellion stemmed ...

Liam Neeson, Hollywood star and famous son of Ballymena in Co Antrim, and I were members of the same drama group, The Slemish Players, at different times. He went on to achieve more in that field than ...

New research has found that the Irish rebels of the Irish Revolutionary period were more likely to come from families that were most affected during the Great Irish Famine. The study, entitled ‘The ...

Ireland’s forthcoming centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising – a pivotal event in modern Irish history – is a cause for commemoration, and also raises some compelling questions. Humanities / History - ...

Could there be a better day to get excited about the history of Irish people in Buffalo? For anyone that “bleeds green,” and knows that it’s St. Paddy’s Day, not St. Patty’s Day, we have a virtual ...

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Here's the "Erin go Bragh" meaning and where the common St. Patrick's Day saying came from. Hint: It's rooted in rebellion. One of the best ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a truly meaningful ...