The attack was the start of the Irish War of Independence. World War I, known as “the war to end all wars,” lasted four years, and decimated an entire generation of young men. Losses for the ...

but his actions at Soloheadbeg that day will go down in Irish history for its audaciousness and bravery, for it started a war that would bring Ireland her freedom after 700 years of British ...

Ireland, on the other hand, was seeking independence from one of the victor powers, and due to the alignment of Irish republicans with Germany in the early years of the war, sympathy for the Irish ...

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

a year-long celebration of 1,000 years of Irish independence. Boston College defeated Army 38-24 in front of 42,500 fans at ...

‘L et Ireland go, with God’s blessing and a shake of the hand’, wrote Jerome K. Jerome in May 1920. This was a crucial year ...

Once war was declared, Irish America ... behalf of the cause of independence for Ireland after the 1916 Easter Rising and the executions of the leaders in May of that year and of Roger Casement ...

Just over 100 years ago, the fledgling Irish Free State sent Mr. Timothy Smiddy to Washington, D.C. Ambassador Smiddy was the new Irish state’s first ever diplomatic representative, taking up ...