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“In the Shadow of the Shamrock” Showcases Burns Library to Newton Community
The Newton Free Library hosted “In the Shadow of the Shamrock: Tracing Boston’s Irish History,” featuring the Irish archives ...
Daily Mail3d
Christine Lampard reveals the 'absolute fear' she felt growing up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and tells of horrifying incident that happened when she was a toddler
The Troubles was an ethno-nationalist conflict which began in the 1960s and was fought between nationalist and loyalist groups over the status of Northern Ireland. It ended with the Good Friday ...
Sunday Bloody Sunday — how U2 responded to a grim day in Northern Ireland’s Troubles
The band adopted a title used by John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band in a song that became a staple of their live shows ...
Legal action over claim loyalists were wrongly detained during early days of Troubles to show ‘no bias against Catholics’ settled
A legal action over claims that loyalists were wrongly interned at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland to “even up ...
Henry Kelly: The Troubles journalist who became a household name on TV
The broadcaster, who has died at the age of 78, became known for his Irish charm as one of the most recognisable faces on TV during the 1980s. Born in Athlone in 1946, Kelly moved to Dublin as a child ...
Northern Ireland Troubles legacy body offers apology after names disclosed in data breach
The body tasked with investigating outstanding cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles has apologised following a data ...
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Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation.
Ali Watkins had always heard vague, mysterious stories about her great-grandfather. She knew he left Northern Ireland for Philadelphia in 1922, immigrating under suspicious circumstances.
First look at Gillian Anderson in Channel 4’s new Northern Ireland-set period drama
Trespasses, the upcoming Channel 4 period drama starring Gillian Anderson, has released its first images. The series, based ...
The secret papers which reveal radical thinking about a united Ireland
We are in a phony war about Irish unity. A united Ireland is not yet credibly close, so most people are only thinking about ...
The Irish Times29d
The Irish Times view on the long shadow of the Troubles : Sinn Féin’s selective memory
How Northern Ireland’s past continues to impede its ... still causes grief and trauma to the bereaved and survivors of the Troubles. It also reinforces the point that the history of the conflict ...
The New York Times17d
The Americans Who Ran Guns for the I.R.A.
By the time the Troubles ended, more than 3,500 people ... For now, peace holds in Northern Ireland. Britain’s decision to leave the E.U. added an unexpected complication, but the empire ...
London Evening Standard1mon
Henry Kelly: The Troubles journalist who became a household name on TV
The Irish broadcaster had died at the age of 78. Henry Kelly has died at the age of 78 (Ian West/PA) Henry Kelly’s long career brought him from reporting on the frontline of the Troubles in ...