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Samuel Neilson was born on September 17, 1761 in Ballyroney, Co. Down, one of thirteen children born to Alexander Neilson, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Agnes. He received a liberal...
The Pelham Regional Pipe Band was formed in January of 2019, when two pipers from the Pelham School district got together to practice. After hearing that the brother of another teacher was also a piper without a band, he...
This article was written by George McLaughlin, who reflects on the Catalpa Rescue and relates how he has tracked down the graves of the Catalpa Six.
Searching For The Fenian Dead
Years ago, with a small group of avid immigrant high...
The summer of 2021 marks 40 years since the death of 10 brave young men on hunger strike in the H-Block Prison. Throughout this past summer, an anonymous group has been posting memorials to the hunger strikers across the...
This week marks 50 years since the introduction of internment in the Six Counties.
Internment is imprisonment without trial. The goal of “Operation Demetrius” as the British labeled it was to engage in mass arrest and imprisonment in an effort...
O'Donovan Rossa GAA was founded in 2018 by Gaels located in Astoria, Queens with the goal of providing a community focused club, based on the traditional parish club that is the bedrock of the association, while honoring the ideals...
Thomas McElwee was born in 1957 in Bellaghy, a village in the hills of South Derry. He was the first son born to Alice and Jim McElwee, one of twelve children. Jim McElwee was from that area, but Alice...
Does Ireland exist? Is there such a country as Ireland? This question occurs to me more and more as time goes by.
There is certainly a large island to the west of Britain which is denoted by that name. The...
Kevin Lynch
Kevin Lynch was born in Park, north County Derry, on May 25, 1956. Growing up in Dungiven, he was known as a keen athlete and famously captained the under-16 Derry hurling team to winning the All-Ireland hurling championship...
This Sunday, August 1, at 1pm Empire City Casino is hosting an Ice Bucket Challenge to support the fight against ALS.
Pat Quinn was born in Yonkers in 1983 and was diagnosed with ALS on March 8, 2013 - later...
