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This photograph of 1916 rising leader Sean MacDiarmada with his sisters Kate and Rose was recently discovered in a Brooklyn home once owned by the sisters . In 1912, Seán Mac Diarmada traveled to the US to attend the Clan na Gael convention in Atlantic City, NJ .He was a

1936 Coney Island Feis . Rev. Temple was from Shannon Harbour ,Offaly . The Rose MacDermott mentioned was a sister of 1916 rising leader Sean MacDiarmada . Rose worked in the parish with Father Temple for many years .@offalyhistory @kiltyclogher_hc

Image: Capt. James Francis Xavier Huston, Co. E, 2nd New York State Militia https://t.co/hCuQZEURPD via @Bullrunnings

Rev.William Keegan from Edenderry .@offalyhistory https://t.co/lhw7JhmNZa

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A few years to collect and the work of a true craftsman’s to complete .Thanks to Rustem Gungor for the bookbinding work on this collection , The complete Harper’s Weekly Newspaper collection 1861-1865 .It covers all five years of the American Civil War with battlefield images

Staten Island has three sites associated with famine Irish graves .Today I visited two of them .Sadly for many thousands who survived the crossing they would get no further than the Quarantine Hospital. @IrishStewCast @GIHNYU @strokestownpark

The MacDermott family plot in St.Charles Cemetery ,Farmingdale NY . Two brothers and two sisters of Sean MacDermott are laid to rest here ,Seamus ,Donal ,Mary and Rose . Sean was one of the seven leaders of the 1916 Rising in Ireland and he was executed for his

Patrick Dunne was born in Tullamore ,County Offaly in 1831.He emigrated in 1849 not long after the failed 1848 rebellion in Ireland . He was one of the founders of the Irish Republic Newspaper in Chicago in 1867 and a leading member of the Fenian Brotherhood .His son Edward

Thank you Sally-Ann Barrett and Midlands 103 for the invite to speak on the Offaly men and women who took part in the American Civil War. Minute 16:35 . https://t.co/UIdNw3vjv5 https://t.co/4XQ5T50hV8 @offalyhistory @irishacw

I’m in Tullamore, Ireland with my beloved Sister Mary Bosco! She’s 100 years old and she taught me when I was just a little boy. Choosing is always important for God – He chooses us! I thank God for Sister Bosco’s vocation, the call of Pope Leo, for St. Matthias, and for my

Fundraiser by Danny leavy : Ofalia House , Cornelius Heeney Walk , Saturday May 31st .

KIRWAN: The Window Opening Wider

Fundraiser by Danny leavy : Ofalia House , Cornelius Heeney Walk , Saturday May 31st .

Stack Formally Fired and Locked Out of AIHS

Holy Cross Cemetery ,Brooklyn . The Welsh family plot . The family emigrated from Clonbullogue ,County Offaly in 1851 (see ships record ). All three sons took part in the American Civil War . Thomas ,Michael and James . All three are buried here although Thomas isn’t on the

REINSTATE DR. ELIZABETH STACK AT THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/ha2kFhZFQN via @Change