by Stephen Finlay Archer | Nov 2, 2021 | Irish to the Core
Mac Carthaigh Clan, Part 1 – Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 19 Having given some background on the oppressive conditions forcing the Irish revolution of the early twentieth century, the paramilitary Volunteer organizations arming for it, and its American Irish...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Oct 20, 2021 | Irish to the Core
Joseph McGarrity, the Philly Clan na Gael – Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 18 Like Devoy and Rossa, Joseph McGarrity was born and raised in poverty in Ireland. His father taught him about the Fenians and the possibility of Home Rule. The difference is that he was...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Oct 13, 2021 | Irish to the Core
O’Donovan Rossa, the People’s Patriot – Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 17 In weekly Bog #11 I wrote briefly about another of the key members of the Cuba 5 group who emigrated to America after being released from jail, namely Jeremiah O’Donovan...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Oct 6, 2021 | Irish to the Core
John Devoy, the Greatest Fenian – Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 16 In Weekly Bog #11 I wrote briefly about one of the key members of the Cuba 5 group who emigrated to America after being released from jail, namely John Devoy. Devoy was a...
by Stephen Finlay Archer | Sep 29, 2021 | Irish to the Core
The Irish Brigade – Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 15 Last week I wrote about how the Catholic Irish refugee immigrants were mistreated in the USA during the 1840 – 1850s. Despite their challenges, and coming from starvation and death back in Ireland, they...
