Stephen Finlay Archer

Last week I discussed the first 800 years of the Mac Carthaigh Clan in Ireland when they were called Eóganachta, centered on the Rock of Cashel, Tipperary and before Chieftain Muireadhach  mac Carthaigh, son of...

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 support in my...

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 from County Tyrone in...

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 Rossa. Like John Devoy, Rossa was born...

      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 prime reason that...

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...

Last week I wrote about the migration of Irish men, women, and children to North America in the 1840 – 1860s due to the Great Hunger in Ireland where I mentioned that they were not treated very well in New York...

Last week I wrote about the Great Hunger in Ireland in 1845-1851 caused by the potato blight and exacerbated by the ruthless mostly absent British landlords who deprived the poor Irish tenant farmers of healthy...

Having presented some background information regarding organization and financing of the Irish revolution by Irish Americans in my previous blogs, I turn back the clock to one of a major forcing functions of...

In Blog #10 last week I stated that the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) leadership were discouraged by the Fenian movement’s failure in the USA and in Ireland, so they chose to promote a new organization with...