Stephen Finlay Archer

Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 8 – Origins of the Irish Republican Brotherhood

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 11, 2021 | Irish to the Core

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was a secret, oath-bound fraternal Irish organization that was established in 1858 after the Great Hunger to free Ireland from the tyrannical control of Britain. It...

Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 7 – Ulster Volunteers

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Aug 4, 2021 | Irish to the Core

Ulster was an ancient northern Ireland province which split into several kingdoms in medieval times, principally the O’Neill Clan in the north-East and the O’Donnell clan in the north-west. In those times...

Irish to the Core Weekly Blog 6 – The Irish Volunteers

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jul 28, 2021 | Irish to the Core

Led by Irish Nationalist Eoin MacNeill, the Irish Volunteers military organization was established in 1913 to counter the Ulster Volunteer Force with the aim “to secure and maintain the rights and liberties...

Irish to the Core Blog 5 – Southern Ireland Howth Gunrunning

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jul 21, 2021 | Irish to the Core

The Southern Irish Nationalists needed guns to arm their Irish Volunteers to oppose the Northern Ulster Unionists and defend Home Rule for Ireland. They also needed to persuade the Catholic population that they...

Irish to the Core Blog 4 – Northern Ireland Larne Gunrunning

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jul 14, 2021 | Irish to the Core

In 1914 before WWI broke out, Protestant Northern Ireland needed guns to arm their para-military group, the Ulster Volunteers Force (UVF) who were opposed to Home Rule in Ireland. Major Crawford acted as the...

Irish to the Core Blog 3 – Irish Gunrunning

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jul 7, 2021 | Irish to the Core

The Southern Catholic clandestine organization - Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and its militant Irish Volunteers were supported by the American Clan na Gael (CnG) group including exiled Irish patriots. As...

Irish to the Core Blog 2 – Deadly U-Boats in WWI

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jun 30, 2021 | Irish to the Core

During the leadup to WWI, the British Royal Navy expanded its fleet of naval ships to keep ahead of the Germans. Britain had always ruled its Empire by control of the seas. The main way to defeat the Germans if...

Irish to the Core Blog 1 – The Lusitania Tragedy

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jun 23, 2021 | Irish to the Core

The flagship of the Cunard passenger Line, the four-stack Royal Mail Steamship Lusitania, was built in 1906 along with her companion ship Mauritania partially with British Admiralty funds to compete with...

The Irish Brigade – Valor in Defending our Constitution

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Sep 3, 2017 | Irish to the Core, Stephen Finlay Archer - Author

From Antietam to Charlottesville Antietam was a pivotal battle during our Civil War, waged one hundred and fifty five years ago on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This was the bloodiest day in American history and the Union...

Myths, Mysteries and Mayhem Issue #4 7/8/2017

by Stephen Finlay Archer | Jul 8, 2017 | Irish to the Core, Stephen Finlay Archer - Author

Duty, Valor and Death In my novel Entente I utilized this image to depict my characters Tadgh and Morgan, soldier and nurse, crusader and Florence Nightingale, embroiled in the war-to-end-all-wars. The British used this poster to gain...