or the political violence precipitating the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—the subject of his Burns Scholar Lecture on March 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Burns Library Thompson Room. A collaboration between ...

At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men cut down the courageous "Irish brigade." But his luck changed ... nearly all the rest would be killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in ...

In the century following the Irish Civil War (1922-1923), monuments were erected across the country to honour those who lost their lives and different causes for which they died. There is nothing ...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you who are Irish or Irish at heart! I’m not a bit Irish myself and I usually wear my green with purple for St. Urho’s Day the day before. But ...

to recruit an Irish brigade from German-held Irish prisoners of war to support a rebellion; to acquire arms and German officer support to progress that rebellion. The Casement mission was ...

‘No Middle Path: the Civil War in Kerry’ offers an engrossing account of some of the darkest days in Irish history Historian and Author Owen O'Shea with his latest book 'No Middle ...

The Notre Dame football team is one of the most respected and celebrated in the country with the side known as the ‘Fighting Irish ... Brigade who fought for the Union during the Civil ...