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'As Good A Chance to Escape As Any Other': A Cork Soldier's Aid to His Family...
Occasionally, I am asked why any Irish impacted by the American Civil War should be remembered in Ireland. After all, the argument goes, these people left our shores, and they weren’t fighting for...
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The Madigans: Famine Survival, Emigration & Obligation in 19th Century...
Each pension file contains fragments of one Irish family’s story. They are rarely complete, but nonetheless they often offer us rare insight into aspects of the 19th century Irish emigrant experience....
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New York’s “Monster Irish Festival”& the Widows of Bull Run, 1861
In August 1861, tens of thousands of Irish immigrants took part in a “Monster Irish Festival” on Manhattan. Organised to benefit the widows and orphans of Irish men who had fallen at Bull Run, its...
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