In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the Festival of ...
I: A history of Irish Americans from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century -- Introduction : the Irish immigrants and ethnics -- Irish immigration to colonial America -- Irish America from the ...
A new interactive map details the pensions awarded by the American government to Irish soldiers who fought in some of that country's biggest military campaigns — including the American Civil War, Cust ...