Éamon de Valera, the only American to serve as president of another country — Ireland — was hidden in Butte during the Irish war for independence. De Valera was born to an Irish mother and a Cuban ...
A neglected woodland in northern Israel offers a window into Éamon de Valera’s legacy and a lost moment of Irish-Israeli goodwill Éamon de Valera Grove in Beit Keshet Forest near the Palestinian town ...
Irish civil servants concluded Winston Churchill was “unscrupulous” as they discussed how the crisis over King Edward VIII’s proposed marriage to an American divorcee could be used to the Irish Free ...
Britain strongly urged the Irish Government nearly fifty years ago not to release key 1936 records about King Edward VIII’s abdication, especially a key conversation between Éamon de Valera and a top ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irish Naval Service vessel L E Niamh. Like the other seven Irish Naval Service vessels the Niamh is a constabulary gunboat without ...
“Aoibhinn beatha an scoláire”! During the past decade, since retiring from DCU, I have spent time working my way through the story of the foundation of our Irish State. We are still deeply influenced ...
The street commemorating William of Orange lives on while Ballymun Avenue became something ‘more desirable’. Here’s our guide to name changes over the years due to slave-owners, red-light districts, ...
Public shock and sorrow over the death of President Kennedy were as dramatic in Ireland as in this country. That was the impression of John E. Callaghan, son of state Rep. and Mrs. Patrick E.
The Ard Fheis of Sinn Fein continued its sitting in Rathmines Town Hall yesterday, remaining in private session until 3.30. A statement issued to the Press last night gave an account of the ...
Derek O'Connor introduces President Michael D Higgins to the jockeys on a visit to a Liscarroll point-to-pointCredit: Healy Racing It is seven years since a certain distinguished set of racing colours ...
Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said his party needs to "reconnect and re-engage" with young people, given it is facing "a demographic cliff-edge when it comes to membership, activists and voters".
From the taoiseach ‘well-known for his partiality for whiskey’ to the leader prone to digression during 14-hour Cabinet meetings, Iain Dale’s absorbing book provides a fascinating insight into those ...