Three EPIC exhibitions

EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, collaborates with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to showcase the global Irish diaspora. By Angela Byrne In 2018–19 EPIC is working together with […]

‘Keep California White’—James D. Phelan and the ‘Yellow Peril’ race controversy

The current boldness of racist groups in the United States reminds us that the history of minority rights in that great country is a troubled one.   By Mark Phelan […]

‘Warfare of the dirtiest, filthiest kind’

The United Irish League of America (UILA), Clan na Gael and The Cloven Foot By Tony King Established in New York on 4 December 1901, the United Irish League of […]

Irish voices from the American Civil War

ARCHIVES RELATING TO SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HELD IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND (PRONI) By Brett Irwin The majority of the records in the PRONI […]

Irish rebel, American patriot – William James MacNeven

At eleven sharp on the morning of 12 March 1798, a force of thirteen sergeants and a servant, under the command of Justice of the Peace William Swan, descended on […]