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The partition of Ireland became official when the Government of Ireland Act (GIA) was passed on December 23, 1920. The partition of Ireland, which was finalized with the passage of the Government of Ireland Act (GIA) on December 23, 1920, involved a momentous decision by the British government. Dividing a small island into two political entities […]
This time of year always makes me think back on Irish traditions and my collection of Christmas mornings in Ireland. Six o’clock on Christmas morning. Icicles hang from the corrugated roof of the cow-house like pendants of some gigantic necklace, pitchfork handles welded to the concrete wall, trails of vapor rising from the calf-house like […]
Although the Connecticut River in the US and Cael Uisce on the River Erne near Belleek in Co Fermanagh are transatlantically separated, the descriptive names of both rivers are etymologically connected. The Connecticut River derives from a Native American word, quinatucquet, which means “beside the long tidal river,” and, similarly, Cael Uisce on the River […]
John Francis Fitzgerald was the first Irish American Catholic mayor of Boston – his political career helped pave the way for his grandson to become President of the United States. John Francis Fitzgerald was the first American-born, Irish American, Roman Catholic elected as Mayor of Boston. He was also a state senator and US Congressman […]