When three American journalists visited ‘Paddy the Cope’ in Dungloe, 1919-1922
By Mark Holan Dungloe (An Clochán Liath) in County Donegal is 170 miles northwest of Dublin, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive today. The …
When An American Suffragette Interviewed Ireland’s ‘First Lady’
By Mark Holan American suffragette, feminist, and author Doris Stevens wrote a profile of Sinéad de Valera in summer 1921 that was sympathetic …
Forgotten Charity Between Ireland and America, 1889 and 1921
By Mark Holan Media on both sides of the Atlantic rushed to report the story that connected Black ‘47 to COVID-19. When …
‘Likely to cause disaffection to His Majesty’, the Seizure of Irish newspapers, September 1919
By Mark Holan At midday Sept. 20, 1919, as “squally,” unseasonably cold weather raked across Dublin, “armed soldiers wearing trench helmets” joined …
Ruth Russell in Revolutionary Ireland
By Mark Holan On Jan. 17, 1920, six months after he arrived in America to promote the Irish republic, Éamon de Valera …
1888: An American Journalist in Ireland Meets Michael Davitt & Arthur Balfour
By Mark Holan American journalist William Henry Hurlbert traveled to Ireland in 1888 to report on “the social and economical conditions of …
The Manchester martyrs: From last letters to lasting legends
By Mark Holan On 22 November 1867, Co. Cork native William P. Allen wrote his last letter “this side of the grave” …