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Irish D-Day Catholics ‘owed great deal of gratitude’
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoArchbishop Eamon Martin reflected on the service of people from all communities in Ireland [BBC] The role played by Irish Catholics during the D-Day...
How Ireland’s double referendum fits into a longer history of voting for constitutional change
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe referendums taking place in Ireland on March 8 highlight the importance of language. In two votes, the public will decide whether to change the wording in the national constitution so that ...
Irish referendum: how the Catholic church shaped Ireland’s constitution to define the status of...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoIt has been 87 years since feminist and activist Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington declared that the new 1937 Irish constitution was based on a “fascist model, in which women would be relegated to permanent ...
Maureen Sweeney, Irish postmistress who reported the 1944 storm that delayed D-Day – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoMaureen Sweeney, who has died aged 100, was a postmistress on the west coast of Ireland who supplied...
Russia-Ukraine war – live: Putin’s forces pushed back around Bakhmut as Kyiv’s troops creep closer
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoUkrainian troops are inching closer to the eastern city of Bakhmut, the scene for some of the...
Ireland unlikely to offer condolences to Russia if Putin dies, Varadkar says
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoTaoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he does not think the Irish Government would offer condolences to...
Joe Biden seeks to ‘make hope and history rhyme’ in Irish homecoming address
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoIt was a trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement – but in his historic...
If You're Sick of Watching ‘The Quiet Man’ on St. Patricks' Day
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/National Library of Ireland/Warner...
Are Leprechauns Real? Here's What to Know About the Mischievous St. Patrick's Day Mascot
Country Living via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe're exploring the question of whether leprechauns are real or not! Here's all the information you...
How a photograph uncovered my grandmother's republican activism during the Irish revolution
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe executive of Cumann na mBan in February, 1922. The author's grandmother can be seen on the...