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Irish Language and Anglican Conversions in a Handbound Book

Irish Language and Anglican Conversions in a Handbound Book

By Audrey ChapinEditor’s Note: This article is a shortened version of a longer paper that can be found in our journal of undergraduate research,  An Cartlann Gael-Mheiriceánach. This paper was created by an AIHS intern during a semester-long research project. The…

Eliza O’Conor Sloane: Uncovering Hidden Women’s History

Eliza O’Conor Sloane: Uncovering Hidden Women’s History

By Caroline Stetson, with introduction by Marcus Lindenburg Editor’s Note: This article is a shortened version of a longer paper that can be found in our journal of undergraduate research,  An Cartlann Gael-Mheiriceánach.  This paper was created by an AIHS intern…

Josephine Patricia Smith: Returning to the Irish Harp

Josephine Patricia Smith: Returning to the Irish Harp

By Melanie Zhang, with notes by Marcus Lindenburg Editor’s Note: This article is accompanied by a catalog created for our journal of undergraduate research,  An Cartlann Gael-Mheiriceánach.  To see the referenced collection in full, please view the catalog  here ….

Brendan Behan’s Confessions of an Irish Rebel

Brendan Behan’s Confessions of an Irish Rebel

By Ella Rose Fingado Editor’s Note: This article is a shortened version of a longer paper that can be found in our journal of undergraduate research,An Cartlann Gael-Mheiriceánach.This paper was created by an AIHS intern during a semester-long research project.   In…

Sport and Irish-American Identity in the Early Twentieth Century

Sport and Irish-American Identity in the Early Twentieth Century

By Jillian Prunty Editor’s Note: This article is a shortened version of a longer paper that can be found in our journal of undergraduate research,  An Cartlann Gael-Mheiriceánach. This paper was created by an AIHS intern during a semester-long research project. On…

Seamus O’Brien: An Overlooked Irish Literary Revivalist?

Seamus O’Brien: An Overlooked Irish Literary Revivalist?

By (Evelyn) Cora Burkholder Editor’s Note: This article is a shortened version of a longer paper that can be found in our journal of undergraduate research,  An Cartlann Gael-Mheiriceánach.  This paper was created by an AIHS intern during a semester-long research…

Global Valour: The Irish in World War II

Global Valour: The Irish in World War II

Not infrequently do we discuss the role of Irish immigrants in the American military, starting in the early days of the Revolutionary War and spanning across numerous civil and global conflicts. Throughout this history are many examples of Irish political ties…

Eight Shiny Buttons: The Weeks Following a Failed Revolution

Eight Shiny Buttons: The Weeks Following a Failed Revolution

Eight Shiny Buttons  (copied by I.V. Prisoner, June 1916) Though the poet ascribed this piece in the right-hand side to Lieut. John MacDonagh, we understand this to mean Irish poet Thomas MacDonagh (1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916). MacDonagh was one of the seven leaders…