Over the years, the religious holiday commemorating the death of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, has ...

Although the creation of the Irish Free State in the south was an inspiration for anti-colonial movements around the world, partition itself was a disaster for Irish workers. The new Free State became ...

In 1866, Irish independence fighters tried invading New Brunswick, and failed. Next week, a New Brunswick military medal from those raids will be donated to the New Brunswick Military Museum.

History Ireland is a bi-monthly publication which has been in production for fifteen years. Each issue of History Ireland aims to provide the reader with a wide variety of topics from the earliest ...

Morrison is widely recognised for his filmmaking during the 1950s and 1960s, a period in which he made Mise Éire – the first ...

Concordia’s School of Irish Studies is marking two important events this year — a return to its popular in-person activities and the 100th anniversary of the Irish Civil War. Both will come together ...

He said there was also a lot of anti-Irish sentiment, created in part by the Fenian raids carried out by an Irish Republican organization based in the United States that wanted to secure Irish ...

Ireland’s experience shows that the need for fiscal discipline may be politically costly and adjustment may not be shared equally. Those who are promised the most through independence may be the ones ...

A drawing of a Fenian stealing a Union Jack. The Fenians were a group of Irish-Americans whose ultimate goal was Irish independence. (Library of Congress - image credit) The New Brunswick Military ...