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Exiled Gaels and Sporting Rebels – Exotic Stories of Gaelic and Indigenous Games – Part I
GAA: beloved for generations across all ages Histories and folklore, stories and legend abound about the ancient Gaelic sports of Ireland. These native games have a rich modern history, peopled by famous names and fabled places, from Ring and Mackey, Purcell and...
Exiled Gaels and Irish Sporting Rebels: Part II
GAA played in Croke Park 1929 The intensely passionate addiction for Gaelic sports held by Irish ex-pats did not just form after the establishment of the GAA in 1884. There are accounts the world over which narrates the Irish grá for the clash of the ash and the big...
Exiled Gaels and Sporting Rebels of Ireland – Part III
In this the final of our three part look at the clash of the ash and salmon like leaps for midfield aerial supremacy across the world of Gaelic games, we recall some famous and infamous Gaelic sporting events from days of yore, where in some remote or...
‘Gentlemen, you have a Country’ – Thomas Davis, a Real Irish President
Thomas Davis "Gentlemen, you have a country" - these are not words uttered by the Celtic Times but by an Irishman, Thomas Davis. An Irishman and a master. Born almost 200 years ago in that historic crossroads of Munster, the innovative heritage town of Mallow, on 24...
Where Atlantis met the Cliffs of Moher – John Philip Holland the Inventor of the Submarine
John Philip Holland inventor of the submarine In 1904, two of the most innovative lights of the Age of Invention were reflecting upon the merits of their creations. The younger man, Thomas A Edison, “The Wizard of Menlo Park”, numbered the light bulb, the phonograph...
Happy Birthday to the Great Dalcassian, Muhammad Ali , Now Lets Do Away with the Lip Service – Video
Muhammad Ali It is great to see the Dalcassian and honorary Clareman, Muhammad Ali celebrate his 70th birthday, especially when we have been reminded so recently of the mortality of the kings of boxing with Joe Frazier’s passing. Given the Banner County’s temporary...
Brian Boru, King of the Gaels, and Imperatoris Scotorum
With the historic Clare Patriotic and Benevolent Association of New York due to parade on 5th Avenue this Saturday, one of their famed banners which will no doubt be proudly unfurled once more brings to mind the value still held by the exiles in one of...
From the Chapel Gates of Cooraclare to the plot to seize America – The Story of Brigadier General Martin Meaney
Meaney NYPD “No greater fighting regiment has ever existed than the 165th Infantry of the Rainbow Division formed by the old 69th Regiment of New York,” claimed General Douglas MacArthur of the very regiment he chose to represent New York State in a purpose built...