How an eighth-grader dove deep and found vast evidence of the "No Irish Need Apply" being real and very prevalent. "No Irish Need Apply;" "No Irish Wanted;" "No Irish." These signs and ads, the memory ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner people in our community are celebrating the history of ...
An extract from “Irish Questions and Jewish Questions” a study of the Jews of Ireland and of their social history in Ireland. Editor's note: May marks the Jewish American Heritage Month in the United ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Back in the mid-1800s, ...
From the earliest African arrivals on Irish shores, Black people have played an important role in shaping Irish society. Although there aren’t very many Black people living in Ireland today, they ...
IntroductionThe potato blight, a fungus that infected the potato crop, made its first appearance in Europe in 1844–45. Although it caused problems elsewhere, the consequences in Ireland were ...
What's a portrait of Frederick Douglass doing hanging in an Irish-themed pub in Washington, D.C.? To get to the answer, Parker and Gene dive deep... The long, storied history of solidarity between ...
The history of Irish whiskey is as tumultuous as the history of Ireland itself. Although the roots of whiskey distillation remain obscure, the available evidence suggests that not only was ...
Groundhog Day is behind us. Easter is around the corner. And in the middle is a holiday associated with merry drinking and a centuries-old religious figure: St. Patrick's Day. Monday, March 17, is the ...
Mayor Richard M. Daley at the 2006 South Side Irish Parade; O’Leary’s Saloon in Canaryville, the city’s Irish hub, in 1906 Photography: (bagpiper) Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune; (Daley) Tim Boyle/Getty ...