Once more war's alarm is heard - the Government is shaken to its foundation, and now General Scott is called upon to save the Capital. Will the men of the North arise? Will they come to protect the nation? Yes, they spring forward to the fray and the veteran chieftain knows that thousands are rushing to his aid. The flower of the country are speeding to the front - but the first to meet his sight,...

Ireland has a long tradition of literature, both in the Irish and English languages. In fact, after Greek and Latin, the Irish language itself has the oldest literature in Europe. The land is known for both its ancient bards and its more modern poetry and epic works of fiction. Today there are also innumerable non-fiction books touching on subjects related to Irish history and culture.In the hope t...

Beyond wearing green on St. Patrick's Day...Beyond appreciating the sound of your Irish surname as it rolls off of your tongue (or wishing that you had one)...What does "being Irish" mean to you? That was the question posed to the contributors of this, the 6th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture.The answer: many things to many people.Here are the responses of this edition's cont...

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my series of family history blogs.Small-leaved Shamrock, 100 Years in America and A light that shines again are one year old!I had known that it was coming, but yesterday in the midst of busy daily activities, it slipped my mind that the one-year mark had arrived. Somehow my inattention to the date seems very appropriate. One of the joys of writing and publ...

We made frequent visits to my grandparents' houses when I was a child. Both of their homes were special places, with different types of things to see and touch, different cousins and aunts and uncles to meet there, and different wonderful places in which to play "hide and go seek".At the home of my grandparents with Irish heritage, I don't remember much talk of the Irish or Ireland. But just as I l...