Ireland’s forgotten ‘Great War’?

Re-evaluating the American Civil War’s place in Irish history. By Damian Shiels On 28 June 1950, County Limerick native Jeremiah O’Brien died in Kirbyville, Texas, claiming the great age of 105 years. The vast majority of his life had passed in unremarkable fashion, lived in relative obscurity and poverty. What made his death worthy of ... Read more

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