Category: Diaspora

Queen, President should jointly inaugurate “Owen Roe” highway »

By Brian on May 13, 2011 in Diaspora, Europe, Featured, History | 0 Comments

The rather poor road between the border at Aughnacloy and the city of Derry is to be upgraded into a dual carriageway, substantially at the expense of taxpayers in the Republic. My proposal is that this roadway should be named after Ireland’s greatest unsung hero Owen Roe O’Neill, (c. 1585 – 1649). (I’m sure John [...]

Slan Abhaile, in Carmen de Arecho »

By Brian on Dec 16, 2009 in Argentina, Diaspora, Featured | 0 Comments

I like the photo, taken perhaps 30 years ago, probably near Carmen de Arecho, one fifty kilometers or so from Buenos Aires. A lot of Irish settled around here in the 19th century, and elsewere in B.A. province, and some also further into the native lands of Argentina.
They came mostly from Longford-Westmeath and [...]






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