Lowell, Massachusetts, has turned 200! Over the birthday year, after nearly 33 years of teaching history at UMass Lowell, I ...
Ireland's cultural and political connections yield immigration benefits. May 17, 2013— -- Immigration from Ireland hit its peak in the 1850s, when more than a million Irish immigrants -- many ...
A rosary for Irish immigrants buried at Charleston’s old burial ground along the Ashley River will include a reading of the names of the dead. Today, The Citadel’s Hagood Stadium (above) and Harmon ...
BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania (AP) — The remains of five Irish laborers who researchers believe were murdered in 1832 while building a Pennsylvania railroad received a dignified re-interment Friday, more ...
A 19th Century mass grave in Pennsylvania could contain the remains of up to 120 Irish immigrants, researchers have said. The site, at Downingtown, is 11 miles west of Duffy's Cut, where in 2009 ...
When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia approach Malvern station, they might spot a square stone monument on the right side in a clearing surrounded ...
Do you know an O'Sullivan or O'Neill in your life? This apostrophe in surnames holds a deep meaning in the roots of Irish ...