by Ed O’Shaughnessy With the recent arrival in Canada of the iconic bronze shoe sculptures, considerable attention is being given to the Famine Exodus from Ireland to British North America. These sculptures – thirty pairs of bronze shoes – were placed at intervals along the National Famine Way, an interpretive trail marking the 165km march...Read More

Ireland has a strong tradition of families who entered military service abroad, whether in France, Austria, Spain or elsewhere.[1] Of particular interest in Austria were families such as Taaffe of Sligo, Wallis of Dublin, O’Dwyer of Tipperary, Laval Nugent of Westmeath and O’Kelly of Galway.Read More