A look at how Sybil Connolly, raised in Ireland, shook up the American fashion market in the mid-20th century. Profile courtesy of the Women's Museum of Ireland. She was the first Irish woman to have the international world of fashion falling at her feet.
In 1901, my great-aunt Cissie ran away from home in Ballacolla, Co. Laois. She was 21-years old. This is the tale of her mysterious disappearance, an Irish immigration story.
"Kathy White House - Her Culinary Odyssey from William Street to the White House," tells the fascinating story the Irish woman who became a White House chef.
Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery is the resting place of many famous Irish people, from rebel politicians to Hollywood actors. Eleven-year-old Michael Carey was the first person to be buried in Glasnevin Cemetary, the most famous place to be laid to rest in Ireland.
Documents released online at Military Archives reveal details of the lives of pension applications made by Irish republican veterans from before the 1916 Rising to the 1920s. Anyone interested in Irish history is going to want to check out the new documents published online from the Military Archives in Dublin.