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Troubles shadow lingers as N Ireland marks 25 years of peace
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeter Olphert was 14 when Irish Republican Army gunmen killed his father. Mark Thompson lost his...
From Ireland, Biden confused a rugby team with 'Black and Tans' British military group – and the...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDUBLIN — President Joe Biden spoke proudly of his Irish roots during his first day in Ireland – so...
A British spy was likely responsible for more lives lost than saved during the Troubles, report says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA seven-year investigation of a former Irish Republican Army double agent concluded Friday in an...
Britain's top IRA spy probably cost more lives than he saved, inquiry says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBELFAST (Reuters) -The actions of a senior British informer in the Irish Republican Army (IRA)...
The Secret Army: the IRA propaganda film forgotten for almost 50 years
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMembers of the Provisional IRA in June 1972. A new BBC documentary tells how in 1972 the Irish...
FBI Releases Files Showing ‘Ever-Present’ Threats Against Queen Elizabeth II
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyWhenever the late Queen Elizabeth II...
Sinn Féin Names First Nationalist to Northern Ireland’s Top Post
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCharles McQuillan/Getty ImagesMichelle O’Neill was named Northern Ireland’s top government leader on...
A major question has hung over Biden’s trip to Ireland: Would he stay forever?
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDUNDALK, Ireland — They came by the thousands, crammed several lines deep along the narrow...
FBI docs: Security concerns arose in Kentucky, other places during Queen Elizabeth visits
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecently-released documents reveal a 1980s plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the...
How a U.S. Marine from Long Island became an Irish freedom fighter and member of the IRA
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Crawley joined the Marines to become a living, lethal weapon. Then he left the Marines, went to Ireland, and aimed himself at the British. “The Yank: The True Story of a Former U.S. Marine ...