Niall O'Dowd

It's not your father's Ireland. Not anymore. In a May 2019 countrywide referendum, Ireland voted overwhelmingly to make abortion legal. Three years earlier, it had done the same with same-sex marriage, becoming the only country in the world to pass such a law by universal suffrage. Pope Francis's visit to the country saw protests and a fraction of the emphatic...

Lincoln and the Irish is brought to you by the founder of IrishCentral, presenting a fascinating piece of Civil War history: Lincoln's relationship with the immigrants arriving in America to escape the Irish famine. "If you're a Lincoln fan like me, you'll love this book." -Liam Neeson When Pickett charged at Gettysburg, it was the all-Irish Pennsylvania 69th who held...