How the Irish Won the American Revolution

How the Irish Won the American RevolutionWhen the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland. By 1790, close to 500,000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America. They were was very active in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, and yet their stories are not well known. The important contributions of the Irish on military, political, and economic levels

and their position today

and the result is this beautiful Trinity knot

000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America

what has become clear from the mountains of research that have been carried out on the ancient and magnificent Newgrange monument in Ireland's Boyne Valley is that it is a uniquely special place

in the home

The twists and turns of the Celtic Knot symbolise the timeless nature of the human spirit

Skara Brae

Dimensions: 6" x 9"

potato and griddle breads

author Anne Chambers draws Ireland's great pirate queen in from the vagueness of myth and legend and presents the historical reality of one of the world's most extraordinary female leaders

Yeats’s longest separate volume of verse

Here are bright flashes from poets and mystics