The Harringtons – From the Beara to Butte City, Montana

The Harringtons – From the Beara to Butte City, Montana

An off-shoot of the Harrington family of the Beara Peninsula in West Cork who made their way from Milleens near Eyeries, via the copper mines of Montana and the silver mines of Colorado, to the verdant pastures of Tipperary where they turned to cattle farming....
The Irishman who built 10 Downing Street

The Irishman who built 10 Downing Street

Described as a 'perfidious rogue' and ‘a most ungrateful villain,' the man who build Downing Street was also a brilliant scholar, a Puritan preacher, a duplicitous spy, a diplomat, an economist and a dastardly politician. Complete access to all articles on this...
Al Capone’s Irish Wife

Al Capone’s Irish Wife

The beautiful Mary Josephine Coughlin, known as ‘Mae’, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1897, the daughter of Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman of Ireland. Al Capone's father was Gabriele FitzGerald Capone ... so there seems to be Irish a-plenty on both sides....
The Irish in Chicago

The Irish in Chicago

    By 1890, Chicago had the third highest population of Irish emigrants in the USA. The city’s Irish-American heroes include Butch O’Hare, Captain Francis O’Neill, Richard Daley, Mother Jones and the men who built the I&M Canal.  ...