During the year of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Paul Meany reflects on how the American Declaration ...
Easter Sunday marks the 95th anniversary of one of the bloodiest chapters in Irish history. On April 24, 1916, an estimated 1,600 Irish volunteer soldiers converged upon several public buildings in ...
In Sean O’Casey’s heart-wrenching play “The Plough and the Stars,” angry citizens gather in the streets of Dublin to listen to a bloodthirsty zealot rave about the glory of war. “Bloodshed is a ...