Irish Republican Brotherhood : America and Canada

Irish Republican Brotherhood : American and Canada The word Fenian is derived from the old Irish ‘féne’ the name of an ancient Irish people. Fenians were members of the most important nineteenth century covert revolutionary nationalist organisation the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).  It derived some of its inspiration from the United Irishmen of the 1790s....

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John Hume: Nobel Peace Laureate

John Hume: Nobel Peace Laureate by Ita Marguet Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December 1998, John Hume (born 18 January 1937) said … ‘I want to see Ireland as an example to men and women everywhere of what can be achieved by living for ideals, rather than fighting for them, and by...

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