Father Colgan strongly backed the Union in the Civil War. The 1863 Draft Act – which permitted drafted men to meet their obligation by paying $300 – provoked riots in many poor districts, including ...

The survey highlights divided public sentiment toward religious figures, with attitudes toward priests and nuns split evenly: ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

The new Cathedral suffered from an acute shortage of priests and in 1820 Connolly ordained Irishman Richard Bulger who has the honor of being the first Catholic priest ordained in New York. The Irish ...

Explore the fascinating origins of Halloween, from its ancient Celtic origins to its evolution into a modern-day celebration.

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A Cavan missionary priest, whose legacy and influence ... Fr Kevin is part of a tiny but renowned Irish group of Asian scholars that includes the Dublin-raised Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) and Mayo’s ...

He became a student of Irish priest Father Michael O’Reilly ... resuming his daily rounds of visiting the sick and ministering to his flock. In 1850, however, he left New York for the last time and ...

The Wrecker was a reviled figure in Famine Ireland and the role they played in ... In Offaly the murder of the agent Robert Pyke near Ferbane in 1850 followed the removal of several families ...

The High Court has approved the Irish will of a late US-based priest after a subsequent American will raised an issue about whether his Irish property had been left to his two cousins. The priest ...

A Cavan missionary priest who sadly died during Covid ... He is part of a tiny but renowned Irish group of Asian scholars that includes the Dublin-raised Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) and Mayo’s Eileen ...

He was apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Walla Walla (1850-1853) when his younger brother ... Peter was ordained a priest in 1832, having been born in Ireland in 1806. He served as a priest in ...