Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna

@PatrickJMahone1

Staraí, scríbhneoir, oifigeach inniúlachta ag @fisanphobail: 'The Fenian Empire' out now with @NYUpress

Ireland nyupress.org/9781479832583/… Joined December 2012

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @PatrickJMahone1 Jul 24

160 years ago this summer, a group of Black American Civil War veterans gathered in New York's Washington Square Park to offer their services to the cause of Irish freedom - their story is recalled in my 'From the Square' blog for @NYUpress

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nyupress.org Forgotten Black Fenians – New Research Reveals Post-Civil War Solidarity by Patrick J. Mahoney,... This summer marks 160 years since the Battle of Ridgeway, the definitive event of the Fenian raids on Canada. Fought on June 2, 1866, near Ridgeway, Ontario, it pitted hundreds... READ MORE

Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @PatrickJMahone1 2d

Iontach sásta an deis a bheith agam comhrá a dhéanamh faoi thorthaí thoghchán na Stát Aontaithe le @aobaoill1 le déanaí - is iontach an méid Gaeilge atá le feiceáil i leathnaigh an @ATownNews na laethanta seo..

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belfastmedia.com Pádraig dearfach ach ní mór do na Daonlathaigh a bheith cúramach, dar leis Deir Gael-Mheiriceánach atá ina chónaí i mBéal Feirste go bhfuil sé "dearfach go leor" faoi thorthaí na dtoghchán lár téarma, cé go bhfuil sé "doiligh a bheith dearfach faoi rud ar bith sna Stáit...

Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @PatrickJMahone1 Oct 18

Short piece I wrote about a recent trip to Hartford, when I tracked down the grave of William Murphy, once celebrated as the last of the Hartford Fenians who invaded Canada in 1866. Mo mhíle buíochas leis an @IrishEcho agus le @newbelfast as é a fhoilsiú.
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www.irishecho.com Recalling a Forgotten Irish Revolutionary in Hartford’s North End On a recent summer afternoon, as congregants filed out of morning service at Mount Calvary Baptist Church across the street, I climbed the wooden f...

Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @PatrickJMahone1 Sep 8

Really enjoyed taking a jaunt down to Inchicore recently to take part in the 'Talks at the Mess' series in @RichBarracks - thanks to @fallon_donal for the invite and serving as fear an tí ar an oíche !

Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @PatrickJMahone1 Aug 19

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the whaling ship Catalpa's arrival in New York harbor, carrying six Fenian prisoners rescued from Fremantle. It's worth taking a look at how the escape was remembered by two diasporic communities around the turn of the 20th century