Three EPIC exhibitions

EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, collaborates with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to showcase the global Irish diaspora. By Angela Byrne In 2018–19 EPIC is working together with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to celebrate global Irish emigration through the centuries, and to enhance connections with the Irish diaspora today, … Read more

‘Keep California White’—James D. Phelan and the ‘Yellow Peril’ race controversy

The current boldness of racist groups in the United States reminds us that the history of minority rights in that great country is a troubled one.   By Mark Phelan   For nineteenth-century Irish immigrants to the USA the path to acceptance and integration was difficult, with the result that prejudice and adversity are common … Read more

‘Warfare of the dirtiest, filthiest kind’

The United Irish League of America (UILA), Clan na Gael and The Cloven Foot By Tony King Established in New York on 4 December 1901, the United Irish League of America (UILA) was the reunited Irish Parliamentary Party’s (IPP) auxiliary organisation in the United States. Tasked with financing the constitutional movement at home, promoting the … Read more