Irish American Awareness

About Me

The site is to unite and inform young and older Irish Americans about the great history of the Irish in the U.S. and in Ireland.Links to good sites with lots of information?:www.erinsweb.com:www.aihs.org :www.larkspirit.com/history/ :www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/history/ :www.irelandroots.com/ :www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/ :IRISH AMERICAN ROOTS :www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm :www.irishamericanhistory.com :www.american.edu/bgriff/dighistprojects/Hogan/irish.htm :http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html :www.irishheritagetrail.com :www.irishamericanheritage.com :http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ :www.thewildgeese.com :IRISH MEXIAN ROOTS :http://www.houstonculture.org/mexico/irish.htmlOTHER : www.rootedinireland.com :IRISH STYLE MYSPACE LAYOUTS : http://www.irishmyspace.jmcwd.comSAVE TARA: http://www.savetaravalley.com : http://www.tarasolidarityvigil.net : http://www.tarawatch.org

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Lots of Irish Americans across the states and Irish folk from abroud.â€œThey have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.â€ - Bobby Sands

Music:

Irish Folk music

Television:

(Not sure who wrote this but its good)Heavenly Father, help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love . It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.

Books:

The American Irish: A History (Studies in Modern History) by Kevin Kenny :The Columbia Guide to Irish American History Timothy J. Meagher :Making the Irish American History & Heritage of the Irish in the United States. Edited by J.J. Lee and Marion Casey

Heroes:

All that help to keep Irish history alive.

My Blog

Some Irish History (part 2)

The Williamite War. The Irish welcomed King James II to the English throne in 1685. James was a Roman Catholic, and the Irish Roman Catholics hoped that he would enable them to recover their lands. Ja...
Posted by Irish American Awareness on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:28:00 PST

Some Irish History (part 1)

Ireland, History of. The history of Ireland is the story of a small island nation west of the island of Great Britain and the mainland of Europe. The country's location greatly influenced its history ...
Posted by Irish American Awareness on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:16:00 PST

St. Patrick

432 AD Arrival of St. Patrick to help convert pagan Gaelic Kings to Christianity. Just a thought on my part, but why do we celebrate good o'l St. Patrick's day if his purpose early on was to put an e...
Posted by Irish American Awareness on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:15:00 PST

From George W. Bush

Irish-American Heritage Month, 2003 By the President of the United States of AmericaA Proclamation From the earliest days of our Republic, America has inspired the hopes and dreams of countless in...
Posted by Irish American Awareness on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:34:00 PST

Hello all, I decided to start Irish American Awareness to help bridge the gap between the old Irish in America and the young, to help educate myself and other Irish folk who are willing to lea...
Posted by Irish American Awareness on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:19:00 PST