In his poem 1916, Y.B. Yates wrote describing the Easter Rebellion "All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born" to describe that watershed moment in Irish history. Yates, and most of us, attribute that pivotal moment to MacDonagh, MacBride, Connolly and Pearse. Yates, however, could not anticipate, and many of us do not remember the change that would be brought … [Read more...] about Thomas Ashe

With the passing of years and in a growing climate of "political correctness", the shock and horror of Pearl Harbor, the day "which will live in infamy", appears to be forgotten. Movies like "Letters from Iwo Jima" depict the forces of Imperial Japan as sympathetic victims forgetting that on December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Navy without a declaration of war launched a deadly … [Read more...] about John William Finn, Medal of Honor

When we think of courage, our mind naturally drifts to people who brought their lives in harms way for the sake of others. Less often do we think of courage in the moral sense, to do what is right irrespective of the personal consequences. Both forms or courage are rare, and even rarer is the person who embodies both of them. Such a person was Michael Corcoran. Corcoran was … [Read more...] about Michael Corcoran