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By Gary Oswald. Saint Patrick preaches to the kings, depicted in the stained glass window of Carlow Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary. Photo by Andreas F. Borchert, who has allowed use under Creative Commons. Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire but nor it was ever entirely cut off from interaction with that Empire. After all, from 43 AD to 410 AD, Rome ruled England, Wales and parts of Scotland, which puts them very close to Ireland. Trade between Irel

By Ryan Fleming. In the docklands of New York City, a gang of armed ruffians approached Eileen Wong and Benjamin Williams with felonious intent. An eight-foot chain fence topped with barbed wire blocked their escape to the busy streets of the metropolis. Each of the five ruffians carried a weapon, but whether brass knuckles, a chain, axe handle, or a longshoreman’s hook, the implement would mean bad news for the two members of the Renaissance. Their options limited, Williams

By Charles E.P. Murphy Second print & kindle In the early 1900s, a Zionist expedition came back from a fact-finding mission to British East Africa – and recommended taking up London on its offer to settle a Jewish homeland there instead of the Middle East. Generations later, there's a vast modern Jewish-majority nation between Lake Victoria and Mount Elgon, and there's also an unending conflict with the displaced Nandi people. Minor writer Lior Tirosh left for Berlin years ag

By Paul Hynes. The battleship Bretagne, burning but still under bombardment. Hundreds would be killed. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons, from the personal collection of Jacques Mulard. The 3rd of July 1940 had been intended to be a pleasant day for the sailors of Force de Raid (Raiding Force). Based at Mers-el-Kébir harbour beside Oran on the coast of Algeria, the squadron faced an uncertain fate. Following the armistices signed with the Axis powers their fellow sailors who l