Damian Shiels
@irishacw.bsky.social
Historian & Archaeologist. Digital Humanities, Public Engagement.
Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/
Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic
StoryMaps: https://shielsheritage.com/storymaps/
www.shielsheritage.com
Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/
Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic
StoryMaps: https://shielsheritage.com/storymaps/
www.shielsheritage.com
Their full story here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2017/11/12/c...
“So Costly A Sacrifice Upon the Altar of Freedom:” The Story of the Sheehan Brothers of Fermoy & Vancouver
I have recently been researching Irish-born men and women who served in North American forces during the Second World War. A little over a year ago, while working on files relating to servicemen wh…
irishamericancivilwar.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Their full story here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2017/11/12/c...
The Inis Oírr one is actually one I've written up before Doireann, most extensively in my "Forgotten Irish" book where they are one of the families I focus on, but here is an old post I did on their story: irishamericancivilwar.com/2014/11/28/a...
Aran Islanders Abroad: An Inisheer Family and the American Civil War
If you had met John Donohoe in early 1861, it would have meant you were a visitor to one of the remotest locations in Europe. Thats because you would have been on Inisheer (Innis Oírr), a Gaelic sp…
irishamericancivilwar.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Inis Oírr one is actually one I've written up before Doireann, most extensively in my "Forgotten Irish" book where they are one of the families I focus on, but here is an old post I did on their story: irishamericancivilwar.com/2014/11/28/a...