Recently our friends in Yes for Unity announced that will be restarting their campaign with a series of localized events around Ireland. We in Americans for a United Ireland had planned to host a number of events across the US in support of Yes for Unity, but due to the current climate of the Covid-19… Continue reading Update from AUI
Our National Secretary, Colm Mistéil, was interviewed about the history of Irish-American support for the struggle for Irish Freedom for Yes For Unity's Irish Unity Podcast. Listen below: https://youtu.be/89ceahYWYS4
Americans for a United Ireland sends Easter greetings to all Irish Republican activists in Ireland, the United States, and around the world who are dedicated to realizing the 32 County Republic proclaimed on the steps of the GPO 104 years ago. We send our pledges of support and solidarity to the Yes for Unity campaign… Continue reading Easter Statement 2020
Our friends in Yes for Unity have started a new podcast to help promote their campaign. Listen here:
The below opinion piece is from Joe Matthews, an activist with Yes for Unity. The last 3 years have seen political turmoil, instability and anxiousness brought on by the great unknowns, minority governments and the collapse of Stormont. Now, whether we like it or not, Brexit is happening, Stormont is back up and running (for… Continue reading The Irish Unity Campaign continues, regardless of Brexit
We in Americans for a United Ireland lend our agreement on this issue and pledge to increase our support for this campaign in the New Year. Beir Bua agus tiocfaidh ár lá! --------------- Yes For Unity – Addressing contradictions in the Border Poll position The Good Friday Agreement heralded a new era in the same… Continue reading Addressing Contradictions in the Border Poll Position
It was the winter of 1978 and Christmas was about a week away, Big Tom McElwee and I waited and listened as the screws got closer. On up the wing locks rattled, doors flung open and we listened as bare feet scurried on the corridor as those before us tried to escape the heavier sounding… Continue reading Dixie Elliott on why he supports Richard O’Rawe: I owe it to six brave men who had the courage that I lacked
When we think of the Easter Rising and the groups who took part in it many of the micro groups are forgotten about. The Irish Volunteers and The Irish Citizen Army tend to garner much of the attention. This is understandable for a couple of reasons. 1) All the signatories of the Irish Proclamation came from… Continue reading The Hibernian Rifles
INTRODUCTION When Father Michael O’Flanagan came into the office of the Connolly Association in 1939 and saw a group of unemployed workers struggling against limitations of space and finance he was deeply moved. “Ye are doing the work of the humble Nazarene,” he said, and thereupon became an honorary member of the Association. What… Continue reading Fr. Michael O’Flanagan: Republican, Activist, Gaelic Scholar
In the sleepy town of Ridgeway, Ontario – just a stone’s throw from Crystal Beach, the “Southern Shore of Canada” and former home to the Niagara region’s most beloved amusement park – there stands a stone memorial cairn, an unobtrusive roadside monument most travelers overlook as they pass north toward Niagara Falls or east toward… Continue reading The Day the Irish Invaded Canada
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