The Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the date which is now known as Independence Day in the US. Just over a month later, Irish and ...

It's Ireland's version of our Declaration of Independence. From there, we followed the banks of the Dargle River, to the waterfront along the Mulvey Way Riverwalk, as dedicated by the Bray town ...

Importantly, the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 was a focal point for Irish involvement in local affairs. Of the 56 signatories, nine were Irish. Signatories George Taylor and ...

He missed the vote, but arrived in time to sign the Declaration of Independence. The Irish-born Thornton came to America with his parents at the age of three. Educated in Massachusetts ...

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence claiming it was ... SCOTT SYFERT: In late May of 1775, 26 local Scots-Irish Presbyterian militia leaders are meeting ...