Where the murdering cannons roar’ —the American Civil War correspondence of the McMonagle family

(Recorded live on Tues 29 Sept ’26, National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin)

History Ireland editor Tommy Graham, with Sineád McCoole (National Library), Lar Joye (Heritage Director, Dublin Port) and Breandán MacSuibhne (University of Galway), discuss this collection of family letters that document the immense challenges faced by Irish emigrants to the USA during this period, describing separation, isolation, hardship and the horrors of war.