The term Irish diaspora is open to many interpretations.

In an " open " session, anyone who is able to play Irish music is welcome.

Unlike Europe, where the royal court, aristocratic families and the established church were in control, the American political culture was open to merchants, landlords, petty farmers, artisans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Germans, Scotch Irish, Yankees, Yorkers, and many other identifiable groups.

* Brendan Whiting's book Victims of Tyranny, gives an account of the lives of the Irish rebels, the Fitzgerald convict brothers who were sent to help open up the north of Van Diemen's Land in 1805, under the leadership of the explorer Colonel William Paterson.

Like the English and Irish country houses it was modeled on, the White House was, from the start, open to the public until the early part of the 20th century.

* November 21 – Bloody Sunday: British forces open fire on spectators and players during a football match in Dublin's Croke Park, killing 14 Irish civilians.

Few historians have argued that the Great Irish Famine was not caused by the shortage of food, given that Ireland was producing enough food to feed its eight million people, but by the British government's choice to leave open the ports, as they are normally close during Irish crop blights.

The Fenian Brotherhood trace their origins back to 1798 and the United Irishmen, who had been an open political organization only to be suppressed and became a secret revolutionary organization, rose in rebellion, seeking an end to British rule in Ireland and the establishment of an Irish Republic.

The Irish born painter Francis Bacon ( 1909 – 1992 ) was profoundly influenced by Eisenstein's images, particularly the Odessa Steps shot of the nurse's broken glasses and open mouthed scream.

The Irish annals all agree that this was a particularly fierce and bloody engagement, although claims that it lasted from morning until midnight, or that the combined Leinster-Dublin force lost 4, 000 killed are open to question.

The area of Moorfields, one of the poorest parts of the city, was the home of many Irish immigrant workers and had a large area of open ground where crowds could assemble.

Works in Ireland include the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge Dublin, which consists of a bridge over the railway and a bridge over the river Liffey ( unbuilt ) and two tiered sunken gardens ; Heywood Gardens, County Laois ( open to the public ) consisting of a hedge garden, lawns, tiered sunken garden and a belvedere ; extensive changes and extensions to Lambay Castle, Lambay Island near Dublin consisting of a circular battlement enclosing the restored and extended castle and farm building complex, upgraded cottages and stores near the harbour, a real tennis court, a large guest house ( The White House ), a boathouse and a chapel ; alterations and extensions to Howth Castle, County Dublin ; the unbuilt Hugh Lane gallery straddling the River Liffey on the site of the Ha ' penny Bridge and the unbuilt Hugh Lane Gallery on the west side of St Stephen's Green ; a Lodge at Costelloe, County Galway ( that was used for refuge by J Bruce Ismay the Chairman of the White Star Line following the sinking of the Titanic ) and a hunting lodge near Rosapenna in northern County Donegal, most recently used as a youth hostel.

Wilfrid ’ s advocation of the Roman Easter has been called, “ a triumphant push against an open door ”, since most of the Irish had already accepted the Roman Easter and for this reason Iona “ was already in danger of being pushed to one side by its Irish rivals ”.

Open piping has historical associations with musicians ( often Irish travelling people ) who played on the street or outdoors, since the open fingering is somewhat louder, especially with the chanter played off the knee ( which can, however, lead to faulty pitch with the second octave notes ).

Dante's has an open mic night every Thursday, traditional Irish music on the first Wednesday of each month, and a variety of music on the weekends.

It was given its name by an Irish immigrant, George Nickel, who wanted to open a post office there in 1890.

For the four years that the theatre was open it was a great success but it had to be closed as a result of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

It was in the lead up to this merger that the then Editor of the Irish Times, RM Smyllie, famously described Cumman na nGaedheal as a party " who one wished would be open to ideas, until one saw the kind of ideas they were open to ".

The short " a " sound ( man, hat ) is very open, similar to its Irish versions.

Ironically, in view of the opposition expressed to the Oath by anti-treatyites, it was in fact largely the work of Michael Collins, based in its open lines on a draft oath suggested by the President of the Republic, Éamon de Valera, and also on the oath of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Parnell preferred to keep all options open without clearly committing himself when he spoke in 1879 before Irish Tenant Defence Associations at Ballinasloe and Tralee.

Mitchel evidently anticipated open conflict between the Irish people and the state, but wished to await the best opportunity.

This heavyweight of Irish origins and army boxing champion from 1934 to 1937 was sentenced in 1938 by a military court to 14 years of forced labour after hitting an officer.

With a total point score of 7, 476 points, Thorpe broke the previous record of 7, 385 points set in 1909, ( also set at Celtic Park ), by Martin Sheridan, the champion athlete of the Irish American Athletic Club.

1910 Mecca Cigarettes card of John Flanagan ( athlete ) | John Flanagan, champion weight-thrower of the Irish American Athletic Club.

The racemare Dawn Run was another famous Irish champion.

Australian steeplechaser Crisp is remembered for his battle with Irish champion Red Rum in the 1973 Grand National.

Connla or Conlaoch is a character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the son of the Ulster champion Cú Chulainn and the Scottish warrior woman Aífe.

Some modern historians see him mainly as a champion of Roman customs against the customs of the British and Irish churches, others as an advocate for monasticism.

Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE ( born 28 February 1961 ), known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.

On 30 May 30 1833, in a particularly brutal fight for the English heavyweight championship that lasted more than 3 hours, Burke defeated Simon Byrne, the Irish champion.

He went to the United States and fought the new Irish champion Sam O ' Rourke in New Orleans on May 6, 1837.

Robert James " Bob " Fitzsimmons ( May 26, 1863 – October 22, 1917 ), was a British professional boxer of Irish and Cornish descent who made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion.

* Paddy Ryan ( 1851-1900 ), Irish American boxer and world heavyweight champion ( 1880-1882 )

Dogs can compete in open stake, field champion stake ( for dogs who have earned the requisite points ) or veteran stake ( dogs over the age of six years except Irish Wolfhounds ( 5 years ) and Whippets ( 7 years )).

His son, Barry McGuigan, is a former world featherweight champion boxer, who is considered by many to be the greatest Irish boxer in history.

* The former Irish Open champion, golfer Shane Lowry.

Johnson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian Reservation, of Irish and Cherokee ancestry, the son of Ollie Susan ( née Workmon ) and Ben Johnson, Sr. His father was a rancher in Osage County and also a rodeo champion.

In 1992, the year of her unexpected retirement, she was the Australian, British, French, Hong Kong, Irish, New Zealand, Scottish, Swedish and World squash champion.

Skip Healy is a champion fife player and well-known Irish fluter from Rhode Island.

At a natural bowl-shaped amphitheatre on the Curragh known locally as Donnelly's Hollow the Irish champion boxer Dan Donnelly defeated the English champion George Cooper in 1815, before a large crowd.

The collar-and-elbow style was also refined by later Irish immigrants, and gained great ground because of the success of George William Flagg from Vermont, the wrestling champion of the Army of the Potomac.

* Michael Gomez, champion professional boxer was born in an Irish Traveller family in Longford.

He was Irish champion in 2005.

* Ogma, champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology

James Walter " Cinderella Man " Braddock ( June 7, 1905 – November 29, 1974 ) was an American boxer of Irish descent who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 – 37.