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At a meeting of the “Young Ireland,” Thomas Francis Meagher presented the Tricolor to the public.

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Besides being famous for its’ wonderful cuisine, there are many historic facts associated with Kinsale, among them being the cause of the ‘Flight of the Earls’ when the English defeated the Irish in 1601 at the Battle of Kinsale.  Alexander Selkirk the inspiration for “Robinson Crusoe” sailed from Kinsale in his epic voyage; Daniel Defoe […]

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The IRA Anti-Treaty announces it will not accept the authority of Free State Minister Richard Mulchahy.

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The Black and Tans arrive in Ireland.

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Mar 21, 1913 – the Curragh Mutiny.  British officers refused to move against the Unionists in the North.

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Born in 1780 in Wexford, Myles O,Byrne was a United Irishman and an officer in Napolean’s Legion.  After the defeat at Vinegar Hill, he went to the Wicklow Mountains where he stayed until the failure of the 1803 rebellion.  He then traveled to France seeking aid for Ireland and when failing to do so, joined […]

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In 1846 a large detachment of soldiers along with police descended on Ballinglass, Co. Galway, a village of 61 houses.  Three people were forced to give up their belongings and their homes were demolished.  That night they slept in the ruins but the following day, they were forced out and the foundations burned. The landlord […]

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March 12, 1689 – King James ll landed in Kinsale, Co. Cork, accompanied by a French fleet and a hundred French officers.

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March 8, 1966- Nelson’s Pillar, Dublin’s most famous landmark, was demolished by an explosion.  It was attributed to Republican extremists marking the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

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March 7, 1923 – In one of the worst atrocities of the Irish Civil War, eight Republican prisoners were killed when tied to a log. Free State soldiers threw a mine among them.

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