Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Historical Facts on Dec 8th, 2011
Liam Meadows, Rory O’Connor, Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett — one from each of the four Provinces, were executed by the new Free State Forces for their role in the Irish Civil War.
Posted in Historical Facts on Dec 7th, 2011
Representatives of the Irish government appointed by Eamon de Valera and those of the British crown signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty ending the Irish War of Independence. Michael Collins, one of the delegates, said, “I have signed my own death warrant.” It was not accepted by many since it didn’t create a Republic but a divided […]
Posted in Historical Facts on Sep 20th, 2011
On September 20, 1803 Robert Emmet, leader of a failed rebellion, was executed in Dublin. His speech from the dock has become famous, “Let no man write my epitath. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitath be written.” His burial place remains […]
Posted in Historical Facts on Sep 16th, 2011
Richard “Strongbow” de Clare married the daughter of the Irish King of Leinster in 1170, setting a precedent for Norman rule in Ireland, the beginning of the “woes of Ireland” according to the “Annals of Ulster.”
Posted in Historical Facts on Sep 8th, 2011
In September 1845, the Dublin Evening Post reported ‘a disease in the potato crop.’ This disease destroyed 40 percent of the crop in that year and nearly 100 percent the following year, resulting in the “Great Hunger.” The population declined over 8 million to less than 6 million in six years due to starvation, disease […]
Posted in Historical Facts on Aug 25th, 2011
Robert Emmett who tried unsuccessfully to lead a rebellion in 1803 was captured on August 25, 1803. He was executed in September 1803.
Posted in Historical Facts on Aug 18th, 2011
On August 19, 1876 the ship “Catalpa” arrived in the U.S. with six Irish prisoners who had been rescued from the British penal colony in Australia.
Posted in Historical Facts on Aug 16th, 2011
On August 16, 1649 Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland with 17,000 men. They attacked Drogheda and slaughtered several thousand men, women and children. His army marched all over Ireland slaughtering as they went.
Posted in Historical Facts on Aug 15th, 2011
On August 15, 1649 Oliver Cromwell arrived in Ireland. During the next 10 years it is estimated that one third of the population either died of starvation or were killed.
Posted in Historical Facts on Aug 14th, 2011
The greatest defeat of the English armies in Irish history took place on August 14, 1598 at The Yellow Ford.
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