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Maude Gonne’s Birthdate

Posted in Historical Facts on Dec 28th, 2015

Maude Gonne, Irish revolutionary, wife of John McBride and muse of poet W.B. Yates, was born on Dec 20, 1868

Defeat of Hugh O’Neill

Posted in Historical Facts on Dec 26th, 2015

Dec 26, 1601 Hugh O’Neill was defeated in one of the most important battles of Ireland. In Kinsale he awaited help from the Spanish which didn’t arrive and he was forced to retreat. He sailed to Europe several years later in what is known as the “Flight of the Earls” and Ireland was lost to […]

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November 24, 1922 – Erskine Childers Executed

Posted in Historical Facts on Nov 25th, 2015

On Nov 24, 1922, Erskine Childers was executed by Free Staters for possession of a pistol. Ironically this had been given to him previously by Michael Collins.

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November 21, 1920 in Irish History

Posted in Historical Facts on Nov 21st, 2015

Michael Collin’s squad killed 11 British agents, members of the “Cairo Gang”, in early morning raids in Dublin on Nov 21, 1920. At a GAA football match in Croake Park on Nov 21, 1920, British soldiers opened fire on the spectators and players, killing 12 and wounding hundreds.

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Wolfe Tone’s Death

Posted in Historical Facts on Nov 19th, 2015

On Nov 19, 1798 Wolfe Tone died after a self-inflicted wound in Dublin Barracks.

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Robert Adrian, United Irishman of 1798 Rebellion

Posted in Historical Facts on Nov 10th, 2015

Robert Adrian was born in Co Antrim in 1775. As a United Irishman he fought in the Rebellion of 1798. He was shot in the back and left for dead after which he escaped to America. He returned to his former profession of teaching. He was a Professor of Mathematics and held a number of […]

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Agnes Clarke and The Clarke Crater

Posted in Historical Facts on Nov 9th, 2015

In the southern portion of the sky there is an area called “the Sea of Serenity.” Nearby there is a small, circular cup shaped crater. This is called “the Clarke crater” in memory of a great Irish woman Agnes Clarke born in 1842. Mostly self-taught, she chronicled the leading edge of astronomical research. Her assessments […]

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Origin of the Irish Flag – The Tricolor

Posted in Historical Facts on Oct 30th, 2015

The Tricolor was brought from France in 1843.

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Early Years Irish Potatoes

Posted in Historical Facts on Oct 25th, 2015

Fields were sown year after year in the same soil as there was no land to lie fallow. Therefore, the potatoes couldn’t get the nutrients that would normally be present.

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Famine Village

Posted in Historical Facts on Oct 21st, 2015

The Famine Village in Doagh, Donegal tells the story of family and community living on the edge and surviving from the Great Hunger to the present day.

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