Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Historical Facts on Oct 11th, 2010
On October 3, 1691 the Treaty of Limerick was signed, ending the Williamite War in Ireland. Under terms of the treaty, Patrick Sarsfield and his men would be allowed to leave the city and those who wished would be transported to Europe at England’s expense. In addition, Catholics were promised near-equality with the English occupiers. […]
Posted in Historical Facts on Sep 14th, 2010
This date in Irish History — September 14, 1607 — Flight of the Earls. After the Battle of Kinsale in which the Irish forces of O’Neill and Hugh O’Donnell were defeated by the English, O’Neill fought his way back up to Ulster while O’Donnell sailed to Spain to enlist aid. O’Donnell died shortly after his arrival, […]
Posted in Historical Facts on Aug 13th, 2010
August 22, 1922 — Michael Collins is shot and killed at Bael na m Blath, Co Cork while on a military tour of West Cork. Collins was the brains behind the guerilla strategy that smashed the British intelligence network in Dublin. In 1921 he signed the Anglo-Irish Peace Treaty, ending the War of Independence.
Posted in Historical Facts on Jul 1st, 2010
Irish participation in the American Revolution helped bring our independence. Names of 1700 and 1800 Irish immigrants appear in the records in the tens of thousands. At the Battle of Lexington 174 were present, the Battle of Bunker Hill 698, and one-half of Washington’s Continental Army were Irish. In a speech to the English Parliament, […]
Posted in Did You Know?, Historical Facts on May 31st, 2010
Forty (40) ships filled with 13,000 Irish immigrants fleeing “The Great Hunger” waited to disembark at Grosse Isle, Canada on May 31, 1848.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 22nd, 2010
The Irish government has designated May 22-23, 2010 to remember the victims of The Great Hunger. People of Irish heritage are asked to participate at masses and other memorial services. Over a million people died from starvation and disease in 1845-1849, and over a million more were forced to emigrate in a country with a […]
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