Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Historical Facts on Jun 9th, 2015
Daniel O’Connell, also known as ‘the Liberator’, dominated Irish politics during the first half of the 19th Century. He was one of the first Catholics to enter the legal profession (1798). He won emancipation for the Catholics giving them back their dignity and self-respect.
Posted in Historical Facts on Jun 7th, 2015
Eamonn de Valera was the architect of the Irish Constitution.
Posted in Historical Facts on Jun 6th, 2015
The Ulster rebellion of 1798 began on June 6 when Henry Joy McCracken called the United Irishmen to arms in Belfast.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 30th, 2015
May 30, 1798, Wexford town was captured by the United Irish rebels.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 29th, 2015
May 29,1896 James Connolly founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 28th, 2015
Many famous people are buried in Mount Jerome cemetery south of Dublin. These include J.B. Yeats, John Milington Syne, Wm. Wilde (father of Oscar Wilde), A.E. Russell, Thomas Davis, Ned Kelly (actor “Waking Ned Devine”) and Maeve Binchey. This was formerly Mt. Jerome Estate and was used frequently by the United Irishmen for meetings.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 27th, 2015
The United Irish Rebellion began in Leinster on May 23rd, 1798. It then spread to Wexford.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 26th, 2015
On May 17, 1974 loyalist car bombs killed 33 people in Dublin and Monaghan and injured hundreds more.
Posted in Historical Facts on May 25th, 2015
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, one of the leaders of the Rising of 1798, was betrayed and captured on May 19. He was shot during the raid and died in prison of his wounds.
Posted in Historical Facts on Apr 19th, 2015
Colonel Bernard Irwin was an Irish born US Army Assistant Surgeon who was the first recipient of the Medal of Honor. He was awarded this in 1894 for his bravery in the Indian Wars in 1861.
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