Conway Mill Trust

The first ever “French Week” is being celebrated in Dublin July 13-18, appropriately around Bastille Day (July 14). The Irish and French have a long history of alliances. The French Revolution in 1789 was the spark that inspired the Irish to rebel in 1798. The Irish rebels were called “croppies” because their short hair resembled that of the French revolutionaries, and several times in Ireland’s history the French have attempted to come to the aid of those Irishmen fighting the British. This time they will be there with shops along the Liffey and French food to savor and perhaps some dancing by the Folies Bergere. http://www.alliance-francaise.ie

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