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Joe Gannon's Blog – January 2017 Archive (2)
This Week in the History of the Irish: January 22 - January 28
DEARDAOIN - January 22, 1760, at Wandewash, India, General Thomas Arthur Comte de Lally's French army, including his regiment of the Irish Brigade, was defeated by…
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Mayo's Robert Horatio George Minty: Past Imperfect Hero
I see the long, blue line, push back the rebel pickets
Far stretched o’er hill and dale; through break and thickets.
My old heart leaps
As up the steeps
Rock-crowned and flinty:
I see the dash,
And hear the crash,
Where leads the peerless…
Added by Joe Gannon on January 14, 2017 at 9:30am — 9 Comments
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