The Wild Geese's Blog – May 2021 Archive (5)

This Week in the History of the Irish: May 30 - June 5

MÁIRT -- On June 1, 1866, the Fenian Brotherhood undertook the most famous action of its history: the invasion of Canada. Mexican and…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 23 - May 29

MÁIRT -- On May 25, 1798, in Co. Wicklow, as the British authorities began to receive news of people rising up in several parts of the island, anxious loyalist militia units committed two massacres of men they suspected of being rebels. In Dunlavin, 28 or…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 16 - May 22

LUAIN to MÁIRT -- On May 17-18, 1918, the British government began arresting all the leaders of Sinn Fein that it could round-up. Britain desperately wanted to impose conscription on the Irish to replace its tremendous losses in the trenches of…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 9 - May 15

LUAIN -- On May 10, 1806James Shields (left) , who would have one of the most remarkable careers in…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 2 - May 8

DOMHNAIGH -- On May 2, 1870, Father Francis Duffy, World War I chaplain of the 69th New York, was born in Cobourg, Ontario. Francis moved to New York at age 22 to teach at St. Francis Xavier College but quit to enter the seminary. Father…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 1, 2021 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

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