The Wild Geese's Blog – May 2023 Archive (4)

This Week in the History of the Irish: May 28 - June 3

DOMHNAIGH -- On May 28, 1779, poet and songwriter Thomas…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 21 - May 27

DOMHNAIGH --  On May 21, 1745, Count Daniel O'Connell, the uncle of the 'Liberator,' and an officer in the Irish Brigade of France, was born in Derrynane, Co. Kerry. Young Daniel became a cadet with the French army in 1761. He served in Clare's Regiment of the…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 14 - May 20

MÁIRT -- On May 15, 1847, Syria, the first ship to arrive during what Quebecois would call the 'Summer of Sorrow,' landed at the Canadian quarantine station in the St. Lawrence River, just north of Quebec. The French had called that island…

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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 7 - May 13

DOMHNAIGH -- On May 7, 1915, the English passenger ship Lusitania was sunk near Old Head, Co. Cork, off the southern Irish coast. The liner had left New York bound for Liverpool on May 1. German intelligence believed, and most historians now believe, that the ship was carrying munitions.…

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Added by The Wild Geese on May 6, 2023 at 6:30pm — No Comments

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