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The Carrowkennedy Ambush: Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold
It was late afternoon of a warm day in June in Carrowkennedy, County Mayo. Irish Volunteer Jimmy O’Flaherty (right) heard the…
Added by Joe Gannon on May 20, 2017 at 9:00pm — 7 Comments
This Week in the History of the Irish: May 14 - May 20
MÁIRT -- On May 15, 1847, The 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 'Grosse Ile,' but since 1847 many have called it…
Added by Joe Gannon on May 13, 2017 at 10:00am — 3 Comments
The St. Patrick's Day Champ: Clare's 'Bold Mike' McTigue
The exhausted Irish boxer stood in the middle of the makeshift boxing ring in the smoke-filled La Scala opera house in Dublin. Sweat was trickling down his face, tinged scarlett with a bit of blood oozing from a cut above his left eye. His chest was heaving with a heavy breathing -- a mixture of fatigue and…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on May 9, 2017 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments
1981 Hunger Strikes: On the Threshold of Another Trembling World
Among the most powerless men in the world are those in prisons. Your body no longer belongs to you; it belongs to the state. Every day you are told when to get up, when to go to bed, when you can exercise, when you can see your family, and also, when you can eat. Hidden within that last power of the state, however, is a…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on May 5, 2017 at 8:00pm — 6 Comments
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