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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 28 - June 3
Added by The Wild Geese on May 27, 2023 at 6:30pm — No Comments
Admin William Muldoon: The "Solid Man" Who Tamed John L. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan, heavyweight champion of the world, strode into the bar in the small town of Belfast in western New York state as if he owned it. He had done…
Added by Joe Gannon on May 21, 2023 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
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…
Added by The Wild Geese on May 20, 2023 at 1:30pm — No Comments
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…
Added by The Wild Geese on May 13, 2023 at 8:56pm — No Comments
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.…
Added by The Wild Geese on May 6, 2023 at 6:30pm — No Comments
Statistics Highlight The Famine's Staggering Impact on Ireland
The Dictionary of Statistics by Michael G. Mulhall, London, George Routledge and Sons, 1892
I have been browsing through the above book and found many interesting population, emigration and property statistics relating to Ireland in the 19th century. These statistics reveal the impact the artificial famine of the 1840s had…
ContinueAdded by Kieron Punch on May 2, 2023 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
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