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Mike McCormack's Blog – December 2021 Archive (2)
The Patriot Game
by Mike McCormack, NYAOH Historian Emeritus
On New Year’s Day in 1957, an event occurred that is remembered in song to this day. It all began after World War II brought change to Northern Ireland as Loyalists and Nationalists shared the same bomb shelters breaking down the barriers of prejudice erected to keep them divided. The war also created a small measure of prosperity that satisfied many grievances. After the war in 1945,…
ContinueAdded by Mike McCormack on December 26, 2021 at 4:00pm — No Comments
The Anglo-Irish Treaty
One hundred years ago, on 6 December 1921 a treaty was signed with the British government that was to end Ireland’s 3-year war of independence and grant a measure of autonomy to Ireland. It was to be fully implemented by March 31, 1922, and the fighting would end; it had…
Added by Mike McCormack on December 8, 2021 at 1:00pm — No Comments
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