As requested, here an account of the life of Anne Devlin, assistant to Robert Emmet.
In the church of St. Nicholas of…
ContinueAdded by Micheal O Doibhilin on October 3, 2014 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments
On Friday September 20th, 1803, Robert Emmet was hanged and beheaded by Executioner Thomas Galvin in Thomas Street, in front of St. Catherine’s Church, before a crowd of up to 45,000 people.
Each year the Emmet and Devlin Memorial…
ContinueAdded by Micheal O Doibhilin on September 24, 2014 at 10:40pm — 1 Comment
Every year, on the Sunday closest to her anniversary, I organise a commemoration of Ireland's greatest women - Anne Devlin. I have been dong this for the last nine years now, and each year the format is the same: Midday mass in St. Catherine's Church on Meath Street in Dublin's…
Added by Micheal O Doibhilin on September 24, 2014 at 10:00pm — 6 Comments
As some of you may know, I publish a series of books on Irish history (eight in the series to date) under the general title of Kilmainham Tales. To accompany these I have set up a website to carry further information and on that site we are currently running a series of articles on…
Added by Micheal O Doibhilin on April 7, 2014 at 3:00pm — No Comments
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