All Blog Posts Tagged 'History of Ireland' (513)

My new book "Who Killed Honor Bright? How William Butler and George Yeats Caused the Fall of the Irish Free State"

Hello Wild Geese!

I've decided to write this blog to get congratulations - yes, for me - for not only finishing writing my book, but also this week publishing a readable copy of it. I actually published it in August but the print was so small only leprechauns could read it. Now I've improved it and it looks quite nice - just have a look and see on www.HuesBooks.com.

Finishing my project is quite a surprise. Now another has turned up. I…

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Added by Patricia Louise Hughes on September 24, 2014 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Ireland's 'Downton Abbey'

Book Review

"The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of Leinster, 1872–1948

by Terrence Dooley


304 pages with colour…

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Added by Anthony Tierney on September 24, 2014 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

The Maigue Poets

Geneticists at Trinity College, Dublin have recently discovered that the Irish gene pool is the least diluted in all of Europe if not indeed, the world. They have also discovered that the Irish traveling people (tinkers) are purely…

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Added by John Anthony Brennan on September 21, 2014 at 5:30pm — 6 Comments

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

Michael Corcoran left his imprint on his Legion, which continued to carry his name after his death in December 1863.

DOMHNAIGH -- On Sept. 21, 1827, Michael…

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Added by The Wild Geese on September 20, 2014 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Divorce Celtic Style

One Celtic custom that survived the conversion of Ireland to Christianity was divorce. Ancient Irish law, written in the seventh century, and known as Brehon Law, set forth several reasons that divorce could be obtained. In the…

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Added by Catherine Duggan on September 17, 2014 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

'The Loneliest Boy In The World': A Welcome Addition to the Blasket Island Canon

"The Loneliest Boy In The World"

Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin with Patricia Ahern (Collins Press, 2014)

Review by Felicity Hayes-McCoy.

 

At the westernmost end of Ireland’s Dingle peninsula,…

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Added by The Wild Geese on September 17, 2014 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Irish Mariners' Story of Nazi Brutality Gets Renewed Focus

Dear Friend,

The Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society are a docklands-based history group who believe in digging where we stand. We believe that the history of Dublin Docks and the surrounding communities of East Wall, North Wall, City Quay, Pearse Street and Ringsend are so rich that the stories should be collected and preserved. We also believe in…

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Added by Declan Byrne on September 16, 2014 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

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

Linen Hall Library

Lord Charles Cornwallis had already lost one colony, and his reputation wouldn't survive the loss of another.

LUAIN -- On September 8, 1798,…

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Added by The Wild Geese on September 6, 2014 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Irish Free State history

I'm getting more and more people, mainly in Ireland but all over the world, looking at my website www.HuesBooks.com to find out the recent development in the history of the Irish Free State.

Added by Patricia Louise Hughes on September 4, 2014 at 11:53am — No Comments

The Rapparee

In memory of my ancestor William Brennan (Brennan on the moor) who chose to become a highwayman after his forebears were ousted from their ancestral home in county Kilkenny, during the Norman invasion of Ireland.

He rode from high to the valley floor,

then hid behind the rowan tree.

It was time to settle a deep-set score

and seek vengeance for his family.



They took the land they took their pride,

rode roughshod o'er the scattered…

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Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 26, 2014 at 7:30am — No Comments

Why the Irish State Should Formally Commemorate the Centenary of Home Rule, Part 1

By John Bruton

In 2016, there will be extensive commemoration of the centenary of the Rising in Dublin in 1916.

No comparable commemoration is planned for an earlier centenary, that of 18 September 2014, the 100th anniversary of the passage into law of Home Rule for Ireland.

The events of Easter 1916 inaugurated an armed…

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Added by The Wild Geese on August 19, 2014 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

The First One

Ireland emerged slowly from the death grip of the last ice-age around 10,000 years ago. The land bridges which connected it with its nearest neighbors, England and Scotland, vanished as the vast…

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Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 17, 2014 at 7:30pm — No Comments

This Week in the History of the Irish: August 17 - 23

Bernardo O'Higgins

DEARDAOIN -- On August 17, 1778,…

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Added by The Wild Geese on August 16, 2014 at 3:00pm — No Comments

The Enchantress

The Enchantress is the last poem in a trilogy. "The Hill" is the first one followed by "The Solstice."

The Enchantress

They used to…

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Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 11, 2014 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Don't Die With Regrets.

John Anthony Brennan is a native of Crossmaglen, a small, tough town in County Armagh, Ireland. A town, like Ireland herself, which has survived much pain and hardship through the centuries beneath the invaders harsh heel. His new book,…

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Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 6, 2014 at 10:00am — 6 Comments


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Sligo Abbey

Sligo Abbey

Abbey Street, Sligo Town, County Sligo



Known locally as simply "The Abbey," this Dominican Friary was founded in the mid 13th century by Maurice Fitzgerald. The site contains a great wealth of carvings including Gothic and Renaissance tomb structure, well preserved cloister and the only…

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Added by Celtic Tours World Vacations on August 5, 2014 at 11:30am — No Comments


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Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

Carrowmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland



Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in…
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Added by Celtic Tours World Vacations on July 28, 2014 at 11:30am — No Comments

Gáirdín an Ghorta - The Famine Garden - Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny

To really understand Gáirdín an Ghorta, and its pathways, please go to our Facebook page and click on pictures and then click on our albums  and then click on the album, "A Walk Through the Famine Garden," and you…

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Added by Willie Barron on July 22, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Gáirdín an Ghorta - The Famine Garden

Hi all at The Wild Geese, 

Please check out our Facebook link above about our Famine Garden in Newmarket, County Kilkenny and let us know what you think of it:…

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Added by Willie Barron on July 22, 2014 at 4:59am — 2 Comments


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Trim Castle, County Meath

Trim Castle
Trim, Co Meath, Ireland…



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Added by Celtic Tours World Vacations on July 21, 2014 at 7:00am — No Comments

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