James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile) is one of the handful of men who share the dubious honour of being placed in the iconic status categories in the Irish history books based on his involvement in the Easter Rising 1916 as well as his role in the Trade Union movement. He was born in Cowgate 1868 to Irish…
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LUAIN -- On March 23, 1862, Irish-born Union General James Shields (left: pictured during the Mexican…
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Pádraig Pearse (Patrick Henry Pearse) is one only a handful of men who have enjoyed the dubious honour of becoming an iconic status in Irish History books based on his role in the 1916 Easter Rising. He was born in Great Brunswick Street in Dublin and had a brother,…
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Courtesy of the Carter House Archives The Carter cotton gin, at the Carter House in Franklin, TN, site of some of the most intense fighting on November 30, 1864.… |
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Michael Collins was the youngest son of a farmer, born in the west of the County of Cork, Ireland, in 1890. The Collins were relatively prosperous, as poor farmers go: his father held 90 acres, which his grandfather had in turn also…
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Michael Mallin was born in 1874 in the Liberty tenements Dublin. He was a son of a carpenter, but his early days living in Dublin elude historians. It is, therefore, his teenage years that are the focus of this biopic.
At the age of fourteen years he joined the British…
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Sean Connolly was born in Sandymount, Dublin in 1883. His family had been driven off their land during the Land League era. Connolly and all his siblings were steeped in nationalism and all that Fenianism stood for. When his father, a sailor, left his seafaring job, he…
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The rebellion of Easter Week 1916 was one of the formative events in Irish history.
It led towards the independence we now enjoy, along with the enactment of Home Rule in 1914, the meeting of the First Dail in 1919, the…
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Fifteen days before Christmas 1988, "Aunt" Bridie Halpin died. At 85, she had lived a good life, but it was still sad for the Halpin family for their Bridie was the beloved matriarch of the clan in America. The first to come over, she had emigrated to New York in 1946. In turn, she…
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Michael O'Hanrahan (Micheál Ó hAnnrachain, 1877 – 4 May 1916) is another one of the 1916 Leaders who is not universally known. He was born in New Ross, County Wexford to Richard and Mary O’Hanrahan (nee Williams). He had a brother, Henry, and a sister, Eily. His father was heavily involved in the 1867 Fenian Rising. Michael's family moved to County Carlow when he was a young…
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Much time has been devoted to analysing the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The politics, the violence and the impact this has had on the country as a whole has been extensively documented. But how often is a spotlight shone specifically on the lives of Republican women?…
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From Wikipedia Statue of Andrew Lewis, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.… |
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During a 1986 interview with 1916 patriot Sam O’Reilly for the Irish Echo newspaper, Sam excused himself to retrieve some notes. At that point, his wife Mary whispered, "Mike, would you ever tell our story?" I said, "Sure, you mean you and Sam?" She replied, "No, I mean…
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Tomás Mac Donnchadha, or Thomas MacDonagh (1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916), was born in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, to Joseph and Mary MacDonagh (nee Parker). Both his parents were intellectuals and…
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Edward "Ned Daly" is one of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders less known for his role as Commandant in the Irish Military Brotherhood. Out of a family of ten children, he was the only son born to Edward and Catharine Daly (nee O’Mara) in Limerick. His father…
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Belfast Central Library A drawing of Lord Randolph Churchill from the Illustrated London News. Churchill died at age 46. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On…
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Liam Mac Piarais (William "Willie" Pearse) was born on the 15th of November in 1881 and was the younger brother Patrick Pearse, the well documented iconic figure of the 1916 Easter Rising. It has been said that, to some extent, Willie lived in the shadow of his famous older…
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Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh (Thomas James Clarke) was born on the 11th day of March in 1858. He was one of the oldest members of the 1916 Rising. Clarke was also known as Henry Wilson, an alias he used to counteract any publicity that his own name may attract in his role as…
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Book Review
"Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary," by Eimear O’Callaghan
Merrion Press
Copyright 2014
"Belfast Days: A 1972…
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