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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 1 - March 7
| From Wikipedia Statue of Andrew Lewis, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 22 - February 28
| 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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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 15 - February 21
| Courtesy of Warflag.com Flag of Berwick's regiment of the Irish… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: January 25 - January 31
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This Week in the History of the Irish: January 11 - January 17
| National Army Museum An officer from an Irish regiment of the Spanish army, 1808. The uniform coat would have been sky-blue. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On January 11, 1775, Louis De Lacy,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: January 4 - January 10
| Courtesy of the New York Public Library A drawing of the British siege lines at Charleston in 1780. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On January 4,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 28 - January 3
| WGT photo by Joe Gannon Carriganuss Castle, an O'Sullivan castle just outside of Glengariff |
CÉADAOIN -- On December 31, 1602, Dónall O'Sullivan Beare and his clan…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 21 - December 27
| Linen Hall Library A 17th century portrait of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. |
CÉADAOIN -- On December 24, 1601,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 14 - December 20
MÁIRT -- On Dec. 16, 1971, soldier and politician General Richard Mulcahy (left) died in Dublin. Mulcahy was born in Waterford. After being educated in the Christian Brothers schools, Richard went to work for the postal service, like his father before him. He was a member of the Gaelic League and joined the Irish…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: December 7 - December 13
| The executioner of King Louis XVI shows the head of the King of France to the crowd. The king -- and Tipperary native William Bulkely -- were only two of the thousands of victims of the French Revolution's "Reign of Terror."… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 16 - November 22
| Library of Congress Gen. Michael Kelly Lawler |
DOMHNAIGH-- On Nov. 16, 1814, Michael Kelly Lawler,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 9 - November 15
| National Library of Ireland James Napper Tandy |
DOMNAIGH -- On November 9, 1791, James Napper Tandy convened the first meeting of the Dublin…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: November 2 - November 8
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Isaac Butt: Founder of the Home Rule Party
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 12 - October 18
Tom Davis from an illustration in Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, c. 1903. |
MÁIRT -- On Oct. 14, 1814, Thomas Osborne Davis, the poet laureate of the…
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Limerick Scholar Rebuts Those Who Dismiss The Rising's Heroes
New York -- University of Limerick Professor Ruan O'Donnell drew more than 40 to O'Lunney's Times Square Pub on Thursday, October 2nd to issue a resounding rebuttal -- some would argue refutation -- of the recent critics of the 1,700 who went out on Easter Monday 1916. Directly challenging former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton and Senator David Norris,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 28 - October 4
| National Museum of Ireland Kathleen Clarke |
DOMHNAIGH -- On Sept. 29, 1972, Kathleen Clarke, wife…
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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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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 14 - September 20
CÉADAOIN -- On Sept. 17, 1860, units of the Irish Battalion of St. Patrick of the Papal army fought a Piedmontese army allied with Garibaldi
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