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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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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 26 - November 1
DOMHNAIGH -- On Oct. 26, 1771, John (Juan) MacKenna
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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 19 - October 25
| From a contemporary portrait |
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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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This Week in the History of the Irish: October 5 - October 11
| The Battle of Perryville from a contemporary illustration. |
MÁIRT -- On October 8, 1862, Irish-born…
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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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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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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 17 - 23
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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 3 - August 9
| Courtesy of the late Lt. Col. Ken Powers (ret.), historian of the 69th New York Regiment Thomas F. Meagher in zouave uniform while a captain commanding Company K of the 69th New York State Militia. The picture appeared in the… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: July 27 - August 2
| The National Gallery of Ireland Patrick Sarsfield, by William Mossop… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: July 20 - July 26
DOMHAIGH -- On July 20, 1866, at the battle of Lissa (depicted left by Eduard Nezbeda, 1911) in the Adriatic, an Austrian fleet defeated a numerically superior Italian fleet. Commanding one of the…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: July 13 - July 19
DOMHNAIGH to CÉADAOIN -- From July 13 to 16, 1863, one of the more regrettable incidents related to Irish-American history occurred --the…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: July 6 - July 12
| Linen Hall Library Mary McCracken's ill-fated United Irishman brother, Henry Joy. |
MÁIRT -- On…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: June 29 - July 5
| Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork 'Men of the South' by Sean Keating, depicting the men of an IRA Flying Column during the War of Independence.… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: June 22 - June 28
Sir Henry Wilson
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DOMHNAIGH -- On June 22, 1922, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was shot and killed by two…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: June 15 - June 21
| Harry Boland, a Dublin tailor and Sinn Féin leader, left; Michael Collins, who would come to fight forces led by de Valera, center, and Eamon de Valera, right. |
LUAIN -- On June 16, 1917,…
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