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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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This Week in the History of the Irish: June 8 - June 14
| John Mitchel as portrayed by Currier and Ives, who made a number of Irish prints to appeal to the Irish-American market. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On June 8, 1853, John Mitchel escaped from…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: June 1 - June 7
Maj. C. Donohue and D. Egan, 1869 |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 25 - May 31
| National Library of Ireland A Catholic tied to the triangle flogged by Loyalist militia. This was a frequent occurrence in many Irish towns in the days leading to the '98… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 11 - May 17
| From an engraving by Jean Sorieul Uniforms of the Irish Brigade of France from the 1750s. Note that red coats were worn… |
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 4 - May 10
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This Week in the History of the Irish: April 27 - May 3
| Gustavus Conyngham, from an original lithograph by Arthur Szyk, courtesy of the Arthur Szyk Society You can find more of Mr. Szyk's… |
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This Week in Irish History - April 20 - April 26
DOMHNAIGH -- On April 20, 1772, William Lawless, revolutionary and officer in Napolean's Irish Legion (a…
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This Week in Irish History - April 13 - April 19
| The original color scheme of the Irish tricolor, with the orange near the staff. |
LUAIN -- On April 15, 1848, in Dublin, Thomas…
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This Week in Irish History - April 6 - April 12
| High bridge of the South Side Railroad across the Appomattox. Capture of this bridge allowed Union troops to catch up to Lee at Farmville |
LUAIN --…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 30 - April 5
DOMHNAIGH -- On March 30, 1873, Richard Church (right), of County Cork, soldier, sometimes called the "liberator of Greece," died in Athens. Church was born in Cork in 1784. As a young man he ran off to join the British army, serving in Egypt then and Italy, where he met many exiled Greek leaders. After the…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 23 - March 30
DOMHNAIGH -- On March 23, 1862, Irish-born Union General James Shields (left: pictured during the…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 16 - March 22
| 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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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 9 - March 15
| Left to right: Harry Boland, Michael Collins, and Eamon de Valera |
LUAIN -- On March 9, 1932…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: March 2 - March 8
| Currier and Ives Robert Emmet stands defiant before the judge at his trial. |
MÁIRT -- On March 4, 1778,…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 23 - March 1
| Hulton Deutsch Roger Casement being led out of Pentonville Prison, where he would later be hanged. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On February 23, 1965, Irish patriot…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 16 - February 22
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 9 - February 15
| Belfast Central Library Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster's resistance to Home Rule. |
DOMHNAIGH -- On February 9, 1854, Sir Edward Henry Carson, Unionist politician, was…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: February 2 - February 8
| 'The Rough Riders' by Theodore Roosevelt (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899) Capt. Buckey O'Neill, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry |
DOMHNAIGH -- On February 2, 1860, William O.…
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