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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 31 - June 6
LUAIN -- On June 1, 1866, the Fenian Brotherhoodundertook the most famous action of its history: the invasion of Canada. Mexican…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 24 - May 30
LUAIN -- On May 25, 1798, in Co. Wicklow, as the British authorities began to receive news of people rising up in several parts of the island, anxious loyalist militia units committed two massacres of men they suspected of being rebels. In Dunlavin, 28 or more…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 17 - May 23
DOMHNAIGH to LUAIN -- On May 17-18, 1918, the British government began arresting all the leaders of Sinn Fein that it could round-up. Britain desperately wanted to…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 10 - May 16
DOMHNAIGH -- On May 10, 1806, James Shields (left)
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This Week in the History of the Irish: May 3 - May 9
SATHAIRN -- On May 3, 1921, the South Mayo Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, commanded by Tom Maguire, ambushed an RIC / Black and Tan supply column of a Crossley tender and a Ford car at Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo on the western shore of Lough Mask. This was the 2nd in a series of major attacks on crown forces in…
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