CASE ROOM IN THE "ARGUS" OFFICE, DROGHEDA, IN WHICH JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A PRINTER.
UNVEILING THE MONUMENT TO JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. THE LATE FATHER ANDERSON, O'REILLY'S BOSOM FRIEND,…
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A wonderful article on the Irish Post Office from the 1904 issue of Donahoe's Magazine by Seumus MacManus can be found at the link below.
A Country Post-Mistress -- Photo Hogg Belfast…
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Taken from 'The Gael' Journal of October 1903 http://archive.org/stream/gaelamonthlyjou00unkngoog#page/n305/mode/2up/search/emmet
On Emmet's Burial from Wikipedia
Emmet's remains were first delivered to Newgate Prison and then back to Kilmainham Gaol, where the jailer was under instructions that if no-one…
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John Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844 – 10 August 1890) was an Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which…
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Kate was a well known beauty in Ireland in the years before the Great Famine (1845-1849). The legend of Kate has captured the imagination of people far and wide down through the years. Below are the words to the old song which bears her name:
Oh have you not heard of Kate Kearney,Who lives on the…
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The "Claddagh" Ring.
By W. DILLON*
Eings the device of which consists of two hands clasped in
sign of friendship are common. And the same may be said of
rings with a heart for the device. The emblematic character is
pretty obvious in either case. The ring worn locally by the peas-
antry as a wedding-ring, and…
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http://www.u.tv/News/VC-men-to-be-remembered-on-streets/8f52341b-0b31-4142-af09-140250aefe92
http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/singer-promotes-ww1-music-of-irish-tommies…
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From a Kinsey study conducted in the late 1950s/early 1960s with a focus on women. Inis Beag http://www.broadsheet.ie/2013/07/31/the-story-of-oh/
To the left ,…
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