Comments - This Week in the History of the Irish: December 4 - December 10 - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T06:14:43Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A207936&xn_auth=no7 December 1775 John Barry wa…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-07:6442157:Comment:2083092016-12-07T16:21:58.700ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p>7 December 1775 John <span>Barry was made the first Captain in the Continental Navy of a US warship commissioned for service.</span></p>
<p>7 December 1775 John <span>Barry was made the first Captain in the Continental Navy of a US warship commissioned for service.</span></p> 6 December 1876 - Jack McCall…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-05:6442157:Comment:2077942016-12-05T02:35:00.135ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p>6 December 1876 - Jack McCall was convicted for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok and sentenced to hang. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McCall" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McCall</a></p>
<p>8 December 1922 - Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett, Irish patriots - one from each of the four provinces - are executed by the Free State forces</p>
<p>9 December <span>1898 - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly">Emmett…</a></p>
<p>6 December 1876 - Jack McCall was convicted for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok and sentenced to hang. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McCall" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McCall</a></p>
<p>8 December 1922 - Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett, Irish patriots - one from each of the four provinces - are executed by the Free State forces</p>
<p>9 December <span>1898 - </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly">Emmett Kelly</a><span>, born in Sedan KS, circus clown </span></p>
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<p></p> Padraic Colum (8 December 188…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-05:6442157:Comment:2079412016-12-05T00:43:52.455ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p>Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972)</p>
<p><span>On December 8, 1939, flautist James Galway was born in Belfast.</span></p>
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<p>Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972)</p>
<p><span>On December 8, 1939, flautist James Galway was born in Belfast.</span></p>
<p></p> 8 December 1922 – Northern Ir…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-05:6442157:Comment:2079402016-12-05T00:12:49.263ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p>8 December 1922 – Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.</p>
<p>9 December 1973 – British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.</p>
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<p>8 December 1922 – Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.</p>
<p>9 December 1973 – British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.</p>
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<p></p> 6 Dec 1933 – U.S. federal ju…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-04:6442157:Comment:2079392016-12-04T23:40:39.308ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<li>6 Dec 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.</li>
<li>Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 – December 6, 1951) was an American journalist who co-founded The New Yorker magazine in 1925 and served as editor-in-chief of the publication from its inception until his death. <span>Ross was the son of Scots-Irish…</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup></li>
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<li>6 Dec 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.</li>
<li>Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 – December 6, 1951) was an American journalist who co-founded The New Yorker magazine in 1925 and served as editor-in-chief of the publication from its inception until his death. <span>Ross was the son of Scots-Irish</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ross#cite_note-1"></a></sup><span> immigrant George Ross and schoolteacher Ida (Martin) Ross. </span></li>
</ul> 1922 – One year to the day a…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-04:6442157:Comment:2078862016-12-04T23:28:42.910ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> comes into existence.</li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> comes into existence.</li>
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