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Book Review ~ England’s Greatest Spy – Eamonn De Valera ~ John J. Turi
Title: England’s Greatest Spy – Eamonn De Valera Author: John J. Turi Publisher: Stacey International, London 2009 ISBN: 978 – 1 – 906768-09-6 REVIEWER: Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc I stumbled across the above book, in ...
Today In Irish History ~ 24 March, James I Acclaimed King Of England, (France) & Ireland
~1603~ The Queen Is Dead. Long Live The King! The Stuart dynasty, which we have touched upon (once or twice) on this blog already, was an ill-fated one in some senses. It can also be ...
Today In Irish History – A House Is Stormed In Dalkey, 23 March –
~1923~ The Irish Civil War dragged on for much longer than it needed to from a purely military perspective. You could make the argument that it never really ended. Once the capital was secured in ...
Today In Irish History – Crossbarry, 19 March
~1921~ This day in 1921, the 3rd Cork Brigade, surround and heavily outnumbered and having lost its commanding officer, Charlie Hurley, faced annihilation. But, because of the ineptitude of the British coordination and the tactical ...
Today In Irish History – The Death Of Ambrose O’Higgins, 18 March
~1801~ Either on this day in 1801, or tomorrow (the sources vary) Ambrose O’Higgins, Viceroy of Peru, died in Lima. And you think this isn’t Irish History. And in one sense, you would be right. ...
Today In Irish History – Louis XIV Sends Troops To Ireland, 16 March
~1690~ If Irish history in the popular mind falls down by not acknowledging the role that Britain and other places has in our history, it also falls down by seeing events in Ireland as happening ...
Today In Irish History – The Birth Of Lady Gregory, 15 March
~1852~ Irish cultural nationalism has long had its heroes. WB Yeats gets the greatest share of praise in modern discussion but no less important at the time and in subsequent years, if not in popular ...