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Today In Irish History – The 1916 Rising Continues, 25 April
~1916~ For the first day of the Rising, see here. The Irish Times has a summary of events on this day 94 years ago here. I’ve quoted two extracts from these events below which for ...
Today In Irish History – The 1916 Rising Begins, 24 April
~1916~ Today 95 years ago a committed crew of rebels launched what can only be called the seminal event in Modern Irish History, the 1916 Rising. They stormed the General Post Office (GPO), Boland’s Mills ...
Today In Irish History ~ The Irish Parliament Declares Its Independence, 16 April
~1782~ It must have seemed like the ultimate moment of triumph for the Anglican gentlemen of the Irish Parliament. On this date in 1782 they undid the damage of Poynings Law and announced to the ...
Today In Irish History – The Belfast Blitz, 15 April
~1941~ We tend, at least in the South, to think of Ireland as some kind of neutral island during the war. Indeed the latest and by far most popular text on the period, know as ...
Today In Irish History – The Titanic Strikes An Iceberg On 14 April And Sinks On 15 April
~1912~ For some reason the fate of the Titanic has always resonated with Irish people. Is supect it is for more reaons than just the enormously important Harland & Wolff connection. In many ways the ...
Easter Sunday – And Our First Release
Today The Irish Story (the Irish History Imprint of Green Lamp Media) is making its first title, The Story Of The Easter Rising, 1916 by John Dorney, available for download in PDF form. Later this ...
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