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ON THIS DAY: 3RD DECEMBER 1974: Maguire Seven charged with possessing materials for bomb making 40-year-old Irish born Anne Maguire, from North London, was convicted of possessing nitro-glycerine, which was then allegedly passed on for use to the IRA. Her husband, Patrick Maguire, 42 was also sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Her two younger sons, […]
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The London Illustrated News published a drawing from an eviction on the island of Inis Bo Finne, 7 miles of the Galway Coast. It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent. “The extreme wretchedness of the peasantry dwelling on the rocky islets […]
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