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RTÉ sought to restrict speech
Forty homes were burned out or badly damaged, including almost all of the main street of the town.
Robert Emmett was an Irish Republican and patriot, orator and rebel leader.
She was buried in a paupers plot in Glasnevin Cemetery
Profit over excellence
He is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla urged Mexicans to rise up against the Spanish-born ruling class.
ON THIS DAY: 15TH SEPTEMBER 1928
He was a man who wanted the youth of America to live in a country where they could speak their opinions unafraid.
A mistake, in retrospect.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish rebel William Wallace and others defeated the English at Stirling Bridge.
“Quinctilius Varus, where are my eagles?!!” is what Brian Blessed’s Emperor Augustus exclaims, in the BBC Classic “I Claudius”, upon hearing of the battle of the Teutoburg forest, which took place on this day, September 9th, 9AD. The battle was the most catastrophic defeat the Roman Empire would suffer for several centuries. Three Legions, and […]
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