It was composed “early in 1910 or late in 1909”, words by Peadar Kearney
It is one of the lesser known of Germany’s monstrous crimes in World War Two, but today, nonetheless, is the 79th anniversary of the massacre at Kragujavac. Two thousand, seven hundred and seventy eight Serbian men and boys were shot, in cold blood, at point blank range by German soldiers, having first been made dig […]
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“Faced with people who explicitly write that they want us dead, we choose life,” co-author Marguerite Stern said.
The Land War of the early 1880s was about to be renewed after evictions increased and outrages became widespread.
Founded by Charles Gavin Duffy, Thomas Davis & John Blake Dillon
A close run thing.
Fr. O’Shea’s family had been evicted from their own home when he was a baby himself.
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Mass hunger strike of 7,000 republican prisoners begins after Civil War
An inquest into the death of Denis McKennedy, a labourer working on a relief scheme at Caheragh near Skibbereen, found that he had ‘died of starvation due to the gross negligence of the Board of Works”
Msgr. Pádraig de Brún was born in Grangemockler, Tipperary in October 1889. His father was a school teacher and the young Pádraig was an excellent student, talented with many natural gifts. He was especially interested in the history of Ireland and the Gaelic language. He was particularly good and excelled at maths and studied it […]