Category: ON THIS DAY
ON THIS DAY: 4 MARCH: Birth of Robert Emmett, Daniel Patrick Mannix, Grace Gifford
by Gript Column | Mar 4, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCH is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 3 MARCH 1831: First Clash of the Tithe War in Kilkenny
by Gript Column | Mar 3, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
Tithe Wars nó as Gaeilge Cogadh na nDeachúna. People were obliged by law to pay Tithes for the...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 23 FEBRUARY 1976: Murder of Francis Rice by Shankill Butchers
by Gript Column | Feb 23, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
Following on from our post a few days back which discussed the vicious Shankill butchers (a...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 20 FEBRUARY 1979: Shankill Butchers sentenced to life imprisonment
by Gript Column | Feb 20, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
The Shankill Butchers were a group of 11 loyalists, many of whom were members of the Ulster...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 18 FEBRUARY 1366: Statute of Killkenny was passed
by Gript Column | Feb 18, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
The Statute of Kilkenny were a set of laws made by the English Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lionel...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 17 February 1846: Daniel O’Connell speaks in House of Commons re poverty and starvation in Ireland
by Gript Column | Feb 17, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
The level of poverty in Ireland was evidenced by further comments from O’Connell: “The last...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 14 FEBRUARY: Feastday of St Valentine: The treasure trove at Whitefriar Street
by Gript Column | Feb 14, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
Many foreign tourists to this country are more than surprised to learn that the bones of St...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 13 FEBRUARY 1847: Illustrated London News describes the scenes Clonakilty
by Gript Column | Feb 13, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
A writer from the Illustrated London News describes what he sees in Clonakilty “I started...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 10 FEBRUARY 1917: Explosion at Naas Carpet Factory
by Gript Column | Feb 10, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
As reported in the Leinster Leader Newspaper on the 10 February 1917, an explosion occurred in the...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 3 FEBRUARY 1537: Execution of ‘Silken’ Thomas Fitzgerald by Henry VIII and Grey’s legacy in Ireland
by Gript Column | Feb 3, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
In July 1534 Thomas FitzGerald, acting Lord Deputy of Ireland and the son of Gerald FitzGerald,...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 2 FEBRUARY 1972: Protests in Dublin and other cities after Bloody Sunday killings
by Gript Column | Feb 2, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
On 30th January 1972, British Parachute Regiment shot dead civilians in a civil rights march in...
Read MoreON THIS DAY: 1 FEBRUARY: Celebration of Naomh Bríd
by Gript Column | Feb 1, 2021 | ON THIS DAY
Feast of Saint Brigid of Kildare – Naomh Bríd – (c. 450 – 525) one of Ireland’s...
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