‘An Irishman in Antarctica’
‘The cost of food, fuel, lighting, and living expenses had all increased substantially and the Society are forced to make urgent…”
“The working man without bread has no choice”: It was the intervention of Cardinal Manning that was perhaps the key factor in the workers gaining an important victory.
Rosaleen Sands was with her son, Bobby, when he died Tuesday, May 5th 1981
Thomas Ashe trained as a teacher and worked as a school principal in Lusk, Co. Dublin.
He was viewed as a threat to authority, and would be closely watched.
The Cosby descendants still hold the same ground – Electric picnic is held on it yearly.
The British put a £1,000 price on Breen’s head, which was later raised to £10,000
In Irish, it is called Lá Fhéile Stiofáin or Lá an Dreoilín
‘Irish priest who resisted Chinese communists’
In return for their services, the learned classes usually held their lands free of taxes. However, they had obligations to provide food and hospitality on certain occasions.
Accounts were so horrific that many thought they were exaggerated