On September 21st 1601 the Spanish landed in Kinsale Co Cork with some 4,000 men, took the town and awaited the arrival of the Gaelic chiefs from Ulster. With a fleet of twenty-eight, they occupied the port at Kinsale under the maestro de campo general, Don Juan del Águila. The ships were to be brought […]
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
The writings of Davis are still of interest, particularly as they relate to the relationships between national sovereignty and culture,
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
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.
Céiliúrtar a lá féile ar an 9ú Meán Fómhair
The life of the magnificent Gaelic prince Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill will be remembered and celebrated in Spain where he died as he sought assistance for Ireland after the Battle of Kinsale.