ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCH is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays occurred on this day.
“There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all”
Tithe Wars nó as Gaeilge Cogadh na nDeachúna
One of the greatest ever
‘Master Butcher’ and a ‘psychopath’
The Shankill Butchers were a group of 11 loyalists, many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, which operated out of drinking dens in the Shankill Road area of Belfast hence the name. They abducted Catholics; tortured, maimed and mutilated their bodies before eventually killing them with butchers knives, axes and hatchets. Their […]
Kincora Boys’ Home was a boys’ home in Belfast
The Statute of Kilkenny were a set of laws made by the English Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lionel of Antwerp. They were passed at a meeting of the Irish parliament held at Kilkenny. It was to ensure that the English colonisers here did not adopt Irish customs and that the Irish must adopt English ones. […]
The level of poverty in Ireland was evidenced by further comments from O’Connell
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, otherwise known as Whitefriar Street Church on Aungier Street.
A writer from the Illustrated London News describes what he sees in Clonakilty
Several young female employees were injured