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
A summer school is held in his honour every year in his hometown at the beginning of July and is highly regarded amongst traditional musicians.
102 years ago
Gifford becomes interested in the Catholic faith which leads to a deepening relationship between herself and Plunkett.
She was Police Ombudsman from 1999 to 2007.
On this night, the Black and Tans burnt Cork City Centre with a devastating series of fires that swept through the city centre; looted businesses, assaulted firefighters and shot at the local population. The burning and the subsequent controversy is one of the most significant events of the Irish War of Independence; on the day […]
Centenary
It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent.
ON THIS DAY: 3RD DECEMBER 1974: Maguire Seven charged with possessing materials for bomb making 40-year-old Irish born Anne Maguire, from North London, was convicted of possessing nitro-glycerine, which was then allegedly passed on for use to the IRA. Her husband, Patrick Maguire, 42 was also sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Her two younger sons, […]