The bridge extends between Ortaköy (in Europe) and Beylerbeyi (in Asia).
Will it change their situation?
“If I die I know the fruit will exceed the cost a thousand fold.”
United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and admit the People’s Republic of China
His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
Phelim Roe O’Neill or Féilim Rua Ó Néill – was an Irish leader, from the famous O’Neill family, who led the Irish Rebellion of 1641 in Ulster on 23 October when the Irish rebels attacked Protestant plantation settlements and took garrison towns held by the Irish Army. The Plantation of Ulster was the organised colonisation […]
The Land League was founded by Michael Davitt and others
It was composed “early in 1910 or late in 1909”, words by Peadar Kearney
After serving 15 years in prison, the “Guildford Four” – Gerard Conlon, Patrick Armstrong, Carole Richardson and Paul Hill – are released for the wrongful conviction of the Guildford pub bombings in 1974. It is considered to be one of the biggest-ever miscarriages of justice in Britain. During the trial of the “Balcombe Street […]
King Ferdinand II of Aragon married Queen Isabella I of Castille on this day, October 19th, 1469. The marriage unified the two Kingdoms into one, creating the Kingdom of Spain, which exists to this day. As you can see in the map above, at the time of the the marriage, modern Spain was divided in […]
Colbert was the final man executed in Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May, 1916
He was an Irish priest and scholar, and a key figure in the Gaelic revival of the late 19th century.