In March 2003, in a bog on the border of Meath and Offaly, in a place called Clonycavan, a body emerged from the peat beneath the shovel of a cutting machine.
He was born in Mayo the second of five children in an Irish speaking family.
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
A farmer’s son, Peadar Ó Laoghaire was born in Clondrohid, Cork, and grew up in the Muskerry Gaeltacht
His life was much shorter, he having died in March 1964 at the age of 41.
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of Crossbarry
St Patrick is now one of the world’s best known Catholic figures
22 other young men joined the hunger strike and 10 men died.
Great cruelty during Famine
Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax. Though it affected everyone, it […]
Thomas Clarke was born in Hampshire in the UK to Irish parents.
He was involved in the establishment of the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 1928.