ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCH is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays occurred on this day.
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
His life was much shorter, he having died in March 1964 at the age of 41.
As reported in the Leinster Leader Newspaper on the 10 February 1917, an explosion occurred in the Naas Carpet Factory and several young female employees were injured. As penned in the article: A rather serious accident occurred in the Naas Carpet Factory on Monday morning last resulting in injures to several of the girls employed […]