United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and admit the Communist People’s Republic of China #gript Photo: Chinese deputy foreign minister Qiao Guanhua (L) and Huang Hua (R), laugh at the news that the UN General Assembly had passed Resolution 2758, recognising Chinese mainland as the only Chinese representative in the UN, […]
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 […]
His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
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 […]
He was an Irish priest and scholar, and a key figure in the Gaelic revival of the late 19th century.
The Land War of the early 1880s was about to be renewed after evictions increased and outrages became widespread.
The Nation was an Irish nationalist weekly newspaper, published in Dublin in the 19th century. It was founded by Charles Gavin Duffy, Thomas Davis & John Blake Dillon who at the time were part of Daniel O’Connell’s repeal association. #gript
Fr. O’Shea’s family had been evicted from their own home when he was a baby himself.
Msgr. Pádraig de Brún was born in Grangemockler, Tipperary in October 1889. His father was a school teacher and the young Pádraig was an excellent student, talented with many natural gifts. He was especially interested in the history of Ireland and the Gaelic language. He was particularly good and excelled at maths and studied it […]
Mass hunger strike of 7,000 republican prisoners begins after Civil War