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
Mass hunger strike of 7,000 republican prisoners begins after Civil War
Parnell’s newspaper, the United Ireland, attacked the Land Act and he was arrested together with his party lieutenants, William O’Brien, John Dillon, Michael Davitt and Willie Redmond. They were imprisoned under a proclaimed Coercion Act in Kilmainham Gaol for “sabotaging the Land Act”, from where the No Rent Manifesto, which Parnell and the others […]