Last weekend, General Liam Lynch was remembered at events including commemoration parades and exhibitions in Cork and Tipperary marking 100 years since the revered leader was shot in the Civil War. Thousands of people attended the commemorations, according to reports in the Examiner and elsewhere, and one marching band, wearing saffron and green, attracted particular […]
New film to be shown
‘Narrow nationalists’ fought for our freedom
A TD has called on the government to find a site in Dublin city for a statue of General Michael Collins with his famous bicycle, in honour of the fallen rebel’s 100th death anniversary next year. The remarks were made yesterday by Independent Cork South-West TD Michael Collins in the Dáil. “On Saturday, 23rd October […]
September 7th 2021 is the 100 year anniversary of the foundation of the Legion of Mary
Tipperary’s Gaelic footballers will wear commemorative jerseys to mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday in their Munster final clash with Cork this Sunday. The jersey features an image of Michael Hogan, the Tipp player shot dead by British forces along with 13 others at Croke Park on 21st November 1920. Black and Tans, along with police, […]