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 […]
Cusack’s love for education, Irish culture and sport led to the foundation of what is today the world’s largest amateur sporting organisation.
Held in Dungarvan Town
Amidst all of the touchy-feely mainstream news media tributes to the different branches of the public service in this Time of the Virus, it would seem that some find it difficult to abandon old ways. While the Gardaí have attracted mixed reviews for their Dancing Against the Pandemic – as opposed to their removing people […]
‘COME OUT you Black and Tans.’ Buskers sing “Come out ye black and tans” outside Dublin Castle in protest of deferred Fine Gael RIC event. A planned commemoration of the RIC whose constables included the notorious Black and Tans caused public outrage earlier this month. Minister for Justice says the commemoration is not cancelled but […]
On 27 November 1920 Galway brothers Patrick and Harry Loughnane were arrested on their family farm by the Royal Irish Constabulary’s Auxiliary Division. The men were locally prominent republicans and the RIC was determined to exact revenge on them for an earlier IRA ambush. A few days after their arrest, the Loughnane brothers’ bodies were […]
Over 17,000 people have signed a petition in 24 hours as anger grows at government plans to allegedly “commemorate the Black and Tans” as well as the RIC in Dublin Castle later this month. The controversy arose after a government announcement on January 1st confirmed that an official state commemoration for those who served in […]
November 21 marks the 99th anniversary of one of the most momentous days in modern Irish history. That date in 1920 fell on a Sunday, the first one in this country to be given the sombre appellation Bloody for it was the most violent day in the War of Independence. Thirty two people in all […]