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He was captured in Buncrana on 3 November 1798
Think about it, and maybe say it aloud really slowly to yourself: We’re having a warm November because I am drinking too much tea.
Willie was very devoted to Pádraig and the brothers had a very close relationship.
If British couples had done this to Irish people during the famine, we would have a national memorial to the lost babies, and Sinn Féin would call it genocide.
Father Griffin Road in Galway is named after the priest
I don’t drink, I don’t smoke. I rarely go out. The only thing I do for myself is play golf.
Including Dublin In The Green and The Patriot Game
Her main focus was the education for poor Catholics
When women don’t hold up their end of the “deal”, a lot of “good” progressive men suddenly no longer feel as if they need to hold up theirs, and so it’s okay to joke about women maybe being whores again.
A HUGE temple, once surrounded by about 300 huge posts made from an entire oak forest, was discovered directly beneath the Hill of Tara in Co Meath. The Discovery Programme, set up under the auspices of the Heritage Council, carried out a survey of the Hill of Tara between 1992 and 1996 using sophisticated technology, […]
Pádraig Mac Piarais (Padraig Pearse) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary; he who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion. Pádraig, his brother Willie, […]