RTE is, of course, entitled to publish a varied and diverse range of opinions – but surely those opinions should be based on some version of possible reality?
And the murder of Baothnalach MacAodhagáin (Catholic Bishop of Ross) The Battle of Macroom was a significant encounter that took place on the 10th May 1650, during the Cromwellian assault on Ireland. An English Parliamentarian force under the command of Roger Boyle (Lord Broghill) engaged a big Irish force that was commanded by Irish Confederate […]
Thomas MacDonagh was born in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary in 1878 to schoolteacher parents. His parents were not supporters of nationalist politics and in fact the young Thomas was not interested in the burgeoning Irish language movements of the time. Like his parents he went into teaching. He also became involved in the cultural and literal […]
Easter Rising leaders: Pádraig Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh were executed by a firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol. #gript
We are privileged to watch her, and to call her one of our own.
“My dear Mother, You will I know have been longing to hear from me. I do not know how much you have heard since the last note I sent you from the G.P.O. On Friday evening the Post Office was set on fire and we had to abandon it. We dashed into Moore Street and […]
Spectacular hoard
perhaps the appeal of snooker lies more in the nostalgia that comes with watching. It hasn’t changed, even as the rest of the world has.
To the extent that man-made climate change is a problem, it is not – and never has been – caused by traditional activities that people have been partaking in for centuries
Every week, in this job, I get emails from people who believe – for whatever reason – that the Government is actively working against the interests of its own people
He was not re-elected with enthusiasm, but with resentment
Redmond O’Hanlon is often described as the ‘Irish Robin Hood’ or Scotland’s Rob Roy McGregor. Born in Armagh in 1620 he joined the Irish Catholic rebel forces and served under Owen Roe O’Neill at the Irish victory at the battle of Benburb. He fled to France after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland; his families’ lands […]