‘Master Butcher’ and a ‘psychopath’
The Shankill Butchers were a group of 11 loyalists, many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, which operated out of drinking dens in the Shankill Road area of Belfast hence the name. They abducted Catholics; tortured, maimed and mutilated their bodies before eventually killing them with butchers knives, axes and hatchets. Their […]
Kincora Boys’ Home was a boys’ home in Belfast
The Statute of Kilkenny were a set of laws made by the English Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lionel of Antwerp. They were passed at a meeting of the Irish parliament held at Kilkenny. It was to ensure that the English colonisers here did not adopt Irish customs and that the Irish must adopt English ones. […]
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, otherwise known as Whitefriar Street Church on Aungier Street.
Several young female employees were injured
Thomas MacDonagh was born in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, to Joseph McDonagh, a schoolmaster, and Mary Parker.
He was a poet, piper and talented singer and having being reared in the Gaeltacht in Kerry, was an avid supporter of the Irish language.
He was viewed as a threat to authority, and would be closely watched.
The British put a £1,000 price on Breen’s head, which was later raised to £10,000
A summer school is held in his honour every year in his hometown at the beginning of July and is highly regarded amongst traditional musicians.
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