In March 2003, in a bog on the border of Meath and Offaly, in a place called Clonycavan, a body emerged from the peat beneath the shovel of a cutting machine.
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
Well now, that’s gone well, hasn’t it?
22 other young men joined the hunger strike and 10 men died.
On this day
For both sides on this island, it strikes me that continuing the war through legal means and tits for tat about who did what is a waste of time, and energy.
He was involved in the establishment of the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 1928.
There were Five demands that the prisoners were looking for.
The Fenian Rising of 1867 nó Éirà Amach na bhFÃnÃnà was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
Killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims
ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCHÂ is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays occurred on this day.
Covering the period 1918 to 1968.