He was born in Mayo the second of five children in an Irish speaking family.
He was born in Mayo the second of five children in an Irish speaking family.
ON THIS DAY: 25TH MARCH 1846: Birth of Michael Davitt, One of the Leaders in the Land League and activist in the ‘Land Wars’ He was born in Mayo the second of five children in an Irish speaking family. They were evicted from their home in 1850 due to rent arrears and the family emigrated […]