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His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
Fuair Seán Sabhat bás ar son saoirse na hÉireann
His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
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His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
Dublin City Council will today honour famed poet and nationalist, Lady Jane Wilde, with a commemorative plaque at 1 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. The literary figure, beloved mother to playwright Oscar Wilde, lived at the address for many years, and her weekly literary salons put her at the centre of Dublin’s cultural life. Born in […]
His passion and love for the language was clear, and he was sometimes mistaken for a native Irish speaker
Following the fitting commemoration of those killed at Croke Park in November 1920, it is apt to recall that the other main stand and the terrace adjacent to Hill 16 are also named in honour of two great Irishmen, Michael Cusack and P.W Nally, who also died in the month of November. Michael Cusack, of an […]
The furore over the video played by Irish soccer manager, Stephen Kenny, prior to Ireland’s match against England appears on the face of it to be somewhat farcical. The “motivational” film – whose efficacy might best be judged by the fact that Ireland lost 3 – 0 – seems to have offended certain people because of […]
Tom Mitchell who died on July 22 just short of his 89th birthday was twice elected as a Westminster MP while a republican prisoner, which I believe is a unique distinction. Mitchell was born in Dublin in 1931 and joined the Dublin Brigade of the IRA in the early 1950s. He took part in a […]
‘Maraíodh Seán Sabhat aréir, Fé spéir a’ Tuaiscirt a thit sé, Ag troid ar son na saoirse a bhí sé- Maraíodh Seán Sabhat aréir’ Fuair Seán Sabhat bás ar son saoirse na hÉireann, agus é i mbun troda i gcoinne Fhórsaí na Corónach in Achadh Lon, Co. Fhear Manach ar Lá Caille 1957. Saolaíodh Seán […]
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