Book Offer
This will close in 10 seconds
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Sesamh Máire Pluincéid) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising
When William Sydney Clements, the 3rd Earl of Leitrim inherited a vast estate from his father in 1854 he became a controlling landlord and bullying tyrant.
In 1974 local farmers digging a well near the Chinese city of Xian came across one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
A farmer’s son, Peadar Ó Laoghaire was born in Clondrohid, Cork, and grew up in the Muskerry Gaeltacht
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of Crossbarry
22 other young men joined the hunger strike and 10 men died.
Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax. Though it affected everyone, it […]
Thomas Clarke was born in Hampshire in the UK to Irish parents. They moved back to Dungannon when Thomas was 7 years old and the family spent the rest of his youth there. When he was 20, he joined the IRB and quickly rose to prominence, becoming head of the local IRB circle. He was […]
He was involved in the establishment of the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 1928.
ON THIS DAY: 8TH MARCH 1999
“No apology. God bless the Republic”
This will close in 10 seconds