Mass hunger strike of 7,000 republican prisoners begins after Civil War
Recalling an interview with Dan Keating the last survivor of the Tan War
Today, the 22nd September, marks the 102nd anniversary of the Rineen Ambush, which took place at Rineen Cross, halfway between Miltown Malbay and Lahinch in 1920.
Be careful what you wish for
“We are bound to love our own people with a special and peculiar love, a love that is not founded upon the common characteristics of the human race, but which is founded upon the special and distinctive character of our own nationality.” – Father Mícheál Ó Flannagáin Michael Flanagan was born near Castlerea in Co. […]
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of Crossbarry
The Western frontier of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania contained the largest Irish populations.
An encounter between eight young volunteers from the 1st Battallion IRA and a large body of the Black and Tans took place at Tolka Bridge in Drumcondra on 21 January 1921 during the War of Independence. The volunteers set out to ambush the Royal Irish Constabulary patrol which used that road to travel from their […]
The British put a £1,000 price on Breen’s head, which was later raised to £10,000
A photograph of the two brothers in their coffins, their bodies mutilated and burned, was taken by Tomás Ó hEighin, a local Irish teacher.
Mass hunger strike of 7,000 republican prisoners begins after Civil War