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Torture, Murder and Exclusion: Ireland’s first 10 years of Independence

Posted in 20th Century, Anglo Irish Treaty, Catholic Church, Christianity, Civil war, cumann na ngaedheal, Dublin, Dublin history, Economy, emigration, Feminism, fenians, Fianna Fail, IRA, IRB, ireland, Irish history, Monto, National Army, Socialism, The Free State, War of Independence, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 13, 2012 | 5 Comments »

The 1916 proclamation, the manifesto of the 1916 rebels, states “The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally, and oblivious [...]

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The Forgotten Emigrants – Irish American Radicals in the early 20th century.

Posted in 19th century, 20th Century, emigration, IRA, ireland, Irish America, Irish American, Irish history, Socialism, tagged , , , , , , on January 5, 2012 | 8 Comments »

One Sunday afternoon in 1907 in the Bronx, New York a group of Irish-Americans gathered to discuss politics. A mixture of recent immigrants and second generation Irish Americans they gathered at the Gurely-Flynn household. The Gurley-Flynn’s were in many ways what we might assume a stereotypical Irish American family to be in the early 20th [...]

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Top 5 Celebrity Jailbirds in Irish history

Posted in 19th century, 20th Century, emigration, historical tours, Irish history, Podcast, Top 5, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Never mind X factor or any of that rubbish, here’s 5 people (or groups of people) who are actually worth talking about….. Although not all are recognisable today these were all celebrity jailbirds in their day. 1.     Oscar Wilde While celebrated today for his skill with the pen, Oscar Wilde at the time of his [...]

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