On Sunday October 10th 1869, Dublin heaved with excitement and trepidation. Political banners hung from houses while the city’s trade union offices buzzed with excitement. Despite a police ban on a planned procession through the city tens of thousands of people turned out. They were joined by thousands more who flooded into the city from… Read more »
Published
January 8, 2013 in
Revolutionary History
John Devoy, Manchester Martyrs, Cuba 5, David Donnelly, Freemans Journal, Friedrich Engels, G.H. Moore, International Democratic Association, Isaac Butt, J.P. Madden, J.P. McDonnell, John Keegan, John Nolan, John O Leary, Manchester, Mechanics Institute, Michael Larkin, O Donovan Rossa, Salford, Thomas Kelly, William Allen, William Deasy, William O Brien