A Chara; As Historian for AOH Division 18 in Peekskill, N.Y. I write a monthly History Column for the division’s newsletter. The attached is a copy of the column I put together for November’s issue. Due to space considerations I did not get into the controversy created by the late [...]
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By Eamon Murphy: James Gleeson was born in Tipperary in 1890 but moved to Gorey, Co. Wexford after he left school to trade as a saddler and harness maker. In 1910 he joined the Gorey branch of Sinn Fein (which had been formed in 1907) and he was a very [...]
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Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, poet, journalist, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Plunkett was born at 26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street in one of Dublin’s most affluent neighborhoods. Both his parents came from wealthy backgrounds, [...]
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Portrait of Edward Daly by Seán O’Sullivan RHA Capuchin Artwork Collection Oil on Canvas; 61 cm x 51 cm Signed Article courtesy of the Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives Seán O’Sullivan (1906-1964) was an Irish painter and print maker who composed work featuring Éamon de Valera, Douglas Hyde, WB Yeats, and [...]
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Ernest Blythe (Irish: Earnán de Blaghd; 13 April 1889 – 23 February 1975) was an Irish politician. Ernest Blythe was born to a Presbyterian and Unionist family near Lisburn, County Antrim in 1889, the son of a farmer, and was educated locally. At the age of fifteen he started working [...]
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Kevin Gerard Barry Born 20 January 1902 8 Fleet Street, Dublin Died 1 November 1920 (aged 18) at Mountjoy Jail, Dublin Nationality: Irish Other names: Caoimhín de Barra (Irish) Occupation: Medical Student Known for Executed IRA volunteer: One of The Forgotten Ten Kevin Gerard Barry (Irish: Caoimhín de Barra ) [...]
