Irish History, Culture, Heritage, Language, Mythology
Thomas James Clarke was born in Milford-on-Sea, England. His father served in the British army. While in America, Clarke joined Clann na nGael. In 1883, he was sentenced to fifteen years of penal servitude for his role in a bombing campaign in London. Clarke was the first signatory of the Proclamation of Independence through deference […]
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“I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto,” Sands later wrote about his childhood. “But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.” Bobby Sands died in prison following a 66 day hunger strike. Sands would be the first of ten men to die in an effort to gain political status […]
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On 29 May 1981, Martin Hurson joined the hunger-strike, replacing South Derryman Brendan McLoughlin who was forced to drop out because of a burst stomach ulcer. Having seriously deteriorated after forty days on hunger-strike, he was unable to hold down water and died a horrifically agonising death after only forty-four days on hunger-strike, at 4.30am […]
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Twenty-three-year-old Patsy O’Hara from Derry city, was the former leader of the Irish National Liberation Army prisoners in the H-Blocks, and joined IRA Volunteer Raymond McCreesh on hunger strike on 22nd March, three weeks after Bobby Sands and one week after Francis Hughes. He died on 21 May 1981 – on the same day as […]
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1916 rebel leader and ardent socialist James Connolly was born to poverty-stricken Irish parents in Edinburgh, Scotland. At age 14, he joined the British Army (Royal Scots Regiment) falsifying his age. He was posted to Ireland, serving much of his time in the Cork area.
Read MoreLatest painting of ‘The Big Fella’ Michael Collins by André Mooney Art and Design | Available in limited prints.
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