#OTD in 2007 – Death of life-long republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin, Dan Keating.

02/10/2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Soldier, rest! thy warfare o’er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking: Dream of battled fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. In our isle’s enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing, Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o’er, Dream of fighting fields no […]

#OTD in 1830 – The “Wild Colonial Boy” is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney.

01/09/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

On this date in 1830, The “Wild Colonial Boy” is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney. Contrary to the popular song, “The Wild Colonial Boy” was John Donohue, transported from Ireland in 1824. This version was outlawed as seditious, so the name in the song was changed to Jack Doolan. […]

#OTD in 2007 – Death of life-long republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin, Dan Keating.

02/10/2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

#OTD in 1830 – The “Wild Colonial Boy” is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney.

01/09/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 2007 – Death of life-long republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin, Dan Keating.

02/10/2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

#OTD in 1830 – The “Wild Colonial Boy” is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney.

01/09/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 2007 – Death of life-long republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin, Dan Keating.

02/10/2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in 1830 – The “Wild Colonial Boy” is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney.

01/09/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

2007 – Death of life-long Irish republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin, Dan Keating.

02/10/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

At the time of Dan Keating’s death he was Ireland’s oldest man and the last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence. Keating was born and raised in Castlemaine, Co Kerry. He received his education in local schools, including the Christian Brothers School in Tralee, where he did his apprenticeship. During this time he […]

1830 – The “Wild Colonial Boy” is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney. Contrary to the popular song, “The Wild Colonial Boy” was John Donohue, transported from Ireland in 1824.

01/09/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

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