#OTD in 1890 – Death of nationalist, poet and novelist, John Boyle O’Reilly.

10/08/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

“The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide, “But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.” –John Boyle O’Reilly As a youth in Ireland he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, for which crime he was transported to Western Australia. After escaping to […]

#OTD in 1941 – A Luftwaffe bomb kills 13 people in Belfast.

07/04/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

The British government appeals to Éamon de Valera for help and he authorises fire brigades from Dublin, Dundalk, Drogheda and Dún Laoghaire to give assistance. On the evening of 7 April 1941, Fifteen German bombers believed to have been from the Kampfgruppe 26 path finder’s left their airfield in Northern Holland near the town of […]

#OTD in Irish History | 26 March:

26/03/2023.Reading time 24 minutes.

1787 – The Tumultuous Risings Act imposed penalties for rioting and for interference with the collection of tithes. 1838 – William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian and philosopher, was born in Blackrock, Co Dublin. 1854 – Harry Furniss, caricaturist, was born in Wexford. 1856 – Birth of New Zealand statesman and Prime Minister from 1912 to […]

#OTD in Irish History | 23 November:

23/11/2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

In the Liturgical Calendar today is the Feast Day of St Columbanus. 1074 – Donatus (or Dunan), the first Bishop of Dublin, dies and is buried in Christ Church Cathedral. Patrick, his successor, is sent to Canterbury for consecration. 1499 – Death of Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne during the reign of King […]

#OTD in 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends | The first siege occurred during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, when Phelim O’Neill and the insurgents failed to take the town.

11/09/2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Drogheda was one of the best-fortified towns in Ireland. The main part of the town was north of the River Boyne, with a smaller district to the south. The two districts were connected by a drawbridge across the river. The town was protected by a circuit of walls four to six feet wide and twenty […]

#OTD in 1890 – Death of nationalist, poet and novelist, John Boyle O’Reilly.

10/08/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1941 – A Luftwaffe bomb kills 13 people in Belfast.

07/04/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History | 26 March:

26/03/2022.Reading time 24 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History | 23 November:

23/11/2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

#OTD in 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends | The first siege occurred during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, when Phelim O’Neill and the insurgents failed to take the town.

11/09/2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

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