#OTD in 1914 – Large supply of guns from Germany were landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

24/04/2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

The UVF gun-running of April 1914, known as Operation Lion, was an effective military operation; though many of the 100,000-strong UVF remained unarmed after it. The Ulster Volunteer Force had been formed in January 1913 and from that date, small-scale gun-running had been carried out. In fact, up until December 1913, when royal proclamations made […]

#OTD in 1891 – Edward ‘Ned’ Daly is born in Limerick.

25/02/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Daly was commandant of Dublin’s 1st battalion during the Easter Rising of 1916, the youngest man to hold that rank and the youngest executed in the aftermath. Born as John Edward Daly at 26 Frederick Street (now O’Curry street), Limerick, Daly was the only son among the ten children born to Edward and Catherine Daly […]

#OTD in 1914 – Bachelor’s Walk Killings.

26/07/2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

Three Dubliners were shot dead by British soldiers on Bachelors Walk in Dublin. Mary Duffy (56), Patrick Quinn (46) and James Brennan (18) were killed when the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, confronted by a jeering crowd, opened fire on unarmed Dublin civilians on a day of considerable embarrasment for the authorities, as the nationalist Irish […]

#OTD in Irish History | 26 July:

26/07/2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

1575 – On the orders of Essex, John Norris and Francis Drake led an attack on Rathlin Island, a stronghold of the MacDonnells. After the surrender of Bruce’s castle, its 200 occupants were killed, as were 400 others found hiding in caves and cliffs. 1739 – George Clinton, first governor of New York State, is […]

#OTD in 1914 – Large supply of guns from Germany were landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

24/04/2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

#OTD in 1891 – Edward ‘Ned’ Daly is born in Limerick.

25/02/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History | 26 July:

26/07/2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

#OTD in 1914 – Large supply of guns from Germany were landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

24/04/2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

#OTD in 1891 – Edward ‘Ned’ Daly is born in Limerick.

25/02/2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1913 – The Irish Volunteers is founded by Eoin MacNeill at a mass meeting at the Rotunda, Dublin.

25/11/2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

The Irish Volunteers (IVF) was a military organisation publicly launched in Dublin by Irish nationalists. It emerged in response to an article, ‘The North Began’ written by Eoin MacNeill in the Gaelic League paper ‘An Claidheamh Soluis’. The IRB knew they would need a highly regarded figure as a public front that would conceal the […]

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