Ireland 1847 | A Police Officer Investigating a Cabin

24/06/2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

ASENATH NICHOLSON “He enquired what she had in the pot – she was silent; he looked in, and saw a dog.” Taken from ‘The Truth Behind The Irish Famine, 100 Images, 474 eyewitness quotes. signed copies here: http://www.jerrymulvihill.com

#OTD in 637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dalriada.

24/06/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The battle was between Domhnall, High King of Ireland and Congal Cláen, King of Ulster. It is described as one of the most sanguinary in early Irish History. Congal had killed the King of Ireland in 628 but was defeated the next year at the battle of Battle of Dun Cethirn and Domnall became King […]

#OTD in Irish History | 24 June:

24/06/2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

In the Liturgical Calendar, today is the feast of St. John and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations. 637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dalriada. It is the largest battle in the history of Ireland. 1747 – Birth of actor […]

#OTD in 1985 – An Air India Boeing 747 from Toronto crashes off the Irish coast, killing all 329 people aboard in the world’s worst commercial air disaster at sea.

23/06/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

An Air-India Boeing 747 en route from Montreal to London crashed into the Atlantic off the Irish coast, killing all 329 passengers and crew. Indian government and airline officials said they suspected sabotage, and initial indications pointed to a bomb aboard the plane. By nightfall, a massive international air and sea rescue operation had recovered […]

The Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone

23/06/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone in Co Armagh is one of the oldest known inscribed stones in Ireland. Kilnasaggart stone stands in a field not far from Kilnasaggart Bridge. It is a tall pillar stone, 2 metres high, and inscribed with some Ogham script, crosses, most within circles, and a Gaelic inscription. The pillar-stone is said […]

#OTD in Irish History | 23 June:

23/06/2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

St. John’s Eve / Bonfire Night / Oíche Fhéile Eoin. The evening of 23 June, St John’s Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of St John the Baptist. This ancient custom has its roots in pre-Christian Irish society when the Celts honoured the Goddess Áine. 1704 – The Registration Act comes […]

Midsummer’s Eve | St John’s Eve

22/06/2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

St John’s Day, the feast of St John the Baptist, or Midsummer’s Day as it is sometimes called, occurs on 24 June. In many cultures, however, it is 23 June, the vigil of the feast, that is considered more significant because of the wealth of superstition that surrounds it much of it going back to […]

#OTD in 1897 – James Connolly is arrested and detained overnight for organising a series of protests over Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

22/06/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

But time at last makes all things even, And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power That could evade, if unforgiven, The patient hate and vigil long, Of those who treasure up a wrong. British capitalism was a dominant world power, still expanding. It policed the world for imperial […]

#OTD in 1981 – Mickey Devine begins his hunger strike in the H Blocks of Long Kesh prison.

22/06/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Fuar siad bás ar son Saoirse na hÉireann. Mickey Devine was the third INLA Volunteer to join the H-Block hunger strikers and he was the last of the group to give their lives in order to retain their status as political prisoners. Twenty-seven-year-old Mickey Devine, from the Creggan in Derry city, was the third INLA […]

#OTD in Irish History | 22 June:

22/06/2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

1770 – James Smyth, MP for Dundalk, is killed in a riding accident. 1777 – Birth of Admiral William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) was born in Foxford, Co Mayo and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 3 March 1857. 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Rebel southern column marches through Sculloge Gap, […]

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Ireland 1847 | A Police Officer Investigating a Cabin

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#OTD in 1985 – An Air India Boeing 747 from Toronto crashes off the Irish coast, killing all 329 people aboard in the world’s worst commercial air disaster at sea.

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The Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone

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Midsummer’s Eve | St John’s Eve

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