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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Dressed in military uniform with the Irish flag draped over him holding a crucifix. His funeral took place at Dublin’s Pro Cathedral. Some 500,000 people lined the streets, almost one fifth of the country’s population.
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