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A BRITISH ‘LADY’ COMPLAINS ABOUT “THE TROUBLESOME IRISH…”

ON THIS DATE (18TH JANUARY) 192 YEARS AGO : WESTMINSTER SLAPS DOWN ONE OF ITS IRISH ‘PET REBELS’. Daniel O’Connell (‘The Liberator’, pictured) never claimed to be an Irish republican despite involving himself in an issue which, then as now, … Continue reading

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THE ‘BOSS’ CROKER AND THE FREE STATE.

ON THIS DATE (24TH NOVEMBER) 79 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THE ‘SOLDIERS SONG’ STATER. ‘(Peadar) Kearney was born at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, in 1883 (on the 12th December) (and) often walked along Gardiner Street to the Custom … Continue reading

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