Tag Archives: Séan Quinn

FROM 100 YEARS AGO – “FURTHER SACRIFICE ON YOUR PART WOULD NOW BE IN VAIN…”

ON THIS DATE (24TH MAY) 82 YEARS AGO : ‘DRAFT RIOTS’ AS WESTMINSTER PUSHES FOR CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND. In Ireland, in 1941, conscription was again being discussed in Westminster ; this time for the partitioned six north-eastern counties of Ireland. … Continue reading

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment