Today In Irish History, Page 7

Today In Irish History – The Dail Votes For The Treaty, 7 January 1922

~1922~ By Eoin Purcell We covered before the New Year, Mary McSwiney’s contribution to the Treaty debate, and a fine contribution it …

Patricia Byrne discusses the capture of infamous criminal and later source of a literary legend, James Lynchehaun. On Saturday morning, 5 January …

John Dorney looks at the savage bout of assassinations and executions in December 1922 during the Irish Civil War. On December 6th, …

~1651~ One of the many aspects of Irish history that requires more exploration is the exact nature of warfare, a really detailed …

~1641~ John Dorney looks at the outbreak of one of the bloodiest and most tragic rebellions in Irish history -the 1641 Rebellion. …

~1171~ One of the frustrations in history, is dating, in particular tying an event some 900 or so years ago to a …

~1798~ On this day some 212 years ago, James Napper Tandy landed on Rutland Island with a mixed force of French and …