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#OnThisDay 1616 Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone died in Rome of a fever. O’Neill took on & almost beat Elizabethan England in the Nine Years War. The Flight of the Earls in 1607 saw O’Neill & followers leave Ireland for Europe hoping to return with an army. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1803 Robert Emmet's rebellion broke out in Dublin. A well planned idea but was hampered by lack of arms, communication & support from outside Dublin meant that rebellion was more of a riot confined to Thomas St. A dragoon & Chief Justice were killed. #Ireland #History
We were on the verge of greatness, we were *this* close.
Séamus Ennis playing a beautiful rendition of Éamonn an Chnoic on the uilleann pipes (1978). Éist leis an uaigneas...
July 16 1792 - The four flags, America, France, Poland, Ireland, but no England! Bravo! Beau-jour!
THE GLORIOUS NATION OF IRELAND STILL AS GREEN AND BEAUTIFUL AS EVER
It's beginning to look a little brown across England now due to the lack of rainfall. The last really wet month was September.
July 14 1796 - Huzza! I am in a good humour today
#OnThisDay 1921 Hannah Carey became the last person to die in the Irish War of Independence. Walking down a street in Killarney, she was shot in the throat by a RIC constable who drove around a corner firing his gun. 15 minutes later, the Truce came into effect. #Ireland #History
July 11th, 1938: A momentous day in Irish history Spike Island and the Cork Harbour forts are returned from Britain to Ireland Winston Churchill raged Ireland celebrated - an end to centuries of British Military occupation How did it come about - And what was its impact (1)
"God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy And open heaven to all your men For the cause that called you May call tomorrow In another fight for the green again!"
#OnThisDay 1798 Fr. John Murphy, the leader of the Wexford rebels, was stripped, flogged, hanged, decapitated, his corpse burnt in a barrel of tar & his head impaled on a spike. This was meant to be a warning to all others who fought against the British Crown. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1867 Thomas Francis Meagher, the man who first publicly flew the Irish Tricolour died. Meagher, a Young Irelander exiled to Australia, escaped to the US, became a Brig Gen., formed the Irish Brigade, fought in the Civil War & was Governor of Montana. #Ireland #History
A meme of US Vice President JD Vance depicted as a baby was held up in the Dáil today by Labour leader Ivana Bacik. jrnl.ie/6743403t