Oran O’Halloran
@Oranohalloran
Story Teller. Was the “We, The Irish” page but rebranded under creators name due to new project coming soon…
Still the same page and content but name updated to mine for sake of new series launching soon…
The MetroLink, RTÉ News 2002 “By 2007 we will have the Airport link done”
It’s not immigrants attacking Dublin tonight…
As Ireland take on the All Blacks tonight, consider these two men: Dave Gallaher, Donegal, the first captain of the All Blacks Thomas Bracken, Meath, the writer of the New Zeland national anthem. Both left Ireland for a better life. #IREvNZL
In 1992, Cartoon Network’s Captain Planet visited the North to solve the troubles…
This is Ann Glover, in 1688, she became the last person to be executed for being a witch in Boston. It was believed by the British settlers in the area she was speaking the devils language. In reality, Ann was only able to speak Irish. EP29
Dr. James Barry. From Cork. Created modern medicines hygiene standards. Focused his medicine on mainly improving women’s health. Preformed the worlds first successful Caesarean where both mother and child survived. Fought Florence Nightingale. Was born a woman. EP11
Dundee, 1908. Dublin’s Mary Moloney, rings a bell every time Winston Churchill attempts to address crowds. She refuses to let him speak until he apologises for the degrading comments he made about the women of the suffragette movement. EP99
In 1941, the Nazis created a propaganda movie called “My Life For Ireland”. It tells the story of an Irish nationalist family and their involvement in the Irish struggle of independence over two generations. It was created with the intent of challenging pro-British allegiances
Laurence Carroll, Dublin Left home as a young man to build the railways of America Ended up as a Buddhist monk in Burma where he became the icon of a revolution against the oppression of the British Empire. EP12
In Battery Park, New York lies the Irish Hunger Memorial. The cottage in it was once owned by the Slack family of Attymass, Mayo and was moved brick by brick to America. Surrounding it are stones from every Irish county, with the name of the county inscribed on each stone.
The statue of William Lamport, in Mexico, the Wexford man who was the inspiration behind “The Mask of Zorro”. EP26
