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Cormac Moore
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Historian with Dublin City Council. New book out, The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission. Columnist and editor of 'On this Day' with The Irish News.
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 1h
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UUUC pamphlet attacking Catholic Church and SDLP sparks outrage - On This Day in 1975
United Ulster Unionist Council smear booklet - October 9 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 1d
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Belfast unemployment protest sparks panic in Craig’s government - On This Day in 1925
Glimpse of the Six Counties Parliament at Work – Big Blunder - October 8 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 2d
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Dutch businessman Tiede Herrema kidnapped by IRA members - On This Day in 1975
The kidnapping of Dr Tiede Herrema - October 7 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 3d
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Partition branded a “ghastly failure” on Parnell anniversary - On This Day in 1925
Sir James Craig’s Chance - October 6 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 5d
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Merlyn Rees outlaws UVF after group admits responsibility for 12 killings in Belfast - On This Day in 1975
UVF is outlawed by Rees - October 4 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 6d
In the latest The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I discuss the death of Sir Denis Henry, the first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland who was that rarity of being a Catholic Ulster Unionist MP youtu.be/TRLlbsKzfIs?...
The Outlier Judge and the Legal Paramilitaries
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 6d
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Linen trade crisis leaves more than 57,000 unemployed in Northern Ireland - On This Day in 1925
Linen trade worse - October 3 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 7d
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Sir Denis Henry, first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, dies aged 65 - On This Day in 1925
Bench bereaved – Unexpected death of the Eminent Catholic Unionist, Sir Denis Henry, Lord Chief Justice - October 2 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 8d
Today’s Irish News article on the fall of the Vanguards leader William Craig within unionism 50 years ago after his road to Damascus moment of supporting power-sharing with the SDLP. www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 9d
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William Craig quits as UUUC Deputy Leader amid rift over power-sharing with SDLP - On This Day in 1975
UUUC rift widens: Craig out - September 30 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 10d
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Sense and a Sedative Needed - On This Day in 1925
Sense and a Sedative Needed - September 29 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 11d
Despite the weather, great turnout for my ⁦Dublin Festival of History talk this morning in the historic Round Room of the ⁦Mansion House about the Irish Boundary Commission. Very engaging audience with some great questions.
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 13d
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‘Impartial’ trip to border by Conservative-supporting barrister - On This Day in 1925
“Impartial” trip to border by Conservative-supporting barrister - September 26 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 13d
In this week's episode of the Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and I discuss how, 100 years ago, people in Clones hoped and believed large parts of Fermanagh would be transferred to the Free State. youtu.be/-Ben_zgmp9M?...
Clones Hope and the 1925 Border
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 14d
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IRA Insists Ceasefire Holds Despite Wave of Explosions - On This Day in 1975
IRA Ceasefire now a mockery – Rees - September 25 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 15d
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Major Maloney Warned of Defective Planes Weeks Before Fatal Crash - On This Day in 1925
Dublin Tragedy – Major Maloney said to have complained of bad aeroplanes before fatal accident - September 24 1925
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 16d
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Why Ulster Unionists Rejected Proportional Representation - On This Day in 1975
Ulster Unionisms’ persistent opposition to Proportional Representation - September 23 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 16d
Really excited to share this front cover draft of my latest book (co-written with Alan Tate) due out in November on Lemon's Pure Sweets. Lemon's used to have a slogan, "You cannot eat a better sweet". This Christmas you cannot get a more beautiful book, full of wonderful images.
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 17d
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Clones Traders Expect Fermanagh Shift to Free State as Boundary Speculation Mounts - On This Day in 1925
Clones preparing for exchange of Fermanagh territory - September 22 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 19d
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Patty Hearst Arrested After 19 Months on the Run: Heiress Reunites with Family in Jail - On This Day in 1975
Patty Hearst re-united with her family in jail - September 20 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 19d
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Bishop Urges Support for Belfast Catholics After Sectarian Killing in Cregagh - On This Day in 1975
Help “threatened” Cregagh Catholics, Church of Ireland bishop pleads - September 19 1975
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 20d
On this week's The Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and I discuss people being intimidated and displaced during the Troubles, the history of Irish Senates (North and South) and the mysterious kidnapping of the heiress Patty Hearst. youtu.be/CKN5v-L12kY?...
Belfast 1975: A Bishop's Plea Amidst Sectarian Terror
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 21d
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Historic Free State Senate Election Overshadowed by Low Turnout and Widespread Apathy - On This Day in 1925
Dullest Election – General apathy in Free State senate contest - September 18 1925
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 22d
With prominent GAA figure Jim Gavin being the Fianna Fáil candidate for Irish president, in today’s Irish News I look back on when relations between Fianna Fáil and the GAA were strained after Douglas Hyde was removed as GAA patron, www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
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