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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 5h
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Today in Irish History, The Repeal Meeting at Clontarf is Banned, 8 October 1843 – The Irish Story
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 1d
Article here, written, for the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 2021, about a litany of broken treaties in Irish history, from Windsor to Melifont, to Limerick to Kilmainham. www.theirishstory.com/2021/12/06/t...
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 5d
Listen in to a discussion about Ireland and the American Revolution on @newstalkfm.bsky.social featuring Patrick Geoghegan, Finola O’Kane, Eliga Gould, and Patrick Griffin. The episode airs this Sunday at 7PM, ahead of our conference next week. It was a privilege to take part in the conversation.
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 22d
Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 5d
Discussion here of the Desmond Rebellions in 1570s and 80 in Munster, that destroyed the Geraldine dynasty and paved way for the subsquent Munster plantation.
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 11d
#OTD in 1922 dark days in the Irish Civil War. The Dail passed a resolution giving the Army powers to execute prisoners after a summary miltiary trial. (Pic is of cabinet members at M.Collins funeral) www.theirishstory.com/2013/09/27/t...
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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 12d
Vikings !
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 12d
Discover what life was like in Viking Dublin, and see the wider impact of the Vikings.

Join a guided tour of the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street Viking Ireland exhibition.
🗓️ Saturday 27th September
🕛 12pm & 2pm
📍 Kildare Street, Dublin
🚫 No booking required
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Discover what life was like in Viking Dublin, and see the wider impact of the Vikings.
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 12d
Brian Hanley tells the story of a man with a most unusual career: David Tormey: IRA Volunteer, Garda, Nazi. Irish rebel, policman, possible informer, pro Franco soldier in Spain and finally Nazi sympthiser @brian-hanley.bsky.social
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 18d
#OTD in 1920 the Black and Tans infamously burned the north Co Dublin town of Balbriggan. It was retaliation for the shooting of two RIC officers there by the IRA but became emblematic of the British policies of reprisals in Ireland www.theirishstory.com/2020/10/14/t...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 23d
The Civil War of 1922-23 played little part in the legend of IRA guerrilla leader Tom Barry. Partly because his role in it was fairly tortuous. As described in the artlce below. ‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 25d
The Fianna Fail govt of 1932 refused to pay the Land Annuities owed to Britain under the Anglo Irish Treaty. The British hoped to oust the de Valera government by economic pressure whichs sparked off a trade war only settled in 1938. Podcast here www.theirishstory.com/2025/05/21/p...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 27d
The siege of Drogheda was perhaps the most ferocious sacking of a town in Irish history. Up to 3000 Royalist and Catholic soldiers were killed by Cromwell's New Model Army and up to 700 civilians #OTD 1649 www.theirishstory.com/2011/09/11/t...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 28d
Podcast: The Desmond rebellions: The rebellions were the conflict of the House of Desmond, the Fitzgerald dynasty with the Elizabethan English state they ended with the destruction of the Earl of Desmond and the plantation of Munster. www.theirishstory.com/2023/12/04/p...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 29d
'It was in the northern province of Ulster that the final, most destructive and most decisive war between the Gaelic lords and the encroaching English state would be fought; the Nine Years War 1594-1603'
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Sep 8
‘An indelible imprint’ – Irish Penal Transportation to Australia
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 31
Today in Irish History – August 31, 1913 – Labour’s Bloody Sunday Police baton charged a crowd on Dublin’s O’Connell Street after arresting union leader James Larkin www.theirishstory.com/2013/08/31/t...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 28
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 21
Today in Irish History – August 22, 1922 – Béal na Bláth, The Shooting Of Michael Collins www.theirishstory.com/2018/08/22/t...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 15
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 14
#OTD in 1922 The anti-Treaty IRA under Frank Aiken stormed Dundalk barracks, freeing 300 prisoners, capturing 200 pro-Treaty troops and large quantity of weapons. But Aiken was a reluctant participant in the Civil War and man who eventually ended it in 1923. www.theirishstory.com/2013/08/14/t...
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UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social · Aug 12
On learning of his death sentence, Casement wrote to his barrister, George Gavan Duffy (30 June 1916):
"...I shall bear your friendship with me as one of the precious gifts of God, given by Him to those whose hearts are faint and broken—
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On learning of his death sentence, Casement wrote to his barrister, George Gavan Duffy (30 June 1916): "...I shall bear your friendship with me as one of the precious gifts of God, given by Him to those whose hearts are faint and broken—for it was you and your help and courage that gave me courage to the end—and now that is all over I am happier than you can possibly conceive—with heart and mind and soul, too, at peace—and reconciled with all men and all things. Ever Yours Roger Casement"
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 11
The Hunger strike & General strike of 1920. Irish Republicans copied tactic of hunger strike from women’s suffragists. In April 1920 they used it to demand status of political prisoners. A general strike was called by labour demanding release of all prisoners
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 9
#OTD , 9 August 1971, Internment is introduced in Northern Ireland. Unionist NI govt persuaded UK govt to use British Army to enforce internment in belief that it would crush burgeoning republican insurgency. It had the opposite effect. theirishstory.com/2012/08/10/t...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 8
#OTD The decisive military stroke of the Irish Civil War, in which Free State troops were landed by sea at three points on the Cork coast, seizing Ireland's second city and collapsing the 'Munster republic' or territory held by the anti-Treaty IRA. www.theirishstory.com/2022/08/25/t...
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 7
Ok there've been a lot of technical problems with the website, but I'm happy to report that they are now fixed! Brand new hosting location and the site is now fast and sharp again! Lots of new content on the way shortly. Thanks for your patience. www.theirishstory.com
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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · Aug 3
#OTD, August 3 1916 Roger Casement is Executed Casement made his name as humanitarian in service of British Empire but later turned against it. He went to Germany in WWI to try to secure intervention in Ireland & was arrested after landing in Kerry www.theirishstory.com/2016/08/03/t...
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