Irish History on the Day that's in it
Thursday, 27 February 2014
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28 February 1921: Six IRA men were executed in Victoria Barracks, Cork on this day. The men were shot by firing squad. They were Sean Al...
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
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26 February 943: The Vikings of Dublin got a lucky break, when they ambushed the heir apparent to the High King, ‘Muirchertach of the Lea...
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
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25 February 1570: Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth of England on this day. He issued a Papal Bull called Regnans in Excelsis (...
Monday, 24 February 2014
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24 February 1969: A General Election was held in the North on this day. It was called by their Prime Minister Terence O’Neill [above], w...
Saturday, 22 February 2014
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23 February 1886: Lord Randolph Churchill spoke at a meeting in Belfast in which he uttered the phrase ‘Ulster will fight and Ulster will...
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22 February 1832: Glasnevin (Prospect) Cemetery, Dublin opened its gates on this day. The first internment was of Michael Carey, aged fou...
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
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18 February 1366: The Viceroy, Lionel Duke of Clarence and Earl of Ulster and son of the King of England, summoned a Parliament at Kilken...
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