Alastair Kneale's blog Yesterday 8th March was International Women's Day. ... Markievicz was elected for the constituency of Dublin St Patrick's, as one of 73 Sinn Féin MPs elected in their landslide victory. The ... that part of the 1918 general election which took place in Ireland. In 1918 the whole of Ireland was a part of the so-called United ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 9 2019 - 4:57pm
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog This month, February, marks the birth of Constance ... who was to play an integral role in the birth of modern Ireland. Born Constance Gore-Booth in Lissadell, Co. Sligo on February 4, 1868. ... days, only stopping when the British brought them a copy of Patrick Pearse's surrender order. She was taken to Dublin Castle and then ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 13 2021 - 2:22pm
... equidistant between the countries of England to the east and Ireland to the west. Wales is situated some distance southeast of the Island ... is the small island off the Manx west coast known as St Patrick’s Isle (Manx: Ellan Noo Perick). Archeological studies have revealed ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 20 2021 - 4:10pm
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog Ireland’s seabed territory is one of the largest in ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 27 2017 - 3:17pm
... have had the opportunity to interview Seán Ó Cuirreáin, Ireland's First Language Commissioner. Mr Ó Cuirreáin announced his ... challenge, the achievement of which will require an annual incremental increase of 6% from the current level of Irish speakers, ...
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Eibhlin O'Neill's blog The annual National Famine Commemoration took place today at Glasnevin Cemetery, in Ireland's capital Dublin. Irish President Michael D Higgins unveiled a Celtic ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 1 2016 - 2:45pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog The Cornish Language Partnership (MAGA) have announced ... the MAGA website: We want to build on this with an annual week’s campaign focused on encouraging as many people as possible to ...
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Eibhlin O'Neill's blog A commemoration was held on Saturday at Lissadell House, Sligo in Ireland to mark the 90th anniversary of the death of Constance Markievicz ... days, only stopping when the British brought them a copy of Patrick Pearse's surrender order. She was taken to Dublin Castle and then ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 18 2017 - 1:33am
... The men of the Branwell family took part in the town's local public life, several serving as Mayor in the 19th century and also in ... first Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Penzance. Maria met Patrick Brontë in 1812 when visiting her aunt Jane and uncle John Fennell in ...
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Alastair Kneale's blog At 8pm on Thursday, December 15, 2016, Jean-Pierre Le Mat ... the Breton website 7SEIZH , in 2000, he translated texts by Patrick Pearse and edited the book Patrick Pearse and the Irish rebellion of ...
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