Why is Daniel O’Connell so revered?
Known as the Liberator and Ireland’s Great Emancipator, Daniel O’Connell is one of the most important and revered figures in Irish history, but what exactly did he do to be held in such high esteem?
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The Fighting Doctor
The month was February in 1861 and the place was Fort Buchanan – a military installation near Apache Pass in the southeastern Arizona territory. At the time, tension was high between the American military and the Chokonen band of Chiricahua Apaches led by a young chief named Cochise.
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Michael Cusack and the Foundation of the GAA
When Michael Cusack moved to Dublin, in 1877, to open his academy preparing Irish students for the Civil Service examinations, sport throughout Ireland was the preserve of the middle and ascended classes.
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Irish Signers of the Declaration of Independence
On 4 July 1776, the Philadelphia State House was packed, despite a sweltering heat, as Secretary Charles Thomson of Derry read a Declaration that Adams, Jefferson, Franklin and Livingston had composed and that he, Thomson, had drafted.
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