Date: June 7thCategory: Irish History | Anti-Colonial Resistance | Railway Warfare To the British Empire, the railways in Ireland were a symbol of progress.To Irish revolutionaries, they were an opportunity.By the time the Irish War of Independence was in full…
Grab your tricorne hats and green cravats, time travellers, because we’re heading to Dublin, Ireland, on January 20, 1763, to witness the birth of a man who would become a symbol of Irish republicanism: Theobald Wolfe Tone. Often referred to…
Get ready to pack your bags for the windswept beauty of Galway, Ireland, on January 5, 1787, where the future historian and genealogist Sir John Burke is born. A man who would go on to immortalise aristocratic lineages with his…
