Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 – 1891)
Charles Stewart Parnell, born in 1846 into the Irish Ascendency, was the son of John H. Parnell, an Anglo Irish aristocrat and his American wife…
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Isaac Butt and the Home Rule Movement
Isaac Butt was born in the Glenfin hamlet of Cloghan in County Donegal. His father was a Church of Ireland cleric in nearby the nearby…
Discovery of Cashel Man The Ancient Bog Body
The Cashel Man is a bog body discovered in Ireland in August 2011. He is the oldest fleshed bog body to have been found anywhere…
James Craig 1871-1940
James Craig the 1st Viscount Craigavon was the son of millionaire James and Eleanor (nee Browne) Craig. The family was wealthy, their money coming from…
The Manchester Martyrs of 1867
In the aftermath of the Fenian Rebellion of 1867, the British authorities proceeded to hunt down as many of the resurgent’s it could lay hands…
The Fenian Rebellion of 1867
The Fenian Rebellion of 1867 was a result of failed attempts to invade Canada by the Irish-American branches of The Fenian Brotherhood, the movement there…
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
William Butler Yeats, poet, playwright and Irish nationalist was born in Sandymount, County Dublin on July 13th, 1865. His father, John, was a portrait painter…
The Fenian Brotherhood
In the aftermath of the Great Famine, Ireland was exhausted. The population had fallen dramatically through death from hunger and disease, and from mass emigration….
The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
Wilde, born in Westland Row in Dublin, was the middle child of Sir William Wilde, a successful eye and ear surgeon, and his wife Jane…
Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch
As Ireland struggled with the dire effects of the Great Famine, supporters of Daniel O Connell had started to become disappointed by his failure to achieve…
History of Irish Diaspora
Mass migration of the Irish peaked during the Great Famine (An Gorta Mor) or commonly known as the Potato Famine of 1845-1850. The Famine in Ireland With…
The Great Famine of 1845
Between the years of 1845 and 1852 famines struck Ireland along with disease that would leave 1,00,000 Irish people dead and just as many leaving the country….
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was an Irish revolutionary. Born on 18 September 1831 devoted over 60 years of his life to Irish independence. Born in Reenascreena,…
The Repeal Movement & The Tithe War
After his success in achieving Catholic emancipation in 1829, Daniel O’ Connell’s next objective was the quest to repeal the Act of Union between Great…
The Fight for Catholic Emancipation
The failure of the Union of Ireland with Great Britain was that in practical terms it did little to ease the terrible poverty endemic throughout…
Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803
In March 1802, just two months after the creation of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the British signed a peace treaty with the French at…
The Act of Union 1801
The Act of Union came into effect on January 1, 1801, joining Ireland to Great Britain, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. At…
History of 19th Century Ireland
Irish history in the 1800’s saw the introduction of the Act of Union after the Irish Rebellion of 1798 by the United Irishmen and Wolfe Tone.
The United Irishmen Rebellion
The British government was highly alarmed by the French attempt to invade Ireland in December 1796 and dispatched Lieutenant-General Gerard Lake to the province of…
Kilmainham Gaol In Dublin
Built during 1796 in Dublin City, Kilmainham Gaol served as a prison for over 140 years and serves as an important piece of Irish history….
The Story of Half-Hung MacNaghten
The story of Half-Hung MacNaghten has captivated people’s imagination for over 250 years. Its a piece of history that has become a local legend in…
French Invasion Of Carrickfergus
From 1756 to 1763 Europe became embroiled in what was to be called “The Seven Years War”. During this conflict, Great Britain in alliance with…
1796 The French Attempt To Aid Ireland
In 1795, Wolfe Tone left Ireland for America. He used his contacts with influential families, such as the Beresfords, to avoid imprisonment by supplying information…
The Founding of the Orange Order in 1795
Ireland’s population, in the 18th century, expanded rapidly. This was true of all the religious sections of Irish society, Catholic, Protestant, and Dissenter. With this…