March 3: TODAY in Irish History:
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Snippets of Irish History by Conor Cunneen IrishmanSpeaks 
Conor is a Chicago based Motivational Humorous Business Speaker, Author and History buff.
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1919: De Valera’s Escape from Lincoln Jail
De Valera after 1916 Rising
The New York Times debunks some of the myths surrounding Eamonn De Valera’s escape from Lincoln Jail, England on Feb 3 1919.
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1942: US Troops in Northern Ireland
Member of the US 34th Infantry (Mechanized) Division are some of the first American troops to arrive in Northern Ireland. Their first deployment would be to North Africa. Northern Ireland would be major training camp for the invasion of the European mainland. American strength in Northern Ireland on this date is reported as 10,433 (including 534 officers, 70 nurses.
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SEE: British Pathe Video of Troops Disembarking
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1968: Singer Pat McGeegan – Eurovision Song Contest
Pat McGeegan, father of Irish boxing great and featherweight world champion Barry McGuigan wins the national competition to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest. At the time, the Eurovision song contest was a social phenomenon guaranteeing the Irish representative fame and fortune in the Emerald Isle.
Singer Pat McGeegan (McGuigan)
Boxing son Barry McGuigan
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1977: Ronan Keating of BoyZone
Irish pop star Ronan Keating is born in Dublin. Keating was lead singer with the hugely successful manufactured boy band Boyzone (1993-1999). Boyzone’s first appearance on TV on The Late Late Show can kindly be described as woeful. Your editor Conor Cunneen remembers watching it. (See below) But they somehow managed to overcome what is now an infamous appearance to sell over twenty million records in the following decade.
Keating went solo in 1999. As a solo artist, he has sold more than twenty million records.
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