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March 10,

Actor Barry Fitzgerald. Comedian Dave Allen

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1810: Birth in Belfast of poet and antiquarian Sir Samuel Ferguson (d.1886). Ferguson had a strong interest in ancient Irish history and mythology.

Samuel Ferguson

The following is an excerpt from Ferguson’s poem, The Fair Hills of Ireland

A PLENTEOUS place is Ireland for hospitable cheer,

Uileacan dubh O!

Where the wholesome fruit is bursting from the yellow barley ear;

Uileacan dubh O!

There is honey in the trees where her misty vales expand,

And her forest paths in summer are by falling waters fann’d,

There is dew at high noontide there, and springs i’ the yellow

sand,

On the fair hills of holy Ireland.

1888: Actor Barry Fitzgerald is born William Joseph Shields in Dublin.

Fitzgerald is the ONLY actor in Hollywood history to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same role, something he achieved as Father Fitzgibbon in the 1944 movie Going My Way with Bing Crosby.

2005: Death of Irish comedian Dave Allen (born David O’Mahoney 1936 in Dublin.) Allen was an irreverent comic who found fame in the UK, regularly poking  fun at the political and religious establishment.

Want to learn more about Ireland? See these images and more in the acclaimed For the Love of Being Irish
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For the Love of Being Irish written by Chicago based Corkman Conor Cunneen and illustrated by Mark Anderson which is an A-Z of all things Irish. A work that should reside in any list of Best Irish Gift Books, this lavishly illustrated book contains History, Horror, Humor, Passion, Pathos and Lyrical Limericks that will have you giving thanks (or wishing you were) For the Love of Being Irish

Watch For the Love of Being Irish author Conor Cunneen – IrishmanSpeaks on his Youtube channel IrishmanSpeaks. Laugh and Learn.

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November 18,

Today in Irish History: Battle of Somme Ends. Golfer Fred Daly

TODAY IN IRISH HISTORY (published by IrishmanSpeaks)

1916: Battle of the Somme ends. This dreadful battle claimed more Irish lives in combat than any other battle in history. On the first day of battle, July 1 1916, the 36th Ulster Division suffered an estimated 5,500 casualties almost all of whom were drawn from what is now Northern Ireland. Nearly 2,000 soldiers Ulstermen were killed in the first few hours of fighting following a morning mist that poet Siegfried Sassoon “of the kind commonly called heavenly.”

Two good perspectives on the Battle of the Somme come from Department of the Taoiseach and also from the BBC.

1920: House of Commons debate on capture of four English officers at Waterfall, Co. Cork by “rebels.”

Mr Pennefeather (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for War (Winston Churchill) whether he had any information to impart relating to the four officers taken by force out of a train at Waterfall, County Cork, the day before yesterday, and carried off in rebel motor cars, and whether, in view of this further proof of the assistance to crime afforded by privately-owned motor cars, the Government would at once prohibit their use in the disturbed areas?

Mr. Devlin: What is a “rebel motor car”?

 The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Churchill)The only information which I have at present is that two Education Officers, Captain M. H. W. Green, Lincolnshire Regiment, and Captain S. Chambers, Liverpool Regiment, and an officer of the Royal Engineers, Lieut. W. Spalding Watts, were captured by the rebels. I understand that Captain Green and Lieutenant Watts might have been witnesses of a murder of a police sergeant and that Captain Chambers was the principal witness against Father O’Donnell, who was arrested in October, 1919, for seditious speeches. Presumably, these are the reasons why they were kidnapped, but I do not know the circumstances of their capture. With regard to the last part of the hon. Member’s question, I think ample powers already exist under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations. Certain restrictions regarding the use of motor vehicles are already in force, and I understand that further drastic restrictions will come into operation on 1st December.

Mr. TERRELL: Have these officers been released?
    Mr.CHURCHILL: No.

1926: George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, “I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize”.

1990: Death of golfer Fred Daly whose feat of winning the British Open in 1947 was only emulated by Padraig Harrington sixty years later. Darren Clarke in 2011 became only the third Irish golfer to win the Open Championship.

Want to learn more about Ireland? See these images and more in the acclaimed For the Love of Being Irish
Irish gift ideas. Best selling Irish booksRonnie Drew and Luke Kelly - Musical Irish Gifts to the worldJoyce Image in For the Love of Being IrishMichael Collins: Image from For the Love of Being Irish

BUY Quality Quality Guinness and Ireland Rugby Shirts
Guinness Rugby Shirts - Brilliant!Rugby Shirt - Ireland


For the Love of Being Irish written by Chicago based Corkman Conor Cunneen and illustrated by Mark Anderson which is an A-Z of all things Irish. This is a book that contains History, Horror, Humor, Passion, Pathos and Lyrical Limericks that will have you giving thanks (or wishing you were) For the Love of Being Irish

Watch For the Love of Being Irish author Conor Cunneen – IrishmanSpeaks on his Youtube channel IrishmanSpeaks. Laugh and Learn. Here Conor was speaking to Harley-Davidson


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