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October 5,

Today in Irish History: Northern Ireland Civil Rights March

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This is a website published by IrishmanSpeaks that provides you with interesting insight and information on what happened on this day in Irish history and people of Irish heritage. If you spot any inaccuracies please let us know.

Today in Irish History

1911: One of Ireland’s finest writers and satirists, but maybe not as well known as he should be – Brian O’Nolan (better known as Flann O’Brien) is born in County Tyrone.

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Flann O'Brien - one of the great irish gifts to literature

1968: A peaceful march in Derry, organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was broken up by police using batons and water cannon. This clash was effectively the opening salvo in the major troubles to engulf Northern Ireland for the next three decades.

2010: Moss Keane, one of the most loveable (and effective) lugs to play rugby for Ireland died at the age of 62 from cancer. The great Scottish rugby commentator Bill McClaren referred to Moss Keane in his prime:  “Maurice Ignatius Keane. 18 and half stone of prime Irish beef on the hoof, I don’t know about the opposition but he frightens the living daylights out of me.”

For another interesting take on Irish history and culture, checkFor the Love of Being Irish : Best Irish Gifts

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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This blog is written by Irish author, business keynote speaker and award winning humoristIrishmanSpeaks – Conor Cunneen. Visit Conor’s YouTube channel IrishmanSpeaksto Laugh and Learn. Tags: Best Irish Gift, Creative Irish Gift, Unique Irish Gifts, Irish Books, Irish Authors, Today in Irish History

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September 23,

Happy Birthday to the Boss – Bruce Springsteen. Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech

Welcome to Today in Irish History.

This is a website that provides you with interesting insight and information on what happened on this day in Irish history and people of Irish heritage. To be completely honest, I started this site to sell my book For the Love of Being Irish 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

This is a book I am hugely proud of, not least because of the fantastic illustrations done by Mark Anderson.

For the Love of Being Irish : Best Irish Gifts

Author Conor Cunneen is a proud Chicago-based Corkman!

Today in Irish History

1949: Bruce Springsteen born and aren’t we all blessed? Can you believe he is 62? The Boss’s great great grandmother hails from Mullingar, Co. Offaly. This and other information about a man who really knows how to get a place rockin’ (more proof he is Irish) is available via author Moira Sharkey whose book Land of Hope and Dreams chronicles the great man’s Irish concerts, the first of which took place in Slane in 1985 and I was one of the lucky 60,000 +  to see a master in action. He was brilliant, energetic and could play the audience like a master violinist. Today, happy birthday to a man who is brilliant, energetic and can play the audience like a master violinist.

Springsteen’s Irish influence is brilliantly evoked in one of his more recent compositions – American Land which will get those feet tapping, heart racing and giving thanks For the Love of Being Irish (Totally blatant ploy about my new book!) This is from a Dublin concert with the Seegers Sessions Band. Buy the CD or DVD. You won’t regret it.

1952: Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon delivered his famous “Checkers” speech denying allegations of improper campaign financing. Nixon had Irish connections on both sides. Thomas Milhouse of Timahoe emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1729 was an ancestor of Hannah Milhouse – Nixon’s mother. This is part of Nixon’s brilliantly effective cloying speech that saved his career and allowed him to say years later “I am not a crook.” !!

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This blog is written by Irish author, business keynote speaker and award winning humoristIrishmanSpeaks – Conor Cunneen. Visit Conor’s YouTube channel IrishmanSpeaksto Laugh and Learn.

Tags: Best Irish Gift, Creative Irish Gift, Unique Irish Gifts, Irish Books, Irish Authors, Today in Irish History

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