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May 4,

Irish at Chancellorsville. 1916 Executions Continue. Poet Thomas Kinsella. Driver John Watson

May 4: TODAY in Irish History:

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Today in Irish History: Curated by Conor Cunneen IrishmanSpeaks

Chicago Motivational Humorous Business Speaker, Author and History buff.

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ON THIS DAY

1863: Antrim born St. Clair A Mulhollandreports on the activities of the Irish Brigade at Chancellorsville. He notes a number of very Irish names in his report on removal of abandoned artillery from the battlefield.

“The following men of the Sixty-third New York Volunteers assisted in removing the guns: Sergt. James Dwyer, John Murray, John Coghlin, and Corpl. John Harvey. The following men of the Sixty-ninth also assisted: Sergt. Thomas Neelan, Privates William Lennon, Martin Morgan, James Quagly, and James Sheehan.”

St. Clair A Mulholland

St. Clair A Mulholland

For further reports on the Irish at Chancellorsville.

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Execution of 1916 Leaders Continues: Plunkett, Pearse, Daly, O’Hanrahan

Joseph Mary Plunkett. Plunkett was born into a privileged background. His father was a papal count.

Joseph Mary Plunkett 1916 Leader

He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and the I. R. B. in 1914. Plunkett was Director of Military Operations for the Rising, with overall responsibility for military strategy. Hours before his execution by British authorities, Plunkett married his sweetheart Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol.

William “Willie” Pearse

The younger brother of Patrick was born in Dublin in 1881. He assisted Patrick in running St. Enda’s. The two brothers were extremely close, and fought alongside each other in the G. P. O. William was executed on 4 May 1916. Pearse railway station on Westland Row in Dublin was re-named in honour of the two brothers in 1966.

Willie Pearse 1916

William "Willie" Pearse

Edward Daly: Born in Limerick in 1891, Daly’s uncle John Daly had taken part in the rebellion of 1867. During the Rising Daly commanded the First Battalion fighting at  Bridewell, Linenhall Barracks and the Four Courts. Daly’s sister was married to Tom Clarke executed the previous day.

Edward Daly 1891-1916

Michael O’Hanrahan: Born in Wexford in 1877. O’Hanrahan had strong interest in the Irish language founding the Carlow branch of the Gaelic League. He author of two novels, A Swordsman of the Brigade and When the Norman Came. He was second in command to Thomas MacDonagh at Jacob’s biscuit factory during the Rising.

Michael O'Hanrahan 1877-1916

Michael O'Hanrahan 1877-1916

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1928: Poet Thomas Kinsella is born in Dublin. Kinsella is also famous for translating numerous early Irish works into English. In 2007, he received the Freedom of Dublin.

1946: Formula One race car driver and World Sportscar Championship winner John Watson is born in Belfast. Watson won five Grand Prix including the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1981.

formula one driver john watson

John Watson

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November 21,

Today in Irish History: 1916 Leader Joseph Plunkett. Bloody Sunday 1920. Birmingham Pub Bombings

November 21: TODAY IN IRISH HISTORY (published by For the Love of Being Irish)

1887: One of the leaders of the 1916 rising Joseph Plunkett is born into a privileged background. His father was a papal count.

Joseph Mary Plunkett 1916 Leader

Joseph Plukett was one of the Irish Republican Brotherhood who planned and executed the doomed Easter rising. Hours before his execution by British authorities on the 4th May, Plunkett married his sweetheart in Kilmainham Gaol.

1920: Bloody Sunday

A day of carnage in Dublin in an increasingly bitter and bloody Irish War of Independence. In a superbly executed operation, Michael Collins dispatched his agents to assassinate fourteen British spies (members of the so called Cairo group)  in Dublin, effectively crippling the British information system.

Collins wrote “By their destruction the very air is made sweeter. That should be the future’s judgment on this particular event. For myself, my conscience is clear. There is no crime in detecting and destroying, in war-time, the spy and the informer. They have destroyed without trial. I have paid them back in their own coin.”

READ: The Cairo Gang

But the violence did not end there. In an act of revenge that forever stains the British military, British Auxiliaries forces drove  to Croke Park, Dublin where a large crowd was watching Dublin play Tipperary in a football game. The Auxiliaries fired into the crowd. Between gunfire and the resulting stampede, fourteen people died.

But the violence did not end there. Three IRA men captured on the day were killed that evening while “attempting to escape.”

Overall the terrible day was a huge morale boost for the Irish independence effort and a disastrous and criminal blunder by the British who only succeeded in galvanising Irish opinion even more.

1974: Two bombs set by the provisional IRA devastated pubs in Birmingham resulting in the deaths of 21 people. A rush to justice by British authorities saw the unwarranted conviction of “The Birmingham Six,” Hugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, Billy Power, and Johnny Walker who were found guilty in 1975 of carrying out the bombings. Their convictions  were overturned by the Court of Appeal in May 1991. The real bombers have never been identified or prosecuted although journalist Chris Mullin in his book Error of Judgment – The Truth About the Birmingham Pub Bombings claims to have met some of them.
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
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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. 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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