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Review: Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage Trailer Ireland in the early 13th century was a fascinating, and very under-appreciated, historical period. Our understanding of what the situation in Ireland was like at that time is simplistic, in my opinion. Some people tend to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Reviews, TV/Movies
Tagged armitage, bernthal, film, history, holland, ireland, movies, muldownney, pilgrimage, review
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Ireland’s Wars: The Civil War That Wasn’t
Much of the political wrangling around Home Rule in the summer of 1914 was about whether Ulster would be part of the process at all. Early on and at different stages of the legislative process, opposition figures, and even supporters, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, carson, history, home rule, ipp, ireland, irish parliamentary party, irish volunteers, july crisis, partition, redmond, ulster volunteers, uvf, war, world war one
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Ireland’s Wars: Redmond’s Volunteer Takeover
Between the unreliability of the British military when it came to upholding the law, and the gun-running’s that had increased the armed potential of the Ulster and Irish Volunteers, things appeared to be disintegrating fast in Ireland in the summer … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, clarke, history, hobson, ipp, irb, ireland, irish parliamentary party, irish volunteers, macneill, redmond, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Gun-Runnings
Starting in 1913, the British government had brought in new legislation to clamp down on the private arms trade into Britain and Ireland, with a mind to curtail the possible arming of both the Ulster and the Irish Volunteers, that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, gun-running, history, howth, ireland, irish volunteers, iv, larne, ulster volunteers, uvf, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Curragh Mutiny
Coming out of the wave of volunteering in 1912 and 1913, and then the unrest of the Lockout, 1914 was earmarked as a momentous year in Irish history. Under the new rules governing what the House of Lords could and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, asquith, british army, curragh mutiny, French, history, home rule, ireland, irish volunteers, paget, seeley, ulster volunteers, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The 1913 Lockout And The Irish Citizen Army
Hey, we’ve hit 250 main entries. As always, all views, comments and subscriptions are appreciated. – NFB The socialist element to the Irish revolutionary period is one that has been oft neglected and ignored in subsequent historical study of the … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: Home Rule And Volunteers
We are now truly entering an era of Irish history commonly identified with the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. The events we will be discussing were the final steps on the road to those conflicts, … Continue reading
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Tagged carson, craig, hibernians, history, hobson, home rule, ipp, irb, ireland, irish volunteers, macneill, redmond, ulster volunteers, war
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