19th Century Period
Gaelic Athletic Association Is Founded
By the late 1800’s Ireland was in a state of disarray. It already suffered a major famine that had a major impact on the Irish population. By now the English had control over Ireland and […]
History
19th Century Period
James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Ireland has always produced poets and writers of renown. Still, the premier among them has to be James Joyce, a modernist writer who was thought to be the first to develop the “ stream of […]
19th Century Period
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 - 1891)
Charles Stewart Parnell, born in 1846 into the Irish Ascendency, was the son of John H. Parnell, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, and his American wife Delia who was descended from the House of Tudor.
19th Century Period
Isaac Butt and the Home Rule Movement
Isaac Butt was born in the Glenfin hamlet of Cloghan in County Donegal. His father was a Church of Ireland cleric in nearby the nearby town of Stranorlar.
Ancient Period
Discovery of Cashel Man The Ancient Bog Body
The Cashel Man is a bog body discovered in Ireland in August 2011. He is the oldest fleshed bog body to have been found anywhere and yields a radiocarbon date of BC 2141-1960. The Cashel […]
19th Century Period
James Craig 1871-1940
James Craig the 1st Viscount Craigavon was the son of millionaire James and Eleanor (nee Browne) Craig. The family was wealthy, their money coming from the distillation business.
19th Century Period
The Manchester Martyrs of 1867
In the aftermath of the Fenian Rebellion of 1867, the British authorities proceeded to hunt down as many of the resurgent’s it could lay hands upon both in Ireland and in Britain.
19th Century Period
The Fenian Rebellion of 1867
The Fenian Rebellion of 1867 was a result of failed attempts to invade Canada by the Irish-American branches of The Fenian Brotherhood, the movement there was severely split between the supporters of Colonel John Roberts […]
19th Century Period
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
William Butler Yeats, poet, playwright and Irish nationalist was born in Sandymount, County Dublin on July 13th, 1865.
19th Century Period
The Fenian Brotherhood
In the aftermath of the Great Famine, Ireland was exhausted. The population had fallen dramatically through death from hunger and disease, and from mass emigration.
19th Century Period
The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
Wilde, born in Westland Row in Dublin, was the middle child of Sir William Wilde, a successful eye and ear surgeon, and his wife Jane Francesca, an Irish nationalist who wrote poetry under the pseudonym […]
19th Century Period
Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch
As Ireland struggled with the dire effects of the Great Famine, supporters of Daniel O Connell had started to become disappointed by his failure to achieve real land reform, or self- government for Ireland, through peaceful […]