Marching to their deaths they sang the music to “Top of Cork Road”. Joe McKelvey had read in “Gadfly” that it took six minutes for a man to bleed to death when shot in the heart. Commenting, one said if they were shot they hoped it would not take that long. Little did they know it takes everyone that long to die when shot that way, and it was soon coming for them…
The tragic love story of John Kennedy and Mary Douglas in the Irish Civil War
As the Catalan Independence movement is crushed for now by Spain, we remember the Irish declaration of 1919… the events of the …
St Johnstown, or Ballinalee From where the three generals hail Monroe, Wilson and McEoin Two Scotsmen, one of the Gael. All men …
When we come at the end of time, To Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, – …
When the bullets they were flying When the hunger strikers were dying Every one of them were trying To break down the …
I thought of it, attending… The unveiling, the Taoiseachs speech, About a hero we have in common, Who across the divide does …
He lost her, that he desired, A love that was not to be, Her… she married another, That she loved more, though …
The next and perhaps the most moving scene of the day was the hoisting of the Tricolour on the castle, which was …
On listening to a talk about three men killed by firing squad in Birr castle in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. …
Elle enleve le masque qu’elle montre au monde Derriere lequel elle cache ses soucis Elle craint les juges regards Et tous ses …