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‘Numerous interventions’ could have mitigated the worst effects of the Great Hunger

Victims of Great Famine remembered at Dublin ceremony President Michael D Higgins lays a wreath at the commemoration Mairead Holland President Higgins at Glasnevin Cemetery, Irelands biggest famine graveyard A CEREMONY to remember the victims of the Great Famine, one of the defining and darkest periods in Irish history, was held yesterday. More than a million people in Ireland died of starvation and disease after the potato crop failed between 1845 and 1849. ...

A famous Laoisman and his legacy Reporter:  ); Friday, April 30th, was the bicentenary of one of the O’Moore County’s most prolific and distinguished writers and historians. John Canon O’Hanlon, parish priest of Sandymount in Dublin, was born in Stradbally in 1821 and is probably best known in Laois for his History of the Queen’s County, which remains the most authoritative and informative work of its kind on the county’s past, even though it was completed by others and was publishe...

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Minister O’Donovan announces free admission to OPW visitor sites in support of the Government’s recovery and reopening plan 14th May 2021 - Patrick ODonovan TD Mr. Patrick O’ Donovan T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), today announced that admission charges to all fee-paying openOPW heritage sites are being waived in line with the Government’s recovery and reopening plan outlined in The Path Ahead. With inter-county travel possibl...

Comments The AOH has welcomed Justice Siobhan Keegans findings that the ten Ballymurphy Massacre victims were innocent when they were killed in August, 1971. In the wake of the inquests findings, the AOH is hosting a special webinar on Saturday, May 15 at 11 am EST / 4 PM Irish time via Zoom and YouTube. John Teggart will be joined by other Ballymurphy Massacre victims relatives Briege Voyle and Carmel Quinn, as well as solicitor Paddy Murray. The AOH will be joined by Irish leaders fro...

Minister Martin announces arrangements for the National Famine Commemoration 2021 on Sunday 16 May   Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee has today announced arrangements for this years National Famine Commemoration. The ceremony, which will be led by President Michael D. Higgins, will take place in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin at 12pm on Sunday 16 May and will include militar...

Messages from media figureheads in Britain and around the world to mark the Guardian’s bicentenary<br>

Kilkenny! Nominate your local Unsung Hero and they could win €1,000! Reporter: sian.moloughney@kilkennypeople.ie Kilkenny-based MACE stores have teamed up with Ireland out-half Johnny Sexton to offer people the opportunity to share in a prize-fund of €10,000 );  ); Kilkenny-based MACE stores have teamed up with Ireland out-half Johnny Sexton to offer people the opportunity to share in a prize-fund of €10,000 in a community initiative whereby customers and the public nominate their Unsun...

Michael Morrogh explains the significance of Lloyd Georges answer to the Irish question. The story is a familiar one. Two sides battling in out in Ireland, nationalists and Unionists. The British government uneasily in position as the sovereign power. Public opinion abroad generally is on the nationalist side, though largely ignorant of the small print of events. The British line, at first, is that the disturbances result from a small minority of ‘gunmen’, unrepresentative of the majority o...