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“…the general awakening that was taking place in Ireland seemed to make us forget everything else for the time and think only of the fight in prospect.” – Joe McGarrity Joe McGarrity was Éamon de Valera’s right hand man in America and was once described by poet Padraic Colum as “a gallowglass ready to swing
Riverstick native Denis Barry, refusing to accept the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty, went on hunger strike in 1923, and 34 days later, in the Curragh hospital, he died. Family and friends will remember him fondly this monthBY ROBERT HUMEA century ago this very month, Ireland’s bigges
The event will be commemorated in Riverstick next weekend.
ONE of the final dramas of the centenary of Irish history is set to be commemorated in Riverstick on November 18th and 19th as the late Denis Barry will be honoured in the South County village.Born in Riverstick in 1883, Barry was a notable hurler. He lined out with his local tea
Next Wednesday, May 24, marks the centenary of the end of Ireland's Civil War. GERRY WHITE recalls the seismic events leading up to the end of the ...