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In the late summer of 1993, I had dinner with Jack Healey, the Executive Director of Amnesty International at the time and a great friend of mine. I told

From Daniel O'Connell to Countess Markiexvicz, heroic War Heros to unmarked Irish famine mass graves - this is where Ireland's modern history comes alive. Ironically, there are few places in Dublin more alive than Glasnevin Cemetery. Domhnall O’Donoghue delves into the history of Ireland's largest burial place.

A Remembrance ceremony at the Glasnevin Cemetery will take place on Bastille Day, July 14, honoring the people of Ireland who served in France and French Professor, Édouard Cadic, from the National University in Ireland, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

On this day Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, the Irish Fenian leader and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, died in Staten Island, NY. He was the Fenian Lazarus who kicked off the Easter Rising.

Picture caption: Military representatives, from left, Seán Mac Eoin (pro-Treaty), Seán Moylan (anti), Eoin O’Duffy (pro), Liam Lynch (anti), Gearói...