Historical Events

With this in mind, Dev waited for an opportune moment, grabbed the priest's unattended key and made an impression of it in wax he'd gathered the prison chapel's candles.

A century earlier, Dublin's Ballast Board began staging lifeboats at strategic locations, due to the number and frequency of shipwrecks in the area.

In terms of potential motives, it seemed there was no shortage. John Joyce was suspected of stealing sheep in the surrounding area. He was also said to be a member of a secret society and had been hounded by rumours that he'd stolen from their coffers. Another was that retribution was sought on his mother for informing on a double-murder...

-James Burke (44), Dublin
-Daniel Carroll (31), Tipperary (succumbed to his wounds on the 23rd)
-Michael Feery (40), Dublin
-Michael 'Mick' Hogan (24), Tipperary
-Tom Hogan (19), Limerick (died 26 November)
-James Matthews (38), Dublin
-Patrick O'Dowd (57), Dublin
-Jerome O'Leary (10), Dublin
-William Robinson (11), Dublin (succumbed to his wounds the...

11 Nov 1921: Bawnboy Union Workhouse at Corrasmongan, Co. Cavan closed its doors for the final time. Operation of this workhouse had commenced 68 years prior on 24 Nov 1853. The site comprised 8 Irish Acres purchased from local landlord J.D. Rochford for £200 plus annual ground rent of £1:10.

11 Mar 1966: With its roots stretching back to 1895, The County Leitrim Society of New York has long supported emigrants from the county to the New York area, while still maintaining close ties with family and friends back home.

Other than the weather, to the outbound Connemara, providing daily ferry services between Holyhead, Wales and Greenore, Carlingord the day's journey was expected to be fairly routine. The inbound Retriever was headed to Newry from Garston, Liverpool.

26 August 1913: Just before 10am, Dublin's tram car drivers abandoned their vehicles mid-route, setting into motion what would be known as the Dublin Lockout, a labour dispute that would last until 18 January 1914.

20 Jun 1631: The coastal village of Baltimore in County Cork became the target of a devastating raid by Barbary pirates, primarily from Algiers and Salé. This attack, the only recorded instance of such a scale on the Irish coast, left an enduring mark on the region.

26 Jun 1963: JFK boarded a flight from Germany to Ireland after delivering his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech earlier in the day. He had departed the U.S. a few days prior on a 10 day European tour. Kennedy could trace his Irish roots to before An Gorta Mór (The Great Hunger). The Fitzgeralds originally hailed from...

Quedagh was an Indian ship, crewed by Armenians but the Captain was English - carrying passes from the French East India Company to assure safe passage backed by the French Crown. Confused yet??? The crew certainly wasn't.