#OTD in 1949 – At midnight 26 counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.

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The excitement you get when you're on the way to Inishmore Island... 🐬😁

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📍 Galway Bay, Ireland

#Dolphins #HavingTheCraic #Jump #BowWaves #Ferry #Galway Bay #InisMór #Inishmore #AranIslands #Galway #Ireland #VisitGalway

#OTD in Irish History I 17 April: stairnaheireann.net/2024/04/17/otd…

#OTD in 1876 – Escape of the Fenians | The Catalpa Rescue.

The “Fremantle Six” were Irish political prisoners who made an audacious escape from the notorious British prison in West Australia aboard the U.S. whaling ship “Catalpa” in 1876.

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#OTD in 1969 – Bernadette Devlin was elected MP for Mid Ulster, standing as the Independent Unity candidate; at 21 years old, she was Britain’s youngest ever female MP and the third youngest MP ever.

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#OTD in 1920 - The inquest into the death of Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork killed by policemen in disguise on 20 March, returns a verdict of willful murder against the RIC, and indicts Lloyd George and the British government.

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#OTD in Irish History I 17 April: stairnaheireann.net/2024/04/17/otd…

#OTD in 1969 – Bernadette Devlin was elected MP for Mid Ulster, standing as the Independent Unity candidate; at 21 years old, she was Britain’s youngest ever female MP and the third youngest MP ever.

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The Pursuit of Robert Emmet’s Grave

Robert Emmet was born on 4 March 1778 in Dublin, and was executed for high treason on 20 September 1803.

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#OTD in Irish History I 16 April: stairnaheireann.net/2024/04/16/otd…

#OTD in 1918 – Birth of comedian, writer and actor, Spike Milligan, in India.

Spike Milligan’s early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom.

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#OTD in Irish History I 16 April: stairnaheireann.net/2024/04/16/otd…

#OTD in 1871 – Birth of poet and playwright, John Millington Synge, in Dublin.

Synge was one of the leading lights of what was known as the Irish Literary Revival and along with WB Yeats and Lady Gregory, founding members of the Abbey Theatre.

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#OTD in 1912 – The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage with the loss of 1,513 souls, many of them Irish; 732 would survive.

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#ThroughHerEyes
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, recall Irish-American Margaret Brown (1867-1932) who threatened to throw the Quartermaster in charge of Lifeboat No. 6 overboard if he didn't return for survivors.

#OTD in Irish History I 15 April: stairnaheireann.net/2024/04/15/otd…

#OTD in 1848 – The tricolour national flag of Ireland was presented to the public for the first time by Thomas Francis Meagher and the Young Ireland Party, in Dublin.

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Boyeeghter Bay | Murder Hole Beach

One of Ireland’s most beautiful and pristine bays is on the Rosguill Peninsula – Boyeeghter Bay. At high tide you will find two sandy beaches, which grow together to one big beach when the tide is out.

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#OTD in 1912 – The Titanic, the world’s largest ship built at Belfast’s Harland and Wolfe, hits an iceberg at 11:40pm.

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#OTD in Irish History I 14 April: stairnaheireann.net/2024/04/14/otd…