Nick Maxwell 1972 In a referendum on Ireland’s membership of the European Community, almost five to one voted ‘Yes’—1,041,890 in favour, 211,891 against. 1869 The 1,776-mile US transcontinental railroad was completed when the Central Pacific Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific Railroad from the east met in Utah. 1994 Nelson Mandela was sworn in as … Read more
Wed 8pm Malahide Historical Society, Presbyterian Church Hall. Malahide’s early water supply, Declan Brady. Adm. €4.
Thur 6.30pm Antrim & Down Branch Western Front Association, PRONI, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast. Shell shock during WWI and after, Stephanie Linden.
1567 Shane O’Neill of Tyrone was heavily defeated by Hugh O’Donnell at the Battle of Farsetmore, near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. 1916 Éamonn Ceannt (34), Michael Mallin (36), Con Colbert (25) and Seán Heuston (25) executed. 1987At Loughgall, Co. Armagh, an eight-man IRA unit, about to attack the local RUC station, was wiped out by a … Read more
Wed 1pm Ballsbridge, Donnybrook & Sandymount Historical Society, Pembroke Library, Anglesea Road. St John’s Church, Sandymount: protests and defiance, Alyson Gavin. Wed 7pm DLR County Council Spring of Heritage, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham. Shankill 180 years ago, Rob Goodbody. Wed 7pm Irish Labour History Society, Liberty Hall. The Belfast engineering strike of 1919, Padraig Yeates. Wed … Read more