Nick Maxwell 1976 In West Belfast, three children were killed and their mother seriously injured when a car, driven by an IRA man who was shot dead by a British soldier, careered into them. The incident led to theformation of the Peace People movement. 1917 Alderman W.T. Cosgrave (Sinn Féin) defeated John Magennis (IPP) in the Kilkenny … Read more
1986 Peter Robinson MP, latterly first minister for Northern Ireland, was arrested in Clontibret, Co. Monaghan, after invading the village at the head of a 500-strong loyalist mob in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1972 The shooting of librarian and member of the UDR Lance-Corporal Henry Creighton (27) by the IRA near his home on … Read more
1920 Nineteen were killed and over 50 wounded in four days of continuous sectarian violence in Derry. 1997 The IRA announced a restoration of its cease-fire, with a complete cessation of military operations. 1916 The Battle of Fromelles, in which a British and Australian offensive was crushed by the Germans. Over 2,000 Australians were killed … Read more
BY AODHÁN Ó RAGHAILLIGH JULY 10/1992 Albert Pierrepoint (87), hangman, died.During much of the last century Pierrepoint was a household name on these islands. In fact, there were three Pierrepoints. First there was Henry Pierrepoint, who dispatched over 100 souls between 1901 and 1910 before being sacked for drunkenness. Then came his brother, Tom, followed … Read more
NOWADAYS, THE O’NEILL SURNAME IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN NAMES IN IRELAND. AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT INSTIGATED BY THE CURRENT GENERATION OF THE CLAN HOPES TO RECORD AS MANY OF THE O’NEILL FAMILIES AS POSSIBLE—OVER THE COMING YEAR—ACROSS THE GLOBE. The ancient clan claims descent from Conn Ceadcathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), the second-century … Read more