Aontacht Éireann will be organised in the 32 Counties of Ireland. Its policies will be derived from the following FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES: To unite the people of Ireland in an Independent Republic. To restore the Irish Language and to preserve and develop Gaeltacht areas. To guarantee the Fundamental Human Rights of every citizen. To ensure by … Read more
Ellis Lynch was a companion and business partner to Peregrine Tasburgh and connected her English husband with the Catholic society of Connacht. When Peregrine was summoned to the Church of Ireland consistory courts of Tuam and of Killala, it being ‘impossible for him to be at both places at one time’, Ellis wrote that she … Read more
The estate included lands in the counties of Mayo and Galway, some quite widely dispersed but mostly around the town of Cong, as well as fisheries and ‘impropriate’ tithes (that is, tithes enjoyed by lay owners rather than the clergy). The lands were reckoned to comprise 2,502 acres in 1698 and 7,770 acres in 1852. … Read more
On 22 June 1922 Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, former Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Unionist MP for North Down, was assassinated outside his London home in Eaton Square. The anti-Treaty IRA were blamed and six days later, under pressure from the British, Michael Collins ordered the bombardment of the Four Courts, the … Read more
As part of the so-called ‘Northern Offensive’, on 27 May 1922, a combined force of pro-Treaty National Army and anti-Treaty IRA occupied the ‘Belleek/Pettigo triangle’, an enclave of Fermanagh/Northern Ireland only accessible over-land through Free State territory. Less than two weeks later they had been ejected by regular British Army troops; the ‘Northern Offensive’ was … Read more