On this Day

May   11 1971 Seán Lemass, revolutionary, founding member of Fianna Fáil (1926) and taoiseach (1959–66), died.   13 198 Peadar O’Donnell (93), revolutionary, agitator and novelist, died.   15 1910 The Association of United Irishwomen, renamed the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) in 1934, which sought to provide rural women with a social outlet and … Read more