March 10

1920 The Government of Ireland Bill, offering a six-county ‘Northern Ireland’, was accepted by a two to one majority by the Ulster Unionist Council. Six IRA prisoners were executed in Dublin, four of whom were convicted of high treason for levying war. 1968 Donagh O’Malley (47), minister for education, collapsed and died in Sixmilebridge, Co. ... Read more

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