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Two ancient Irish ring-forts destroyed
The Irish Department of the Environment has launched an investigation into the complete destruction of two ancient ring-forts. Senior archaeologists from its National Monuments section are liaising with gardaí in Co Cork as part of the probe. The investigation was launched … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Cork, Ireland, Irish National Monuments, Iron Age, Kilmurry, Ring-forts
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Old Irish Bones May Yield Murderous Secrets In Pa.
MALVERN, Pa. (AP) ― Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Cholera, Derry, Donegal, Duffys Cut, Ireland, Irish, John Stamp, Murder, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Ship Manifest, Tyrone
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Robert Fisk: Even the little dog was not spared by Cromwell
To Saint Canice’s, then, in the ancient city of Kilkenny, its ninth-century round tower still watching for Viking invaders, home of the forgotten Gaelic Irish-Old English Confederation, its citizens spared by Cromwell. And there in the nave are the tombs of John, … Continue reading
UK Report on Bloody Sunday Finds Northern Ireland Killings Unjust
AssociatedPress — June 15, 2010 — A British report found that U.K. troops unjustly killed 13 Catholic protesters in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Victims’ relatives cheered after Prime Minister David Cameron announced the results of the long inquiry in Parliament. 38 … Continue reading
