#irish-history

#irish-history

Edel Bhreathnach's Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250 explores the functioning of monasteries during a period of major change, questioning the true nature of the monastic church.

The combination of the pneumatic tyre and the safety bicycle led to a boom in cycling. This new model was the iPhone of bicycles at the time.

Mary Lou McDonald called the Government's redevelopment plans for the GPO a "betrayal of history", emphasizing that she does not want a shopping centre on sacred revolutionary ground.

At the time, Ireland was a kingdom within the state of Great Britain. The island's three religious factions had long been divided.

Micheal Manning's execution on April 20, 1954, marked the end of capital punishment in the Republic of Ireland, making him the last person executed in the country.

Osgur Breatnach was wrongfully accused of the Sallins train robbery in 1976, leading to a long trial and lasting trauma from the experience.

Osgur Breatnach stated that the Government is avoiding a public inquiry into his wrongful conviction to conceal a policy of torture used to extract false confessions.

The monks did not know if the books, which included religious scriptures, linguistic analysis, scribbled jokes and a collection of tomes described as the internet of the ancient world, would survive, or ever return.

In April 2005, 43-year-old Irene White was brutally murdered in Dundalk, stabbed 34 times, marking a significant violent crime in Ireland's history.

Patrick Coman's aspirations took him from rural Ireland to successfully building a multi-million pound pub empire in Dublin, eventually leading to family division and legal battles.