I am pleased to introduce the readers of Celticthoughts.com to author, Shannon Haire who has just released her new book, Petticoat, Patriots, and Partition. Shannon also writes a blog called Choosing the Green Interview w/ Shannon Haire Brighid: Can you tell us a little about yourself, Shannon? Shannon:...
10 Fun Quotes from The Easter Rebellion Part 2 Inside the GPO by Joe Good is both a personal and fun read. It actually reads like a novel so if you want something historical that is both accurate and enjoyable continue reading for some Excerpts from the...
10 Fun Quotes from The Easter Rebellion Part 2 Inside the GPO by Joe Good is both a personal and fun read. It actually reads like a novel so if you want something historical that is both accurate and enjoyable continue reading for some Excerpts from the...
Part I There is nothing funny about war, executions, a city destroyed, arrests, or risking one’s life but human beings have always found laughter in the most stressful of situations. Perhaps it helps them deal with a stressful situation, make them feel they are in control...
Why did the Easter Rising of 1916 fail? Or did it? Success or failure in anything at all depends on 3 factors: Timing, Point of view, Long term affects. Let’s look at the facts. The Timing of the Easter Rising did or did not take place at the right period in...
Some of the most unlikely rebels were women who grew up in Protestant Unionist households, in other words part of the Anglo Irish elite .They went to private schools, socialized with those of their own class, lived in large Georgian houses in the same neighborhoods as...
After the Easter Rising in 1916, England was faced with what to do with the several thousand men they’d arrested.The answer was Frongoch Internment Camp in Wales. Frongoch Internment Camp, a converted whiskey distillery did not squash the desire for Irish independence among the Irish rebels. The...