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In search of a modern Ireland – the Society of Dublin Painters
| By Shannon Callahan https://t.co/xkCNxt6vrD
Meet the Windsors: this week in 1917 the British royal family changed their name to Windsor, discontinuing their German titles Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: https://t.co/Zeq0iAja4o
This week in 1919 Germany received the peace terms from the allies at the Paris conference. There was immediate outrage in Germany leading to fears that the war would resume: https://t.co/Tg4Cyfuh0c
The Irish Catholic Total Abstinence Federation said this week in 1916 that Irish school children should be taught about the value of avoiding alcohol. https://t.co/EOXvbE8YoP
It was announced this week in 1918 that the departure times for mail ships between Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) and Holyhead would be changed in such a way as to allow the journey to be completed in daylight https://t.co/HvC4hO72Q8
It was announced this week in 1918 that the departure times for mail ships between Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) and Holyhead would be changed in such a way as to allow the journey to be completed in daylight
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Two men from Ballinagh, Co. Cavan were charged at a district court-martial, this week in 1917, for carrying hurleys. https://t.co/hrG2fhPhXL
Meet the Windsors! #Onthisday in 1917 the British Royal Family issued a proclamation renouncing their German titles and adopting the name 'Windsor' https://t.co/Zeq0iAja4o
A huge crowd attended an anti-partition meeting in the Phoenix Park this week in 1917 https://t.co/cadxh3zPyK
The importance of the royal family was one of the topics discussed at the 1917 Imperial Conference. Debate was opening up around more representative forms of govt, said Sir Robert Borden, but the monarchy was still the ‘keystone of the Imperial arch’ https://t.co/VsJmyvivoB