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On 17th March somewhere between 460 and 493 St Patrick, who successfully brought Christianity to Ireland died.
FULL VIDEO ON IRISH HISTORY HERE: https://t.co/HxiZ1oFCiH

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2021-03-17

New episode! We interview The Welsh Viking about the historical practice of Body Snatching!
Find us on your preferred platform!

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2021-02-19

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. This illustration is from the upcoming A QUEEN TO THE RESCUE by

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2021-01-28

John Petts, artist and stained glass designer, who created the '#Wales window' to commemorate the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama when 4 young girls were killed, was born in Hornsey, London 1914 https://t.co/h2EP8BORqQ

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2021-01-10

18 December 1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

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2020-12-18

Try the Mary Queen of Scots Ornaments Craft Challenge! Info : https://t.co/fNglpnd1hL Here's our first by Amélia Dulau Beveridge and an etching of Mary (Gaywood,1655 : GLAHA 1065). Can’t wait to see what you make!

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2020-12-10

Remembering Regimental Sergeant Major Arthur Wilson

8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.

Died: 19 November 1916, Somme, Thiepval, Western Front.

Retweet to help his name live on 🌹

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2020-11-20

Great to hear John Farrelly talking about his fantastic series on 's John Toal Show at the weekend. The Vikings, The Celts, we can't wait to see what's next!

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2020-10-12


The crowd gathered on Church Street, as Kevin Barry was arrested 20th Sept 1920, taken to Mountjoy in a British lorry, he would never see the world outside again. Yours Til Hell Freezes https://t.co/oBmSpBaGrt

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2020-09-20

13 September 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.


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2020-09-13

Tea was not always a part of English history. However, it was destined to become a part once a small ad ran in 1658 in one of London’s weekly newspapers called the ... https://t.co/MEgcIiJIZs

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2020-08-27

William Owen Pughe, linguist, lexicographer, grammarian, poet and antiquary who was regarded as the principal authority on the Welsh language and scholarship, was born in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant 1759 https://t.co/hvlhvOnwWz

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2020-08-07

Banyans: Garments that Gentlemen Loved - were garments that became popular with gentlemen in the 18th century. They were oriental in style being influenced by Persian and Asian clothing ... https://t.co/C4BOg3Pja0

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2020-06-20

It is not generally known that America was originally discovered by the Welsh nearly nine hundred years ago. https://t.co/zForgtnikD

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2020-05-26