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1922 Michael Collins, revolutionary leader, chairman of the Irish provisional government & commander-in-chief of the provisional government army was killed during an ambush in the remote valley of Béal na mBlath, close to his birthplace. https://t.co/fMfVd9JmzL

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2022-08-22

United Irishman Fr James Coigly made at least 2 crossings to France in 1797 in an attempt to rekindle French interest in Ireland after the failure at Bantry Bay. After his arrest he refused to incriminate Arthur O'Connor & was executed 1798. https://t.co/z3JqJEnqMT

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2022-06-07

Today is the feast of Brendan the Navigator, a saint in the Irish tradition, famed throughout Europe as a monastic founder & voyager. Legends of his voyage to ‘the promised land of the saints’ form part of the 'Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis'.
https://t.co/aVMJY8QmXa

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2022-05-16

Countess Constance Markievicz, republican and labour activist, was born in 1868. She's one of the 42 in '1916 Portraits and Lives'. Below is her striking portrait by .
📚Book: https://t.co/mv2u9X41Qr
🖼️Print: https://t.co/R6oqQLioMc

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2022-02-05

Artist Lilian Davidson, born 1879, was internationally renowned. She exhibited widely & in 1940 was elected associate of the RHA. She was also a talented writer and produced plays, short stories & monologues under the pseudonym Ulick Burke.
https://t.co/sxcc3GSaaB

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2022-01-26