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Tag: History of Ireland
Common Irish surnames and their derivations
There’s a long and interesting article about common Irish surnames and their derivations on the Irish Medieval History page on facebook. It’s got some snippets of information I wasn’t aware of either. I’d always assumed anyone Irish with a French-sounding…
We’re on Twitter!
Irish History Compressed now has a Twitter feed under the rather squashed moniker of http://twitter.com/HistoryCompr (You’d think with over 500 million users the twelve-character limit on Twitter names would need to be lifted…) That means that from now on you…
Ireland and the World Wars on Pinterest
It’s all been a bit quiet around here recently as attention has been focused on back-end things such as redesigning and optimising the website. I’ve also been procrastinating a bit by playing around with Pinterest, and I decided to move…
Irish History Compressed ebook available everywhere!
All right, not everywhere, but on almost all electronic media – Apple ibookstore, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Kobo, your computer, your smartphone etc. etc… To celebrate, here’s a coupon to get the ebook for a discount price at Smashwords.com:…
Ireland’s Decade of Commemoration: A List of Anniversaries
For my own reference as much as anyone else’s I’ve drawn up a list of dates within the much-discussed ‘Decade of Commemorations’, aka ‘Decade of Centenaries’ (which seems to last more than ten years, but never mind): 1912 Introduction of…
The Bombardment of the Four Courts: Addendum
A post on the New Island Books blog has drawn my attention to recent controversy over (alleged?) British collaboration with the Free State army in the attack on the Four Courts, which I wrote about here. It’s worth clicking through…
The Loyal Dublin Volunteers: a forgotten organisation
History always brings up surprises. I’d never heard of this before. At its peak the LDV boasted a membership of some 2000 men. Many were of Ulster birth, some 768 men and women signed the Ulster Covenant and Declaration within…
Irish History Compressed on Pinterest
We’re on Pinterest now, under the url http://pinterest.com/irishhistory (“irishhistorycompressed” being – according to the website – too long for a name. This is the same problem as Twitter has, which partly explains the lack of an Irish History Compressed Twitter…