Just before the publication of the Saville Report, the inquiry into Derry's 1972 Bloody Sunday, British Prime Minister David Cameron makes a speech at Westminster Abbey in which he says that the event was "unjustified and unjustifiable." Cameron also apologizes on behalf of the British government. On this same day, thousands of people gather at the memorial and march to … [Read more...] about June 15, 2010
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By Mary Pat Kelly, Contributor.
Return to Ireland: Mary Pat Kelly writes about the ancestors calling her home. The kings of Ireland were not inaugurated in Christian churches as were other European monarchs. The chieftains stood on the high hills that enclosed the tombs of their tribal ancestors during the ceremonial rites that made them king. This image, given to us by Eamonn Kelly, keeper of Irish … [Read more...] about Travel Stories from IA