Alan McCarthy

Cork Newspapers were “Actors and Reporters” Following the Rising

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

An article written by Alan McCarthy, a first-year Ph.D. student in the School of History at University College Cork (UCC), reveals the unique importance of County Cork newspapers following the 1916 Easter Rising and the difficulties they faced under the strict and sometimes violent censorship campaigns of both British forces and the IRA. The article has been published in the … [Read more...] about Cork Newspapers were “Actors and Reporters” Following the Rising

March 30, 1981

On this day in 1981, President Reagan was shot, only 69 days into the new administration. He–along with press secretary James Brady, Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy–was struck when would-be assassin, John Hinckley Jr., opened fire outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Secret Service agent Jerry Par’s quick reflexes ultimately saved the President’s life. It was he who pushed Reagan into the limousine and out of Hinckley’s direct line of fire, and he again who changed route from the White House to the hospital, after realizing how badly Reagan had been injured.

Cork Newspapers were “Actors and Reporters” Following the Rising

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