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News Roundup July 30, 2022

Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter July 30, 2022

July 27, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Former UUP Member David Trimble Dies Age 77 David Trimble, an esteemed member of the Ulster Unionist Party, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and a key negotiator in the brokerage of the Good Friday Agreement, died on Monday, July 25. Trimble was 77.  The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) announced Trimble's death on behalf of his family on Monday evening. “It is with great sadness that … [Read more...] about News Roundup July 30, 2022

The Catalpa Rescue

By Donald J. Magilligan

December/ January 2021

February 17, 2021 by 2 Comments

In 1876, a daring escape from an Australian prison colony by six Fenian prisoners was masterminded by the revolutionary and journalist John Boyle O’Reilly.The sailing triumph of the Catalpa and the daring escape of six prisoners from an Australian prison dates back to 10 years earlier, 1866, to the failure of the Fenian rising in Ireland, when they were among those arrested and … [Read more...] about The Catalpa Rescue

The Irish in Australia

By Patrick O'Farrell, Contributor
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by 1 Comment

Commencing with convicts, feared and despised, and followed by free immigrants and settlers, the Irish became the dynamic force in Australia's evolution into a nation.℘℘℘The eyes of the world were on Australia this past September, as Sydney hosted the 2000 Olympic Games. A close observer will have noted that many of the Australian athletes, including swimmer Susie O'Neill and … [Read more...] about The Irish in Australia

Sláinte! Irish Eats Down Under

By Edythe Preet, Columnist
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by 1 Comment

Regular readers have probably deduced I'm a boomer – a member of that generation born after WWII when the troops came home. Along with more than one hundred thousand other Americans, my Da spent the war years in Australia.In 1942 with Australian forces off fighting for England and Pearl Harbor a fresh victory, Japan advanced on Australia, intending to use it as a springboard to … [Read more...] about Sláinte! Irish Eats Down Under

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On this day, Eamon de Valera abolished the Oath of Allegiance, a provisional aspect in the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. This provisional aspect originally required all members of the Irish parliament to take an oath declaring their allegiance to the King. This date also marked when de Valera withheld land annuities from England.

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