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Eric Lalor

The Irish 66ers

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
December / January 2015

December 11, 2014 by 1 Comment

The spirited “Irish 66ers” recently completed their 7th motorcycle journey on Route 66 in an effort to raise money for the Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin. They were escorted by the Los Angeles police Emerald Society for the last leg of the famous highway to Santa Monica Pier where Councilman Kevin McKeown spoke to the exultant crowd. “Your commitment and dedication … [Read more...] about The Irish 66ers

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Wolfe Tone visited Belfast for the first time on this day in 1791 and established the Society of the United Irishmen. Tone founded the United Irishmen with the help of other famous nationalists like Henry Joy McCracken, Thomas Russell and Samuel Neilson. The United Irishmen was inspired by both the French and American revolutions and tried to achieve parliamentary reform. Eventually the society would go on to lead the 1798 rebellion, which failed.

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