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News Roundup October 8, 2022

Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter October 8, 2022

October 6, 2022 by 1 Comment

Irish Man Rows from New York City to Galway in World Record-Breaking Feat Starting at Chelsea Piers on the West side of the Island of Manhattan, former pro-rugby player Damian Browne rowed across the Atlantic Ocean to Trá na bhForbacha, or Furbo Beach, in Galway, Ireland. Browne, 42, who played rugby for Connacht and Leinster, left with a rowing partner, Fergus Farrell, on … [Read more...] about News Roundup October 8, 2022

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June 26, 1970

Riots broke out in Londonderry after mid-Ulster MP Bernadette Devlin was arrested. Devlin, who participated in the Bogside riots of 1969, was sentenced to six months in jail. She had previously applied for an appeal, which was rejected by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeals. When police attempted to arrest Devlin at a roadblock in Londonderry, violence quickly escalated with the use of petrol bombs to which soldiers responded with tear gas.

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