Sir Ernest Shackleton

Hibernia: Film Briefs

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/> <a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2000-archive/october-november-2000/”>October / November 2000</a> Leave a Comment

Irish-American heartthrob Mel Gibson is rumored to be "very interested" in Wolfgang Peterson's newest undertaking. The director of The Perfect Storm has now set his sights on another nautical adventure – the story of Irish-born Sir Ernest Shackleton and the ill-fated Endurance expedition to Antarctica. Another tale of man vs. nature, with another Irish-American hunk in the lead … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Film Briefs

October 18, 1881

The Land League, under the guidance of Charles Stewart Parnell, who was imprisoned at Kilmainham Gaol, issued the “No Rent Manifesto” on this day in 1881. The manifesto called for a national tenant farmer rent strike in order to combat the Second Land Act of 1881. The Land League was immediately suppressed by the British upon the issue of this manifesto. This would eventually lead to the Kilmainham treaty.

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