Zenos Fradakis

The Molly Maguires Remembered

By Joseph Dennis Kelly II, Contributor
February / March 2002

February 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Controversy haunts memorial to the Molly Maguires. ℘℘℘ On 21 June 2002, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the hanging of the Molly Maguires -- ten Irish Catholic anthracite coal miners convicted of intimidation and murder by an impartial jury of non-peers -- ten men who led the miners' fight against capitalist oppression through the Workingmen's Benevolent Association of … [Read more...] about The Molly Maguires Remembered

July 1, 1990

The Republic of Ireland national football team’s longest running winning streak comes to an end on this day in 1990, after being defeated by Italy 0-1 in the quarter final round of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 1990 marked Ireland’s best year for football. They won games against Spain, Northern Ireland, Hungary, Malta and Romania, with draws against England, Egypt and Holland. The Irish national team also had a personal audience with Pope John Paul II during their World Cup run.

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