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During the Battle of the Boyne, most of the Catholic troops "were left dead drunk scattered about the fields," according to a ...
Just weeks before World War I ended, a German U-boat attack turned the Irish Sea into a graveyard, claiming over 500 lives in ...
William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the ...
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Many people’s eyes will glaze over when they hear that today is the 335th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.
The Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces has paid tribute to a Kildare man who served his country as a member of the Defence Forces for nearly four decades. Flt Sgt Eamonn Magner from Caragh in Co ...