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Kathleen Ní Houlihan | Ireland Personified and Irish Nationalism

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure of Kathleen Ni Houlihan has also been invoked in nationalist Irish politics. Kathleen Ni Houlihan is sometimes spelled as Cathleen Ni Houlihan, and the figure is…

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#OTD in Irish History | 8 May:

1567 – Shane O’Neill’s army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O’Donnell. Many drown while trying to escape; O’Neill loses 1,300 men. 1597 – Death of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne. Fiach Mac Aodha Ó Broin was Lord of Ranelagh and sometime leader of the Clann Uí Bhroin, or the O’Byrne clan, during the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. 1796 – John Pitt…

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#OTD in 1916 – Death of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’, a republican who took part in the Easter Rising, during which he was killed in the fighting.

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry in 1875. He was a republican and a language enthusiast, a member of An Coiste Gnótha, the Gaelic League’s governing body. He was well-travelled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe. He was a reasonably wealthy man; the Weekly Irish Times reported after the Easter Rising that O’Rahilly ‘enjoyed a private income…

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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Kathleen Ní Houlihan | Ireland Personified and Irish Nationalism

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure of Kathleen Ni Houlihan has also been invoked in nationalist Irish politics. Kathleen Ni Houlihan is sometimes spelled as Cathleen Ni Houlihan, and the figure is…

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#"A Mother"#Abbey Theatre #Anglo-Irish War #Caitlín Ní Uallacháin #Daughter of Ireland #Declan Kerr – Irish Art #IRA #Ireland personified #Irish Nationalism #James Joyce #Kathleen Ni Houlihan #Lady Gregory #Northern Ireland #The Shadow of the Gunman #The Troubles #United Kingdom #William Butler Yeats

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#OTD in 1916 – Death of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’, a republican who took part in the Easter Rising, during which he was killed in the fighting.

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry in 1875. He was a republican and a language enthusiast, a member of An Coiste Gnótha, the Gaelic League’s governing body. He was well-travelled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe. He was a reasonably wealthy man; the Weekly Irish Times reported after the Easter Rising that O’Rahilly ‘enjoyed a private income…

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#"The O&039;Rahilly #1916 Easter Rising #An Coiste Gnótha #Ballylongford #Co. Kerry #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Art #Dublin #Easter 1916 Series #Gaelic League #IRB #Irish Citizen Army #Irish Volunteers #Language Enthusiast #Michael Joseph O&039;Rahilly #Moore Street #Sackville Lane #William Butler Yeats

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#OTD in Irish History | 8 May:

1567 – Shane O’Neill’s army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O’Donnell. Many drown while trying to escape; O’Neill loses 1,300 men. 1597 – Death of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne. Fiach Mac Aodha Ó Broin was Lord of Ranelagh and sometime leader of the Clann Uí Bhroin, or the O’Byrne clan, during the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. 1796 – John Pitt…

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stairnaheireann · 4 years

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Kathleen Ní Houlihan – Ireland Personified and Irish Nationalism

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure of Kathleen Ni Houlihan has also been invoked in nationalist Irish politics. Kathleen Ni Houlihan is sometimes spelled as Cathleen Ni Houlihan, and the figure is…

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#"A Mother"#Abbey Theatre #Anglo-Irish War #Caitlín Ní Uallacháin #Daughter of Ireland #Declan Kerr – Irish Art #IRA #Ireland personified #Irish Nationalism #James Joyce #Kathleen Ni Houlihan #Lady Gregory #Northern Ireland #The Shadow of the Gunman #The Troubles #United Kingdom #William Butler Yeats

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stairnaheireann · 4 years

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#OTD in Irish History – 8 May:

1567 – Shane O’Neill’s army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O’Donnell. Many drown while trying to escape; O’Neill loses 1,300 men.

1597 – Death of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne. Fiach Mac Aodha Ó Broin was Lord of Ranelagh and sometime leader of the Clann Uí Bhroin, or the O’Byrne clan, during the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland.

1796 – John Pitt…

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#OTD in 1916 – Death of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’, a republican who took part in the Easter Rising, during which he was killed in the fighting.

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry in 1875. He was a republican and a language enthusiast, a member of An Coiste Gnótha, the Gaelic League’s governing body. He was well-travelled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe. He was a reasonably wealthy man; the Weekly Irish Times reported after the Easter Rising that O’Rahilly ‘enjoyed a private income…

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#"The O&039;Rahilly #1916 Easter Rising #An Coiste Gnótha #Ballylongford #Co. Kerry #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Art #Dublin #Easter 1916 Series #Gaelic League #IRB #Irish Citizen Army #Irish Volunteers #Language Enthusiast #Michael Joseph O&039;Rahilly #Moore Street #Sackville Lane #William Butler Yeats

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stairnaheireann · 5 years

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Kathleen Ní Houlihan – Ireland Personified and Irish Nationalism

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure of Kathleen Ni Houlihan has also been invoked in nationalist Irish politics. Kathleen Ni Houlihan is sometimes spelled as Cathleen Ni Houlihan, and the figure is…

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#"A Mother"#Abbey Theatre #Anglo-Irish War #Caitlín Ní Uallacháin #Daughter of Ireland #Declan Kerr – Irish Art #IRA #Ireland personified #Irish Nationalism #James Joyce #Kathleen Ni Houlihan #Lady Gregory #Northern Ireland #The Shadow of the Gunman #The Troubles #United Kingdom #William Butler Yeats

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stairnaheireann · 5 years

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#OTD in Irish History – 8 May:

1567 – Shane O’Neill’s army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O’Donnell. Many drown while trying to escape; O’Neill loses 1,300 men.

1597 – Death of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne. Fiach Mac Aodha Ó Broin was Lord of Ranelagh and sometime leader of the Clann Uí Bhroin, or the O’Byrne clan, during the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland.

1796 – John Pitt…

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#OTD in 1916 – Death of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’, a republican who took part in the Easter Rising, during which he was killed in the fighting.

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry in 1875. He was a republican and a language enthusiast, a member of An Coiste Gnótha, the Gaelic League’s governing body. He was well-travelled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe. He was a reasonably wealthy man; the Weekly Irish Times reported after the Easter Rising that O’Rahilly ‘enjoyed a private income…

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#"The O&039;Rahilly #1916 Easter Rising #An Coiste Gnótha #Ballylongford #Co. Kerry #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Art #Dublin #Easter 1916 Series #Gaelic League #IRB #Irish Citizen Army #Irish Volunteers #Language Enthusiast #Michael Joseph O&039;Rahilly #Moore Street #Sackville Lane #William Butler Yeats

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stairnaheireann · 6 years

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#OTD in 1916 – Death of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’, a republican who took part in the Easter Rising, during which he was killed in the fighting.

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry in 1875. He was a republican and a language enthusiast, a member of An Coiste Gnótha, the Gaelic League’s governing body. He was well-travelled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe. He was a reasonably wealthy man; the Weekly Irish Times reported after the Easter Rising that O’Rahilly ‘enjoyed a private income…

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#"The O&039;Rahilly #1916 Easter Rising #An Coiste Gnótha #Ballylongford #Co. Kerry #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Art #Dublin #Easter 1916 Series #Gaelic League #IRB #Irish Citizen Army #Irish Volunteers #Language Enthusiast #Michael Joseph O&039;Rahilly #Moore Street #Sackville Lane #William Butler Yeats

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stairnaheireann · 7 years

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Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Ireland Personified and Irish Nationalism

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, “Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan”) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman. The figure of Kathleen Ni Houlihan has also been invoked in nationalist Irish politics. Kathleen Ni Houlihan is sometimes spelled as Cathleen Ni Houlihan, and the figure is…

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#"A Mother"#Abbey Theatre #Anglo-Irish War #Caitlín Ní Uallacháin #Daughter of Ireland #Declan Kerr – Irish Art #IRA #Ireland personified #Irish Nationalism #James Joyce #Kathleen Ni Houlihan #Lady Gregory #Northern Ireland #The Shadow of the Gunman #The Troubles #United Kingdom #William Butler Yeats

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stairnaheireann · 7 years

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#OTD in Irish History – 8 May:

1567 – Shane O’Neill’s army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O’Donnell. Many drown while trying to escape; O’Neill loses 1,300 men.

1597 – Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne. Fiach Mac Aodha Ó Broin was Lord of Ranelagh and sometime leader of the Clann Uí Bhroin, or the O’Byrne clan, during the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland.

1796 – John Pitt…

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stairnaheireann · 7 years

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#OTD in 1916 – Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’, died after being fatally shot during the Easter Rising.

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry in 1875. He was a republican and a language enthusiast, a member of An Coiste Gnótha, the Gaelic League’s governing body. He was well-travelled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe. He was a reasonably wealthy man; the Weekly Irish Times reported after the Easter Rising that O’Rahilly ‘enjoyed a private income…

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#"The O&039;Rahilly #1916 Easter Rising #An Coiste Gnótha #Ballylongford #Co. Kerry #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Art #Dublin #Easter 1916 Series #Gaelic League #IRB #Irish Citizen Army #Irish Volunteers #Language Enthusiast #Michael Joseph O&039;Rahilly #Moore Street #Sackville Lane #William Butler Yeats

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