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Eamon Bulfin, the Irish-Argentinian who hoisted the Green Flag of the Republic over the GPO.

Eamon Bulfin was an Argentine-born Irish republican. A former pupil at Pádraig Pearse’s school St Enda’s (Sgoil Éanna), in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Bulfin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the IRB and along with some fellow St Enda’s students created home-made bombs in the school’s basement in preparation for the Easter Rising. He was stationed in the GPO for the Rising and raised one of the…

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#OTD in 1971 – Death of Revolutionary, Margaret Skinnider, in Glenageary, Co Dublin.

“Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country.” –Margaret Skinnider Margaret Skinnider’s mother was Scottish and her father was originally from Co Monaghan. She became a mathematics teacher in Scotland and was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She also joined the Glasgow branches of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan in 1914; she also joined the women’s rifle club, becoming a first…

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in 1892 – Birth of revolutionary and feminist, Margaret Skinnider, in Coatbridge, Scotland. She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

‘Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country.’ –Margaret Skinnider Margaret Skinnider was born to immigrant parents from Co Monaghan. She became a mathematics teacher in Scotland and was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She also joined the Glasgow branches of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan in 1914; she also joined the women’s rifle club, becoming a first class shot. She was…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Co. Monaghan #Coatbridge #Countess Markievicz #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Easter Rising 1916 Series #Fianna Eireann #Glasgow #ICA #Irish Citizen Army #Margaret Skinnider #Michael Mallin #Pension #Scotland #Shelbourne Hotel #St Stephen’s Green #Teacher

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in 1916 – Aftermath of the Easter Rising.

The National Museum holds many of the last letters written by the men executed in Kilmainham Gaol in May 1916 for their part in the Rising. The collection includes Pádraig Pearse’s letter to his mother, and letters from Con Colbert, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt and others, written to family and friends. All these letters have common themes; a final goodbye to loved ones, a sense of acceptance of…

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#1916 Easter Rising #1916 Series #Éamon De Valera #Boland’s Mill #Con Colbert #Constance Markievicz #Court-martialled #Dáil Eireann #Declan Kerr Artwork #Eamonn Ceannt #Easter Rising Aftermath #James Connolly #Kilmainham Gaol #Michael Mallin #Michael O&039;Hanrahan #National Museum #Padraig Pearse #Seán MacDiarmada

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stairnaheireann · 2 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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stairnaheireann · 2 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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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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Eamon Bulfin, the Irish-Argentinian who hoisted the Green Flag of the Republic over the GPO.

Eamon Bulfin was an Argentine-born Irish republican. A former pupil at Pádraig Pearse’s school St Enda’s (Sgoil Éanna), in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Bulfin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the IRB and along with some fellow St Enda’s students created home-made bombs in the school’s basement in preparation for the Easter Rising. He was stationed in the GPO for the Rising and raised one of the…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Éamon De Valera #Bulfin Road #Declan Kerr Easter 1916 Series #Dublin #Eamon Bulfin #Frongoch prison #General Post Office #Green Flag of the Republic #Inchicore #IRB #Ireland #Irish Argentinian #Padraig Pearse #St. Enda&039;s

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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Eamon Bulfin, the Irish-Argentinian who hoisted the Green Flag of the Republic over the GPO.

Eamon Bulfin was an Argentine-born Irish republican. A former pupil at Pádraig Pearse’s school St Enda’s (Sgoil Éanna), in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Bulfin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the IRB and along with some fellow St Enda’s students created home-made bombs in the school’s basement in preparation for the Easter Rising. He was stationed in the GPO for the Rising and raised one of the…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Éamon De Valera #Bulfin Road #Declan Kerr Easter 1916 Series #Dublin #Eamon Bulfin #Frongoch prison #General Post Office #Green Flag of the Republic #Inchicore #IRB #Ireland #Irish Argentinian #Padraig Pearse #St. Enda&039;s

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stairnaheireann · 4 years

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Eamon Bulfin, the Irish-Argentinian who hoisted the Green Flag of the Republic over the GPO.

Eamon Bulfin was an Argentine-born Irish republican. A former pupil at Pádraig Pearse’s school St Enda’s (Sgoil Éanna), in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Bulfin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the IRB and along with some fellow St Enda’s students created home-made bombs in the school’s basement in preparation for the Easter Rising. He was stationed in the GPO for the Rising and raised one of the…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Éamon De Valera #Bulfin Road #Declan Kerr Easter 1916 Series #Dublin #Eamon Bulfin #Frongoch prison #General Post Office #Green Flag of the Republic #Inchicore #IRB #Ireland #Irish Argentinian #Padraig Pearse #St. Enda&039;s

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stairnaheireann · 5 years

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Eamon Bulfin, the Irish-Argentinian who hoisted the Green Flag of the Republic over the GPO.

Eamon Bulfin was an Argentine-born Irish republican. A former pupil at Pádraig Pearse’s school St Enda’s (Sgoil Éanna), in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Bulfin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the IRB and along with some fellow St Enda’s students created home-made bombs in the school’s basement in preparation for the Easter Rising. He was stationed in the GPO for the Rising and raised one of the…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Éamon De Valera #Bulfin Road #Declan Kerr Easter 1916 Series #Dublin #Eamon Bulfin #Frongoch prison #General Post Office #Green Flag of the Republic #Inchicore #IRB #Ireland #Irish Argentinian #Padraig Pearse #St. Enda&039;s

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stairnaheireann · 6 years

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Eamon Bulfin, the Irish-Argentinian who hoisted the Green Flag of the Republic over the GPO.

Eamon Bulfin was an Argentine-born Irish republican. A former pupil at Pádraig Pearse’s school St Enda’s (Sgoil Éanna), in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Bulfin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the IRB and along with some fellow St Enda’s students created home-made bombs in the school’s basement in preparation for the Easter Rising. He was stationed in the GPO for the Rising and raised one of the…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Éamon De Valera #Bulfin Road #Declan Kerr Easter 1916 Series #Dublin #Eamon Bulfin #Frongoch prison #General Post Office #Green Flag of the Republic #Inchicore #IRB #Ireland #Irish Argentinian #Padraig Pearse #St. Enda&039;s

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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#OTD in 1971 – Death of Revolutionary, Margaret Skinnider, in Glenageary, Co Dublin.

“Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country.” –Margaret Skinnider Margaret Skinnider’s mother was Scottish and her father was originally from Co Monaghan. She became a mathematics teacher in Scotland and was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She also joined the Glasgow branches of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan in 1914; she also joined the women’s rifle club, becoming a first…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Co. Monaghan #Coatbridge #Countess Markievicz #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Easter Rising 1916 Series #Fianna Eireann #Glasgow #ICA #Irish Citizen Army #Margaret Skinnider #Michael Mallin #Pension #Scotland #Shelbourne Hotel #St Stephen’s Green #Teacher

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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#OTD in 1892 – Birth of revolutionary and feminist, Margaret Skinnider, in Coatbridge, Scotland. She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

‘Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country.’ –Margaret Skinnider Margaret Skinnider was born to immigrant parents from Co Monaghan. She became a mathematics teacher in Scotland and was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She also joined the Glasgow branches of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan in 1914; she also joined the women’s rifle club, becoming a first class shot. She was…

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#1916 Easter Rising #Co. Monaghan #Coatbridge #Countess Markievicz #Cumann na mBan #Declan Kerr Easter Rising 1916 Series #Fianna Eireann #Glasgow #ICA #Irish Citizen Army #Margaret Skinnider #Michael Mallin #Pension #Scotland #Shelbourne Hotel #St Stephen’s Green #Teacher

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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#OTD in 1916 – Aftermath of the Easter Rising.

The National Museum holds many of the last letters written by the men executed in Kilmainham Gaol in May 1916 for their part in the Rising. The collection includes Pádraig Pearse’s letter to his mother, and letters from Con Colbert, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt and others, written to family and friends. All these letters have common themes; a final goodbye to loved ones, a sense of acceptance of…

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#1916 Easter Rising #1916 Series #Éamon De Valera #Boland’s Mill #Con Colbert #Constance Markievicz #Court-martialled #Dáil Eireann #Declan Kerr Artwork #Eamonn Ceannt #Easter Rising Aftermath #James Connolly #Kilmainham Gaol #Michael Mallin #Michael O&039;Hanrahan #National Museum #Padraig Pearse #Seán MacDiarmada

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stairnaheireann · 3 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 · 3 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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