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John Francis Crowley
The 1920 Cork hunger strike occurred in late 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, when 65 men interned without trial in Cork County Gaol went on hunger strike, demanding release from prison, and reinstatement of their status as political prisoners. Beginning on 11 August 1920, they were joined the following day by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney. A week into the hunger strike, all but 11 of the hunger strikers were released or deported to prison in England, with MacSwiney being among the latter. After the death of Thomas Ashe on hunger strike (25 September 1917) Irish Republicans prisoners carried out several hunger strikes with their demands being granted. In late 1920, British authorities then decided to resist the hunger strike tactic and warned that there would be no further concessions to the men on strike in Cork jail. Michael Fitzgerald died after 68 days, while Joe Murphy died after 79 days. The nine surviving hunger strikers – Michael Burke, John Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Crowley (revolutionary)
Peter William Crowley (13 July 1900 – 8 April 1963) was an Irish revolutionary period, Irish revolutionary and Hunger strike, hunger striker, holding the Guinness World Records for the longest hunger strike in history. From 11 August to 12 November 1920, Crowley, along with 10 others, underwent a hunger strike for 94 days in Cork County Gaol, demanding the reinstatement of their political status and release from prison. The 1920 Cork hunger strike took place at the same time as that of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork. He came from the prominent Irish republican Crowley family of Ballylanders, being the son of Timothy Crowley, and the brother of Tadhg Crowley and John Francis Crowley, his fellow hunger striker. Early life Peter Crowley was born on 13 July 1900 in the village of Ballylanders, County Limerick, as the son of local draper and postmaster Timothy Crowley (1847 - 1921), who had fought in the Fenian Rising of 1867, and Ellen Ryan Crowley (1863 - 1951). He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, he wrote books such as '' Letters from a Father to His Daughter'' (1929), '' An Autobiography'' (1936) and '' The Discovery of India'' (1946), that have been read around the world. The son of Motilal Nehru, a prominent lawyer and Indian nationalist, Jawaharlal Nehru was educated in England—at Harrow School and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 In Ireland
Events from the year 1920 in Ireland. Events * 2 January – Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers of the 1st Cork Brigade (commanded by Mick Leahy) captured Carrigtwohill Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks, the first such attack carried out as official Republican policy. * 26 January – A fire in the Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church in Rathmines, Dublin destroyed the interior, roof and dome. * 27 February – The text of the Home Rule Bill to be introduced in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom was published. It provided for the establishment of a 128-member parliament in Dublin and a 52-member parliament in Belfast. * 10 March – The Ulster Unionist Council accepted the Government's plan for a Parliament of Northern Ireland. * 20 March – The Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork (since January), Tomás Mac Curtain, was murdered by armed and disguised RIC men who broke into his home. * 22 March – Thousands gathered to pay their respects to the mur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In The Republic Of Ireland
Below is a list of newspapers published in Ireland. National titles – currently published – English language Daily national newspapers : Sunday national newspapers : Regional titles – currently published – English language Carlow * ''Carlow People'' (free newspaper published by Voice Media ) * '' The Nationalist'' (Owned by ''The Irish Times'' ) Cavan * ''The Anglo-Celt'' (owned by Celtic Media Group). Clare * ''The Clare Champion'' (owned by the Galvin family ) * ''The Clare Echo'' *''The Clare County Express Est. 1979'' Cork * ''The Avondhu'' – north-east Cork and neighbouring areas of Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford * ''Ballincollig News'' – Free tabloid monthly newspaper for Ballincollig, County Cork, sister publication of Bishopstown News * ''Bishopstown News'' – Free monthly newspaper for the Western Suburbs (mainly Bishopstown and Wilton) of Cork City * ''The Carrigdhoun'' – Carrigaline and south-east Cork * '' Cork Independent'' – free Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Crowley
Timothy Crowley (31 July 1847 – 19 October 1921) was an Irish revolutionary who was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was involved in the Fenian Rising of 1867, and was the secretary of the IRB in Hospital, County Limerick. He was the patriarch of the prominent Irish republican Crowley family of Ballylanders, and the father of the longest hunger strikers in history, John Crowley and Peter Crowley, and the Fianna Fáil Politician Tadhg Crowley. Early life Timothy Crowley was born in late July, 1847, in the small village of Elton, County Limerick. He was the eldest son and second child of James Crowley and Bridget Dwyer, and was baptised on 31 July 1847 in the parish of Knockainey, with Thomas and Bridget Dwyer as his sponsors. His father was a herdsman employed by George Gubbins, Esquire, who allowed the Crowleys to live on a small one-acre holding in a small, thatched cottage. Elton's population was reduced by over 100 people during the Great Famine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballylanders
Ballylanders () is a village in south County Limerick, Ireland. It is south of Limerick and north of Mitchelstown, on the R513 road. The 2022 census recorded a population of 337 people. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Name Historically the name translates as "de Londra's town" and is most likely of Norman origin and referring to a popular Anglo-Norman derived family surname of "Landers" or alternatively "de Londra" can give its translation as "Town of the Londoner". Amenities There is a holy well close to the village which is the focal point of the Pattern day, held annually on 15 August, this is one of the major such fair days in the locality. In 2011 The Wolfe Tones performed in the marquee during the pattern festival. The present-day Catholic parish church is of a modern circular design. The first church in the village was a Church of Ireland church, dated to the 19th century, is still in existence today as a private dwelling house. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy O'Sullivan (Irish Republican)
Andy O'Sullivan (died 22 November 1923) was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was an intelligence officer and regional leader in the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army. He died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes while in prison. Background O'Sullivan was a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and was one of three IRA men to die on hunger strike in 1923. IRA Volunteers Joseph Whitty from Wexford died on 2 September 1923 and Denny Barry from Cork died on 20 November 1923 in the Curragh Camp hospital. O'Sullivan died as a result of hunger on 22 November 1923 in Mountjoy Prison. Whitty, Barry and O'Sullivan were three of the 22 Irish Republicans (in the 20th century) who died on hunger strike. O'Sullivan was born in Denbawn, County Cavan in 1882, the eldest of eight children. His father Michael Sorohan emigrated to the United States but returned to take over the family farm. Andy worked on the family farm but won a scholarship provided by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Barry
Denis Barry (15 July 1883 – 20 November 1923) was an Irish Republican who died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes, shortly after the Irish Civil War. Early life Barry was born into a farming family in Riverstick, in south County Cork, and learnt Irish from a young age. In 1903, he moved to Cork to work in a drapery, where he became involved in the Gaelic League and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. A successful athlete, he also played hurling for Cork. Volunteer activity In 1913, he joined the newly formed Irish Volunteers. In 1915, he moved to Kilkenny to take up employment there, where he continued his volunteer activities. Shortly after the Easter Rising, he was arrested in Kilkenny in a British Government crackdown, and sent to Frongoch internment camp in North Wales. In 1919, he returned to Cork, where he was Commandant of the Irish Republican Police in Cork during the Irish War of Independence. In the Cork Number One brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Whitty
Michael Joseph Whitty (7 January 1904 – 2 August 1923) was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was the youngest (at 19 years of age) of the 22 Irish republicans who died while under on hunger strike in the 20th century. Whitty was one of four Irish Republicans to die during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes. Decades after his death another Volunteer ( Kieran Doherty) also died on 2 August during the 1981 Irish hunger strike. Volunteer (Irish republican) Whitty fought with the IRA in the Irish War of Independence, on the Anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War and died while under internment by the Irish Free State government. Background, IRA membership, arrest and internment Whitty was born in 1904 in Newbawn, Wexford, Ireland. He was a Volunteer (Irish republican) in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), who served in the South Wexford Brigade of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence (1919 to 1921) and after the signing of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty he joined the ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Irish Hunger Strikes
In October 1923 mass hunger strikes were undertaken by Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial. The Irish Civil War had ended six months earlier yet the newly formed Provisional Government of the Irish Free State was slow in releasing the thousands of Irish republican prisoners opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Background In the 20th-century, 22 Irish republicans died while on hunger strike. In the early part of 20th century hunger strikes were adopted as a protest of last resort by Irish republican prisoners. In the period between 1916 and 1918 there had been over a dozen hunger strikes in Ireland. In the period between August 1918 and October 1923 over 30 more hunger strikes occurred. Eight Irish republicans died during these hunger strikes with many more suffering health complications at later dates. Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died as a result of forced feedings on 25 September 1917 in Mountjoy Prison. He was arrested after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Civil War
The Irish Civil War (; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire. The civil war was waged between the Provisional Government of Ireland (1922), Provisional Government of Ireland and the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Anti-Treaty IRA over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The Provisional Government (that became the Free State in December 1922) supported the terms of the treaty, while the Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote#Anti-Treaty, anti-Treaty opposition saw it as a betrayal of the Irish Republic proclaimed during the Easter Rising of 1916. Many of the combatants had fought together against the British in the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence and had divided after that conflict ended and the Irish Republican Army and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, treaty neg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Republican
Irish republicanism () is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both widely supported and iconoclastic. The modern emergence of nationalism, democracy, and radicalism provided a basis for the movement, with groups forming across the island in hopes of independence. Parliamentary defeats provoked uprisings and armed campaigns, quashed by British forces. The Easter Rising, an attempted coup that took place in the midst of the First World War, provided popular support for the movement. An Irish republic was declared in 1916 and officialized following the Irish War of Independence. The Irish Civil War, beginning in 1922 and spurred by the partition of the island, then occurred. Republican action, including armed campaigns, continued in the newly-formed state of Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
