By Brian Igoe
By Brian Igoe
By 'Irish', from here on I refer the Irish who lived everywhere in Ireland except in the six northern counties, where Protestants were in the majority and which now had its Northern Irish Parliament. The Irish were apparently a One Party State now, for Sinn Féin held all the seats in the Dáil. But within Sinn Féin there were divisions. The most important players on the Irish team, or at least those whom history has painted as such, were Éamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, Cathal Brugha and Erskine Childers. We need to look at these people to understand the rest of the Story of Ireland.
Éamon de Valera ………….
That is the first paragraph of the chapter, which then goes on to look at American citizen, mother was Irish, his father a Spanish / Cuban sculptor, Elizabeth Coll, in Bruree County Limerick, Christian Brothers in Charleville, Blackrock College, Dublin, Gaelic League, Sinéad Flanagan, Irish Volunteers, Easter Rising, Boland's Bakery, Príomh Aire (Prime Minister), 1921 President of the Republic of Ireland, Michael Collins, 'The Big Fellow', 'the Long Fellow', Sam's Cross West Cork in 1890, Civil Service exams, Post Office Savings Bank, Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Gaelic Athletic Association, IRB, Easter Rising, 'Minister of Finance', Civil War, Arthur Griffith, Dubliner, South Africa, United Irishman newspaper, Limerick parish priest, Father Donor, Cathal Brugha. was born Charles William St. John Burgess, Belvedere College, IRA Chief of Staff, Erskine Childers, Haileybury and Trinity College Cambridge, Riddle of the Sands, Most of Ireland a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, ratified, by the English on December 17th and the Irish on January 7th., de Valera, Griffith as President, Sinn Fein seized the Four Courts building in Dublin, Civil War, Music, Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners, 'The Parting Glass' or 'Danny Boy', 'Roddy McCorley', the 'Wearing of the Green', 'The Rising of the Moon', 'Boulavogue', the rising of 1916, the War of Independence, and the subsequent Civil War, Peadar Kearney, Brendan Behan, 'The Soldier's Song', 'The Bold Fenian Men' and 'Erin Go Bragh' (Ireland For Ever).
The Book is called 'The Story of Ireland'. It is available either as a paperback, an ebook, or a much smaller "pocket" sized paper back edition (4.2" x 6.8") for travellers.The printed books can be bought online here.
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