... No Easter Rising for Drogheda United ! THERE was no Easter rising for Drogheda United over the weekend and they remain firmly rooted at the bottom of Div 1 of the Eircom League following 75 minutes John Frost made it 3-0 and Alan Moroney completed the ...

... commemoration of the Easter Rising gathered a larger than usual crowd to the Marsh Road, where two Drogheda men Tomas Halpin and John Moran were killed in February 1921. The march marked the 88th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Mr Dwyer also took ...

... in Julianstown, said an exhibition in Drogheda is distinct possibility. Next year will be the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Stanley documents are sure to be in demand. Special exhibitions will be held throughout the country but ...

... times up to the present troubles, and there are references to Newgrange, early Christianity, the Hill of Slane, the 1916 Easter Rising, Cromwell, and the Battle of the Boyne. In the South, they viewed some of these historical sites, and were also brought ...

... show will feature as part of the lecture, showing people and events of the period which covers the First World War, the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. There will be a voluntary charge at the door and all are welcome. Competition ...

... southern Irish people among Northern Unionists. The focus of activities for the day was a series of four lectures about the Easter Rising of 1916 from differing perspectives. The idea was to allow people from both sides of the divide to listen to and try to ...

... and the standard of facilities on offer. Munster chairs Easter Parade SINN Fein Councillor Imelda Munster will chair this year's commemoration to mark the 89th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising at the Halpin/Moran Monument on the Marsh Road. Simi Fein ...

... of the 1916 Easter Rising and with just over a decade to the 100th anniversary there is a growing debate about Irish unity and independence and the type of Irish society that we, as a people, want to create.' said elk Munster. The Easter parade in Drogheda ...

... P.P, St.. Peter's and was rewarded with half a crown. on; Easter Monday 1916 her father Hugh Balfe' travelled to Dublin to watch a football match; oblivious to the fact that the Easter Rising was. about to take place. It took him three days to get; back ...

... Easter Sunday marches are recalled in Green display BY JOANNE LITTLE WITH the anniversary of the Easter Rising approaching, the Green Man barber shop on Peter Street is showing a display of past Easter Commemoration parades in Drogheda. Not long ago on ...

... Bridie by her side she slipped away 'like a little bird'. Born on March 5, 1900, Nan witnessed two World Wars, the Easter Rising, the rise and fall of world communism and every historic event the twentieth century threw at the world. As the times around ...

... insight into the characters and influences surrounding the play, written about the lives of ordinary people during the Easter Rising of 1916. The parents who attended also took part in their own pre-show workshop. For the show itself, the group's numbers ...