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It's war . . . Boyne and Somme battlelines drawn

... tomorrow to debate the significance of the Battle of the Boyne and the Somme. The Battle of the Boyne took place just outside Drogheda on Tuesday Ist July 1690 (old style calendar) while the Battle of the Somme began on Saturday Ist July ...

Published: Friday 30 June 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 173 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

SIDE LINE

... SIDE LINE STUPIDLY, we believed them. They promised us the Battle of the Somme, albeit transferred to the RDS or Castlebar. They promised us a fingernail-destroying epic. They promised us a battered Bertie or a bruised Enda staggering onto our television ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 2007
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

FALL OF ANOTHER TOWN

... FALL OF ANOTHER TOWN A thunderstorm interrupted the progress of the great battle on the Somme, whence only local engagements are reported. During the night heavy fighting took place at La Boiselle, south of which the enemy recaptured a small portion of ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FINEST QUALITY MADE

... SPECIAL PERFORMANCE SATURDAY MORNING, 11.30 FULL BAND of the ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS WILL COMMENCE PLAYING AT 11.0 and 2.0• BATTLE OF THE SOMME, UP. CIR., 6d.; PARTERRE, ls.; DRESS CIR., 2s. (Tax Extra). Doors Open at 10.45 and 1.45. CATHOLIC NOTICES. REV. MYLES ...

Published: Friday 15 September 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

1900 to inbepeobence

... of the Irish Republic is read by Padraig Pearse. The Rising is defeated and it's Leaders executed. 1916: Ist July: Battle of the Somme begins on the Western Front. Many Irish (both Unionist and Nationalist) lose their lives. 1917: Eamon De Valera elected ...

Published: Monday 16 October 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 155 | Page: 72 | Tags: none

7,),E1 11, Ti \

... £14.95 Stg. LYN MACDONALD established an enviable reputation for her book on the battle of the Somme. It will be enhanced by 1914. Her particular skill lies in giving battles a human face, with the help of first-hand liccounts taken from diaries, letters ...

Published: Saturday 19 December 1987
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 162 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

RIM S. IR WZDGWIIIOI DEAD,

... Rule campaign. Deceased's widow, who survives him, was Miss aliott, of Ballinasloe- P.o of their four sons fell at the Battle of the Somme. ...

Published: Thursday 23 August 1917
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MILITANT INTELLIGENCE

... LIEUT. W. E. M'CARTER, Inniekilling Fus., reported wounded second time, having previously been seriously wounded in the battle of the Somme, .1910. is son of Mr. R. M'CArttr, Bally %wink DM/ EDITORIAL TELEPHONE, Ne._l9l. ; 4 1 ...

Published: Wednesday 05 September 1917
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 128 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

1900 to intwepoence

... of the Irish Republic is read by Padraig Pearse. The Rising is defeated and it's Leaders executed. 1916: Ist July: Battle of the Somme begins on the Western Front. Many Irish (both Unionist and Nationalist) lose their lives. 1917: Eamon De Valera elected ...

Published: Monday 16 October 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 71 | Tags: none

THE BOY ON THE FRONT PAGE

... THE BOY ON THE FRONT PAGE •like most of the generation of young men who lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme, Irish-born Private Thomas Joyce arrived at the trenches with little knowledge of the outside world. A fresh-faced boy who served in the ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 56 | Tags: none

EMPIRE THEATRE

... Juniors. THE TWO FLORIMONDS. ROTUNDA PICTURES. MONDAY. TUESDAY. AND WEDNESDAY ONLY The Origitial Official Pictures of the BATTLE OF THE SOMME. BOOK SEATS NOW. CONTENT - 01:9 PERFORMANCE, 2 TILL 10..30. PRICES-4d.. 'd.. 11d.. and Zd. T O-D A Y, 3.30 P.M. MISS ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1916
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Orangemen seek review of march ban

... week seek a review of the Parades Commission's refusal to allow them to walk down the Garvaghy Road to commemorate the Battle of the Somme. David Jones, a local Orange Order leader, claimed yesterday that the refusal, in spite of the objections of the local ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 2002
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 15 | Tags: none