Category Archives: History

Battle at Oldbridge

On the slopes of Tullyallen at a bend in the River Boyne
Thirty thousand true and loyal men with William did conjoin
To face and fight rebellious might, no thoughts that they might die
They stood as one with pike and gun on the Eleventh of July.

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Where were you on Bloody Friday?

In light of the recent 40^th anniversary of the Bloody Friday bombings in Belfast we ask some people what their recollections of that day were.  Many loyalists have stated that this particular set of incidents was a catalyst in why they took up arms in response to IRA violence.  What do you remember of that day and how—if at all—did it impact upon you in terms of a reaction.  How do you feel about it forty years on?

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IN June 1935, a Dublin Board of Works employee was among a group working at part of the Dublin GPO (General Post Office), the men having been assigned to remove presses from the cellar of the GPO Customs Parcels Section, located at 10 Parnell Square.

When several presses were removed however, some mortar appeared insecure, and when touched, collapsed. Upon further investigation the employee realised he had uncovered a large cavity several feet long. Within it, in perfectly dry conditions, lay a massive arms cache. He had discovered over 90 rifles and over 2000 rounds of ammunition.

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