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It Happened
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Ronnie McGinn Takes A Look At The Week In Irish History
25 January dance. The new ballroom occu- Spirit” should be heard. and Olivia de Haviland, damental right of the Irish
1910 The annual meeting 1978 Gaeltarra Eireann’s people to choose its own gov-
of the Dublin branch of the pied virtually the entire upper opened at the Regal Room ernment.
Women’s National Anti- new headquarters were offi-
Suffrage League was held in part of the building fronting cially opened in Furbo in Cinema, Dublin. There were 1935 Relics and sou-
Molesworth Hall. The mem- Connemara. The proceedings venirs of 1916 arrived at the
bers deplored their noisy sisters O’Connell Street. were presided over by two shows daily and ticket National Museum where a
and encouraged women 1959 Kylemore Abbey Minister for the Gaeltacht special section was set up. It
opposed to “that dangerous Donnchadha Ó Gallchoir. prices were increased. was disclosed the author of
movement” to join them. 1956 A committee repre- the ballad ‘Who Fears to
1921 About 40 men boarding school in 1980 In the Supreme Speak of Easter Week?’ was a
attempt to capture the police Court, two national school- nun.
barracks at Murroe in northeast Connemara was swept by fire teachers, Francis and Mary senting the townspeople of
Limerick where two sergeants Murphy, won their case on 1941 Three soldiers were
and six constables were sta- and the famous Venetian the taxation of married peo- Belmullet, County Mayo, killed when a mine detonated
tioned. An attempt to blow up ple. at Kilmore Strand, County
the gable end of the station wing, with its priceless ceil- negotiated the purchase of Wexford. They were trying
failed. 1990 John Stalker hands to bring the mine ashore
1939 The Church of Ireland ings, carpets and furniture, in documents to the British their town from its landlord, when it exploded.
Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Home Secretary, David
Gregg, was enthroned was completely ruined, Waddington, which he former British Airforce 1949 Hundreds of tons of
Archbishop of Armagh and claimed proved that there wool were lost as fire
Primate of All-Ireland in though no one was hurt. was a conspiracy to remove Squadron Leader Geoffrey destroyed Ganlys on Ushers
Armagh Cathedral. 1965 him from the inquiry into the Quay, Dublin. Originally the
1944 Clery’s new ballroom Archbishop RUC. Shaen-Carter, for £6,489. townhouse of the Usher fam-
opened with Guiney’s staff 1966 The Department of ily, it became Home’s Hotel
William Conway is one of 27 1997 Unionist politicians in the early-19th century.
expressed opposition to a
new cardinals named by the proposed new commission Agriculture withdrew Dublin 1961 Two Air Corps
that would have the final say pilots and two civilian trainee
Pope. He welcomed the on controversial parades in Corporation’s abattoir license air traffic assistants were
the North. killed when their plane
honor conferred on him. to slaughter beasts for export. crashed two miles from the
1967 Trinity College end of the runway at
The EEC refusesed to accept Shannon Airport.
Dublin’s all-male College cattle or sheep slaughtered as 1972 The Irish Congress
of Trade Unions held a two-
Historical Society abandoned the facilities were not up to day meeting in Dublin to dis-
cuss Ireland's entry into the
its meeting minutes after five standard. EEC.
1974 Four hundred
female students forced their 1974 A memorial was
unveiled near Rossville Flats
way in. The women insisted unionist delegates decided to in Derry to the 13 people
who were killed on Bloody
their views on the topic set up an organization to Sunday
“That a Nation without a identify with Brian Faulkner 1986 The new United
States Ambassador to Ireland,
Language is a Nation without and his Assembly Party. Margaret Heckler, arrived in
1983 Dublin to take up her
Jim Tunney appointment.
resigned from the Committee 1991 The 30-metre cen-
tre span of the East Link
of Inquiry into the bugging Bridge over the Liffey was
lifted to enable the
26 January controversy and speculation Norwegian bulk carrier
Nordic Trader through. It
1907 A large section of continued about the leader- was the biggest ship yet to
pass through the bridge
an audience expressed loud ship of Charles Haughey.
1991 The first aircraft to 1995 An Taoiseach John
dissatisfaction when John Bruton and Sinn Fein leader
avail of facilities promised at Gerry Adams held their first
Millington Synge’s new com- formal discussion. They
Shannon Airport in connec- referred to the slow progress
edy, ‘The Playboy of the being made on framework
tion with the Gulf War document.
Western World’, opened in
arrived. The American plane
the Abbey Theatre.
1911 The first Unionist was afforded tight security.
1998
Club was established in The Ulster
Holywood, County Down. Democratic Party was
Lord Templeton asserted that excluded from the multi-
the men of Ulster would hold party talks in London. Its
on to what their forefathers leader, Gary McMichael, said
received from the Imperial that his party, which had
parliament. links to the outlawed UFF,
1920 Rathmines Catholic still remained committed to
Church in Dublin was peace.
destroyed by fire. The dam-
age was estimated at between 27 January
1902 A large crowd gath-
£30,000 and £34,000. ered on Donegall Quay,
1944 Belfast, as Joe Devlin MP
William T went to London. He would
then leave for America with
Cosgrave officially resigned William Redmond to organ-
ize the United Irish League
from the presidency of Fine there.
1920 The Hierarchy,
Gael at the party's Ard-Fheis meeting at Maynooth with
Cardinal Logue presiding,
in Dublin. Paying tribute to declared that it was the fun-
him, the party pledged to
achieve his ideal of an inde-
pendent, united Ireland.
1945 ‘Gone With the
Statue of James Larkin on O’Connell Street, Dublin. The internationally Wind’, starring Clarke Gable,
known labor leader died aged 72 on Jan. 30 1947. (Oisín Kelly 1977)
Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
