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Ronnie McGinn Takes A Look At The Week In Irish History
8 March 1985 The High Court in system. There were demon- 20 political prisoners from 11 March
1903 Charles Gavan Duffy Dublin rejected an appeal by 1902 Nationalist MPs
was laid to rest in Glasnevin schoolteacher Eileen Flynn strations in Galway, Limerick Arbour Hill, one from wanted the House of
Cemetery. He was buried close against her dismissal from the Commons to consider the par-
to the last resting places of John Holy Faith School in New and Dublin. Mountjoy and two from tisan nature of remarks by
Blake Dillon and others who Ross. 1981 Judge O’Connor Morris to the
took a leading part in the 1848 Bernadette Portlaoise Jail. grand jury at Sligo. TW Russell
rising. 1987 Irish athletes Frank 1934 The National Athletic deplored the judge’s use of the
1913 The Council of the O’Mara and Paul Donovan McAliskey, in her first news Bench for “the perpetration of
Royal Zoological Society took gold and silver in the his antiquated and pestilential
allayed fears that it intended to men’s 3,000 metres at the conference since the assassina- and Cycling Association’s deci- ideas on Irish land policy.â€
introduce the American grey World Championships in 1926 President de Valera
squirrel into the Phoenix Park, Indianapolis. tion attempt against her, says sion to forbid women from tak- told the resumed Sinn Fein Ard-
saying it was not its intention to Fheis that, as the previous day’s
damage the native Irish flora 1997 Swiss guards hon- that a military patrol at her ing part in events and meetings decisions regarding his policy
and fauna. oured President Mary had not pronounced on the
1926 The Waterford Robinson as she arrived at the house failed to prevent the evoked much protest. Dr John question of the principle
Chamber of Commerce criti- Vatican for a private meeting involved, he would take this as
cised the high rate of taxation with Pope John Paul II. attack even though they were Charles McQuaid, President of a vote against his policy and
and called for stern retrench- resign accordingly.
ment. A motion was passed ask- 9 March close enough to arrest the gun- Blackrock College, said that no 1948 Fire broke out at
ing the government to under- 1914 Prime Minister Shannon Airport causing the
take the construction and main- Asquith proposed to settle the men afterwards. boy from his college would control tower to crash through
tenance of roads. Ulster difficulty by giving each 1985 There are renewed the roof of an adjoining build-
1932 Members of the new of the counties the right to poll compete at any meeting in ing. All staff were safely evacu-
Fianna Fail government met themselves out of the Home ated and no aircraft were dam-
with Labour deputies for dis- Rule scheme for a period of six attacks on old people in remote which women take part. aged.
cussions on unemployment, years. They must come in then 1944 The government 1959 The last 12 political
housing, the Oath, pensions, unless parliament determined rural areas. The most vicious internees from the 1950s cam-
flour milling and other matters. otherwise. paign were freed from the
1941 Dr O’Beirne, County 1925 The Royal Hibernian was near Murrisk, County rejected a request from the Curragh Camp, County
Medical Officer in Galway, said Military School in the Phoenix Kildare. They believed their
the typhus outbreak in the Park, now an army barracks, Mayo, where an elderly United States that German and release was connected with the
Carna district, the source of was damaged by fire though presidential election to be held
which was traced to one house, this was confined to the roof. women's hand was burned in Japanese representatives should in June and Gerry Lawless’s
was under control twenty- The Dublin fire brigade quickly appeal to the Commission on
three cases had been removed brought the outbreak under an open fire to force her and be recalled. America alleged Human Rights in Strasbourg.
to hospital, though there were control. 1974 Englishmen Kenneth
no deaths. 1947 Eamon de Valera her brother to reveal where that Ireland’s neutrality was and Keith Littlejohn escaped
1951 An anonymous pam- urged farmers to sow every from Mountjoy Jail, though
phlet, entitled “The Mother and available acre with wheat as their money was hidden. The operating in favour of the Axis Keith was captured minutes
Child Scheme†and attacking Irish people had to depend on later. At his trial for bank rob-
the medical profession, was dis- home-grown produce. “The robbers then set fire to the Powers. bery, Kenneth claimed he was
tributed in Galway. Doctors ending of the war does not end 1968 working for the British intelli-
appealed to the Minister for the economic dangers,†he said. house. Minister for gence services.
Justice to deal with the crimi- 1951 Minister for External 1993 The Chief Executive 1975 Two new Fianna Fail
nals responsible. Affairs Sean MacBride told the Education Donogh O’Malley deputies for Galway constituen-
1966 Nelson’s Pillar in Clover Club in Boston that, cies arrived at Leinster House.
O’Connell Street, Dublin, was were it not for partition, Ireland of the Goodman Group, Larry collapsed and died while cam- Opposition leader Jack Lynch
blown up. Nelson’s head lay on would be in the Atlantic Pact. welcomed Maire Geoghegan
the ground, his column He believed the unification of Goodman, began giving evi- paigning in County Clare. An Quinn and Michael Kitt.
reduced to a stump and win- Ireland would occur in his life- 1987 Former Taoiseach Dr
dows everywhere were shat- time. dence to the Beef Tribunal. He Taoiseach Jack Lynch paid trib- Garret FitzGerald resigned the
tered. 1967 The Minister for leadership of the Fine Gael
1976. Irish bishops, gather- Education, Donogh O’Malley, believed his company had ute to him and mourned his Party, which he had held for 10
ing at Maynooth, discussed the thanked Cardinal Conway for years. The announcement took
support of pregnant girls, who welcoming his proposals for become the object of vilifica- untimely passing. colleagues and commentators
may have been tempted to free post-primary education. 1976 The trial of those by surprise.
have abortions, and the prepa- His endorsement was a major tion due to politicians, would- 1990 Dublin’s West Link
rations for the introduction of a boost to the scheme. Toll Bridge was officially
new Rite of Penance. 1979 PAYE workers be competitors and some jour- responsible for the kidnap of Dr opened by An Taoiseach
around the country took to the
streets to protest against the tax nalists working against it. Tiede Herrema, in October
1998 The British govern-
1975, came to an end. There
ment decided not to extradite was uproar in court after sen-
Roisin McAliskey to Germany. tences totalling over 50 years
Home Secretary Jack Straw said were imposed. Eddie Gallagher
that the decision was made on was sentenced to 20 years and
medical grounds. Marion Coyle to 10.
1988 Children saved turf to
10 March help raise funds for the
1912 Six men were
wounded in a shooting incident Moylough school band, from
after a hurling match in Gort,
County Galway. The incident County Sligo, which had been
was said to be part of a dispute
in Gaelic circles in the county invited to New York for the St
and has nothing to do with land
disputes. Patrick’s Day parade. The
1925 Northern Prime
Minister James Craig Grand Marshall was Bill Burke
announced the impending dis-
solution of parliament. He said from Tubbercurry.
that the people would go to the 1993 The GAA got plan-
country on what was the
lifeblood of their existence - the ning permission for the total
question of what was going to
happen when the Boundary redevelopment of Croke Park
Commission reported.
1932 One of the first over the 15 years at a cost of
actions of the new Fianna Fail
government was the release of over £110 million, a decision
that horrified some local resi-
dents.
1999 Deputy Beverly
Cooper-Flynn challenged a Dail
motion asking Mr Justice Flood
whether her father, Padraig
Flynn, was free to make a state-
ment about the allegation that
he received £50,000 from prop-
erty developer Tom Gilmartin.
