Gaza and the moon make biennial most-endangered list
The biennial list is intended to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.
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The Capuchin Priests in the Irish Rebellion
IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell traces the role of Capuchin Priests up to and during Ireland's Rebellion of 1916.
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Jimmy Carter was the first US President to formally speak about Northern Ireland
US President Jimmy Carter has been credited with "laying the groundwork" for the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.
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The Troubles to be taught in Irish schools for first time as part of Leaving Cert history
Over 3,000 people lost their lives during the 30 year conflict in Northern Ireland between Nationalists and Unionists which ...
Irish America12d
Carter and Thatcher Clashed on N.I.
We look back to 1979 when Carter was at the heart of a decision to ban U.S. arms shipments to the hated Royal Ulster ...
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State papers: IRA and Sinn Féin leaders were ‘paralysed’ by 2003 Stakeknife revelations
The emergence of reports in 2003 about a high-level British secret agent in the IRA, known as Stakeknife, left republican leaders in Northern Ireland “paralysed and damaged”, according to ...
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Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told
The former chief justice of Northern Ireland, Mr Justice Robert Lowry, who presided over scores of non-jury trials of republicans during the Troubles, “dislikes Jews as much as he dislikes ...
The Daily Telegraph20d
Commander of British troops in NI called Blair’s government ‘cynical’ over Bloody Sunday inquiry, papers reveal
He was a former officer in the Parachute Regiment who had served in Northern Ireland, but was not in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday. He had also been caught in an explosion during the Troubles in ...
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Two women and a man arrested in Northern Ireland murder investigation
A murder investigation has been launched after a 50-year-old man died on Boxing Day in Northern Ireland, police have said. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said they received a report of a ...
The Irish Times20d
State Papers: What we learned, from details of Boris Yeltsin’s Shannon no-show to Ireland’s lost moon rock
The hierarchy was in turmoil. In Northern Ireland, as well as Dublin, London and an increasingly interested Washington DC, it was the year of the ceasefire. Negotiations and false starts marked ...
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Man dies after Christmas Eve crash in sixth tragedy on NI roads in six days
It is the sixth fatality on Northern Ireland’s roads in as many days. Three men died in separate accidents in Co Tyrone. A young woman died in Co Fermanagh, while a pensioner was killed in Co ...
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IRA murder of Jean McConville ‘very regrettable’, says Gerry Adams after Say Nothing drama shone spotlight on Troubles killing
The former Sinn Fein president made the comments in a letter hitting back at a newspaper opinion piece which he said was “based on a Walt Disney version” of the Troubles. His remarks, in ...