And here was I thinking that O'Connell's campaign for repeal of the union was a total failure and that independence was only finally achieved after two and a half years of guerilla warfare! rte.ie/news/2025/0806… trí RTÉ

Of course, it must be acknowledged that O'Connell's thinking has continued to evolve since his death. In 2016, for example, he surprised many by associating himself with the 1916 rising:

Memorial ceremony at the site of the Kilmichael ambush. WATCH: RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1970 rte.ie/b/1525182

#OTD , 9 August 1971, Internment is introduced in Northern Ireland. Unionist NI govt persuaded UK govt to use British Army to enforce internment in belief that it would crush burgeoning republican insurgency. It had the opposite effect. theirishstory.com/2012/08/10/tod…

Truly remarkable story about the Siege of Derry and geopolitical events and personalities. Mr Books has a particular interest in this time as his forefathers were Huguenots who fled to Ireland to avoid religious persecution of Protestants in France.

Aug 1690. The army of King William arrives in Limerick. This, the beginning of the 1st Siege of Limerick during the war. The Williamites try to take Limerick by storm but are driven off & they are forced to retire to their winter quarters En Garde Franco Irish Historical Society

Belfast Books Have you been down to the main Huguenot cemetery on Stephen’s Green in Dublin, or the Cabbage Garden. I did research for the city council podcast on them. Worth a look. abartaheritage.ie/cabbage-garden… abartaheritage.ie/huguenot-cemet…

#onthisday over 60 men will start a hunger strike in the Cork men’s prison. Many will be deported to English jails to break moral, but 11 men will continue in Cork. It will last 94, and see the deaths of two men. Image courtesy of the NLI

The Hunger strike & General strike of 1920. Irish Republicans copied tactic of hunger strike from women’s suffragists. In April 1920 they demanded status of political prisoners. A general strike was called by labour demanding release of all prisoners theirishstory.com/2020/04/13/the…