The island of Grosse Île lies 30 miles downstream of Quebec City in the St. Lawrence River. Once a quarantine station for ships bringing immigrants to the Canadas from Europe, mid-nineteenth-century outbreaks of cholera and typhus led to several thousand Irish deaths aboard ships in quarantine and on Grosse Île itself. This trauma has lived…

History of Ireland

01.06.2024

#OTD in Irish History | 31 May:

1430 – Charges are made against Thomas Foster, Archdeacon of Glendalough, that he has sold the lands of the dignity, has kept concubines, has had offspring, is ignorant of letters and does not know the language of the country: if they are true, he is to be deprived on this date. 1744 – Birth of…

History of Ireland

01.06.2024

#OTD in 1948 – Death of Lily O’Brennan, sister-in-law of Eamonn Ceannt. She was one of Cumann na mBan members who joined the garrison at Marrowbone Lane on Easter Sunday.

Lily O’Brennan, sister of Áine Ceannt, was born in Dublin in 1878. She was a writer and playwright and joined Cumann na mBan upon its inception; she was a member of the Inghinidhe Branch. During the Rising she served with the Marrowbone Lane garrison. She was arrested and held in Kilmainham Gaol and was released…

History of Ireland

02.06.2024

#OTD in Irish History | 1 June (Meitheamh):

1762 – Birth in Callan, Co Kilkenny of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, educator, philanthropist, and the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers’ Order. 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Bunclody. 1850 – US Census conducted on this day indicates that almost four million of the total population are ethnic Irish. Almost one million were…

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#OTD in 1848 – At Grosse Île, Canada, 40 immigrant vessels wait to unload.

#OTD in Irish History | 31 May:

#OTD in 1948 – Death of Lily O’Brennan, sister-in-law of Eamonn Ceannt. She was one of Cumann na mBan members who joined the garrison at Marrowbone Lane on Easter Sunday.

#OTD in Irish History | 1 June (Meitheamh):

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