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26: Armistice

26: Armistice

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Tom Collins

The Irish poet Francis Ledwidge was an Irish nationalist and a British soldier who died fighting against the Kaiser, Willhelm II, at Ypres in the battle of Passchendale in 1917

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Friends in common troubles: lessons of the Somme

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Tom Collins

For too long we have been trapped by history, Martin McGuinness's visit to the Somme represents an opportunity to be liberated by it; to reach an understanding of the enormity of the Somme and its impact on the lives…

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A nation once again: Easter and the 1916 Rising

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Tom Collins

History is full of what ifs ... but we only have the history we have. Brutal, messy, contradictory history. A history where fact and fiction are intertwined, and where the heart can often rule the head.

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Is Ireland still fighting its own 100 years war?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Tom Collins

The Easter Rising exploited that familiar Irish republican political observation: England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity. With all its resources focused on the battle against Germany in France, England was certainly in difficulty in 1916.

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Rebels without applause: unionism and 1916

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Tom Collins

Stonebreakers’ yard in Kilmainham Gaol where the Easter Rising leaders were executed It’s been some time since I read the “Proclamation of the Irish Republic to the People of Ireland”. When I was a boarder at St Colman’s College…

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