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  1. JAMES CONNOLLY 110th ANNIVERSARY

    In the early hours of May 12th 1916, #JamesConnolly, was taken by stretcher from Dublin Castle to the stonebreakers yard in #Kilmainham Jail, strapped to a wooden chair, and executed by a #BritishArmy firing squad.

    James Connolly was a Marxist, a patriot, an internationalist and the leader of the revolutionary working class in the #EasterRising. His execution was among the blackest crimes of imperialism against #Ireland and the international socialist movement.

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    It was a very gripping read and I totally got drawn into the flow of the lives of the Irish women who did fight to save as many mothers and newborns as they could. - The portrait of the obstetrician and physician Dr. Kathleen Lynn is the true story of a woman with exactly that name that lived beyond the norm, was a key figure in the 1916 Easter Rising and previously was a member of the Irish suffragettes.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen

    #suffragettes #Ireland #EasterRising #KathleenLynn

  3. On this day in 1183 BCE, traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marks the end of the legendary Trojan War. #Troy #TrojanWar

    On this day in 1916, Easter Rising: Irish rebels launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.#Ireland #EasterRising

    On this day in 1967, Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 as its parachute becomes entangled. The first man to die during a space mission. #Soyuz #Space

    #OTD #OnThisDay #OnThisDayInEurope #Europe #History