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Where you can find the London addresses that were important to famous Irish people and of people who were important to Ireland.

Archive for the tag “Irish history”

30 Sep 2016

Sam Maguire, more enduring than Sam Allardyce

Sam Maguire, born Mallabracca 1877, died 1927. Sat on the London County Board with Liam MacCarthy. Recruited Michael Collins into the IRB. London Hibernians to their All-Ireland finals at the turn of the century. Worked at Mount Pleasant Post Office, Clerkenwell EC1A 1BB. Best remembered by the All-Ireland senior football trophy, The Sam Maguire Cup.

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Posted in Easter Rising, gaelic football, Ireland, Irish history, sport, Uncategorized and tagged all ireland, croke park, football, gaelic, History, Irish history, liam maccarthy, London, Michael Collins, sam maguire | Leave a comment

15 Dec 2014

Last posting was a saint this one a ‘sinner’

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Katharine O’ Shea (Kitty to her enemies) lived at 112 Tressillian Road SE4. Although born in Essex (1846) to a well connected family, her affair with and subsequent marriage to Charles Stewart Parnell stirred great moral outrage that affected the cause of Home Rule and altered the course of Irish history. A perfect example of not Irish but important to Ireland.

Map of 112 Tressillian Rd, London SE4

Pictures: thanks to Wikmedia Commons and Google

Posted in politics and tagged Charles Stewart Parnell, Essex, essex girl, Gladstone, home rule, Irish history, London, moral indignation, Parnell, politics, scarlet woman | Leave a comment