#Boyne

1689, exciting times in Ireland. 1500 men, English, Scottish and Irish were put ashore 12 miles south of Castletownbere by the French Fleet. Among them John Stevens. Their business -
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OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him,
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To try to get an impression of how old Newgrange is: if we start from today and go back to the heyday of the Babylonian empire of King Nebuchadnezzar -
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“It is time” said the Ulstermen “that Cuchulainn settled down and found a wife”. “We all agree, Cuchulainn, that a wife might make you cop on and not be killing
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This mother-ducker - shall we just dump the fact files now?In general I like to play with me food before I eat it.But the Orange Hate Goblin’s vacuous lies have
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The opening days of deer hunting season are one of my favorite childhood memories. Our whole Tamil Brahmin subcaste would gather around across multiple generations and shoot a 12-point buck.Whether
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Thread: Today is Imbolc, which celebrates the first day of Spring in Ireland. It is an ancient Celtic feast & is marked as St Bridget’s Day, it’s Christian re-incarnation. In
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Since there's a debate about whether the Boogaloo can be an ally to the Black Lives Matter movement, lets take a look at one of the Boogers who came to
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Thread: Today on the Winter Solstice, one of the oldest traditions on the planet is played out at Newgrange, Ireland. Newgrange is older than the Pyramids & Stonehenge & was
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New Book Thread! Now reading: The Pre Hostory of Britain and Ireland 2nd edition. Despite being far from the known Tin mines, the highest density of Bronze weapons and tools
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Book 1 of 2020The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson - very funny, very cute, the author's knowledge about international politics is so amazing. The writing
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