#Ulster

THREAD PART 1On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah He was on
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There were 3 Irish sisters: Ériu, Banbha & Fódla. According to 8th C manuscript now lost, they were some of 1st 'people' to set foot in #Ireland before flood! Each
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Thread: The Great Famine/An Gorta Mór 1845-50 1-1.5 million died. 1-2 million emigrated. [estimates vary greatly, especially as whole families died so no one left to tell their story, &
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British/Southern followers will probably have missed all this but the four week semi lockdown in NI (schools and shops are open) was due to end at midnight tonight and the
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#OTD in 1612, the Bishop of Down and Connor, was executed alongside another priest, Patrick O'Loughran. The execution was gruesome and as a statement of state power and legal theatre,
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THREAD PART 1From #NoahsArmy For Those New To His Story On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast
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Why is Pennsylvania so important to American history? 3 main reasons:1) Philly as Quaker/Mid-Atlantic Seaport2) Large-scale non-Anglo immigration and migration point to the West3) Energy resource production and distribution Philly
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Inicio el segundo hilo sobre la revuelta irlandesa de 1593/1594-1603. Recordemos que en la primera parte vimos el inicio de la rebelión encabezada por Hugh O’Neill y el papel que
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@lucyfrazermp replies !Chronology:08 Oct asked for oFPR in “Pillar 2” labs 13 Nov spoke to @lucyfrazermp with slides16 Nov @lucyfrazermp email (other thread)17 Nov asked for the oFPR and FDR
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Social media for slow learnershttps://twitter.com/BBCNewsNI/status/933824909393977344 Oops, I did it again I had a long exchange with this peer of the realm about what he saw as my mistake in thinking
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Time for apple reviews! First up: “Mother,” an heirloom from Boston (1840). Slightly mealy texture but nice, standard apple flavor. I was told to look for “hints of wintergreen and
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A new thread focusing on far-right subcultures and their ostentatious imagery among foreign armed actors involved in #Muslim-majority areas. One of the most notable examples is the so-called #Crusader subculture
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Thread with excerpts from “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century” by Geoffrey Parker Natural & human archives of the past. Former is what can be
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I'm starting a new detailed thread on Irish boys names (girls a separate thread)! As my main resource I'm using my copy of The Book of Irish Names: The Origins
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Following on from this morning's session focusing on #Rural #Retail where I discussed the megatrend of #ShopLocal #ShopLocalIreland, here are some resources that the retail sector of #Sligo and far
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Hello and welcome to a history thread about Belfast, Sydney, & two different Battle(s) of Vinegar Hill It's the story of how one lad from Belfast *may* have wound up
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