History of John Street, Part 2

History of John Street, Part 2 taken from Ardee Facebook page - by Kevin McKenny. The rebuilding of this church constituted one of the first acts of the Catholic faithful ...

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History of John Street, Part 1

John Street's history, Part 1, taken from Ardee's Facebook page, by Kevin McKenny. "The ground upon which the monastery was built and on which, as the years passed, the ...

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Bloody Sunday 1920 in Croke Park

Bloody Sunday 1920 taken from the42.ie. HE MORNING of 21 November 1920, fourteen men lay dead across Dublin city after a synchronized IRA attack designed to cripple British intelligence ...

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Part 3: Aftermath and the later account by Delia Spillane

Part 3: Final part of the murders of Tierney and O'Carroll taken from Ardee Facebook page - Kevin McKenny. The first two persons to come on the scene were ...

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Part 2: Witnesses to the murders of Tierney and O’Carroll

Part 2: Taken from Ardee Facebook page - Kevin McKenny. The second witness to give evidence to this court was John Tierney who was Patrick’s father. He stated that; ...

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Erection of Memorial Statue, Sept 1955 (Part 1)

Part 1: Taken from Ardee Facebook page, Kevin McKenny Since the mid -1950s, on the last Sunday in November, a large crowd, accompanied by a Colour Party, gathers at ...

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1837: Ardee by Samual Lewis

Ardee, an incorporated market and post-town, and a parish, in the barony of Ardee, County of Louth, and province of Leinster, 10 miles (SW by W) from Dundalk, and 34 ...

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Taaffe Family Name

The Taaffe family came from nearby Smarmore Castle, having arrived from Wales in the early 1300s. Successive generations of Taaffes continued to make Smarmore Castle their main residence in Ireland ...

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