Daily Archives: September 2, 2013

Seamus Heaney: 13th April 1939 – 30th August 2013

  NewBelfast.com Blog of Belfast’s Lord Mayor, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Follow Máirtín on Twitter and LinkedIn     In the week that we lost our greatest scribe Séamus Heaney, Belfast came together as one family to mourn his passing and celebrate … Continue reading

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Short history of Dublin Lockout from UCC site

A Tenement City There was good reason for discontent in Dublin in 1913. Unskilled workers lived in desperate poverty. Housing conditions were deplorable. Overcrowding was a serious problem, and bred disease and infection. Malnutrition was common. The death rate in … Continue reading

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