Tugtar Cáin an Óir do Mháel Sechnaill II, Rí Teamhrach, ó Bhaile Átha Cliath

Mael Sechnaill II, King of Tara, receives the Tribute of Gold from Dublin
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Brian Bóramha, Ard Rí na hÉireann, ag tabhairt aithisc os comhair a airm roimh Chath Chluain Tarbh, 1014 A.D.

Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, addresses his army before the Battle of Clontarf, 1014

Tristran agus Iseult

Tristran and Iseult
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_and_Iseult

Pairlí idir Lorcán Ua Tuathail agus Strongbow lasmuigh de Bhaile Átha Cliath, 1170 A.D.

Parley Between St. Laurence O'Toole and Strongbow outside Dublin, 1170 A.D.

Finscéal d'ainm Bhaile Átha Cliath

The legend of the Name of Dublin

Misty morning at St Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra, Co Cork.

One of the most beautiful places in Ireland.

Blarney Castle, built by the earls of Desmond in 1446, Cork.

Home to the famous stone which gives the gift of the gab when kissed.

The old towers in the gardens of Blarney Castle, Co Cork.

The village of Allihies at the tip of the beautiful Beara Peninsula, West Cork.

An Early Bronze Age funerary urn from Carrowntober East, Co. Galway. It dates from c. 2000 BC

Mist rolls in at Drombeg megalithic stone circle in Co Cork

The ruins of an early medieval 12th century round tower at Aghaviller, Kilkenny

Henry Joy McCracken, a leader of the United Irishmen rebellion was hanged in Belfast on this day in 1798

'Freedom is a condition which can be lost and won and lost again; nationality is a life which, if once lost, can never be recovered. A nation is a stubborn thing, very hard to kill; but a dead nation does not come back to life, any more than a dead man.'

Robert Emmet led an armed insurrection against British rule #OnThisDay in 1803 to establish Ireland as an independent Republic.

Proclamation of Independence 1803
https://www.failteromhat.com/declare1803.php

Emmet was 25 years old when he was sentenced to death. Lived a life of meaning in such a short time on earth.