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94 unusual facts about Dublin


1663 in Ireland

Katherine Philips' translation of Pierre Corneille's Pompée is successfully produced at the Theatre Royal, Dublin (Smock Alley Theatre), the first English language play written by a woman to be performed on the professional stage.

A Quiet Day in Belfast

The film was based on a play by Andrew Dalrymple and was filmed in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.

Aleksandr Rodzyanko

His brother Paul Rodyzinako became an instructor at the Irish cavalry school in Dublin and later emigrating to America.

Alexander McNeill

McNeill was educated Wimbledon, Surrey, England and at Trinity College, Dublin.

Allison Balson

She graduated valedictorian from her high school and went on to receive a Bachelor's Degree from Princeton University and a Master's Degree from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Ambrose Bury

He was educated at the Liverpool Institute, the Royal School in Raphoe, Dublin High School, Trinity College, and the King's Inn in Dublin, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1890 and a Master of Arts in 1893.

Arthur Ducat

Ducat was an immigrant from County Dublin, Ireland, where he was born in Kingstown on February 24, 1830.

Avoca Hockey Club

Avoca Hockey Club (Cumann Haca Abhóca in Irish) is a hockey club based in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.

Baron Rosmead

Bryan Robinson, great-grandfather of the first Baron, was Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin.

Ben Schiffer

Schiffer read English and History at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a First-Class Honours B.A. in 2006.

Between the Canals

The film follows three small-time criminals as they pinball their way about Dublin on a boozy Saint Patrick's Day.

Billy Whelan

The campaign to have the bridge renamed was initiated and organised by members of the Cabra, GAA club, Naomh Fionbarra (gaelic spelling) (St. Finbarr's) and sanctioned by Dublin City Council in early 2006.

On 8 December 2006 the railway bridge on Fassaugh Road/Dowth Avenue junction in Cabra, Dublin 7 close to Dalymount Park was renamed in his honour.

Brandon Anderson

Anderson attended Pulaski County High School in Dublin, Virginia.

Cairo Gang

However, the IRA Intelligence Department (IRAID) was one step ahead of them and was receiving information from numerous well-placed sources, including Lily Merin, who was the confidential code clerk for British Army Intelligence Centre in Parkgate Street, and Sergeant Jerry Mannix, stationed in Donnybrook.

Chantal McCorkle

After being transferred from FCI Dublin in California, as of July 2009 she was an inmate at FMC Carswell (Fort Worth, Texas) in the United States with an expected prison sentence expiry date of 7 July 2014.

Charles Hepworth Holland

Charles Hepworth Holland is a British geologist, Emeritus Fellow and former Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College, Dublin.

Clement Robertson

The family was from Ireland and Clement grew up in Delgany, although he went to school at Haileybury before attending Trinity College, Dublin.

Clofazimine

Clofazimine, initially known as B663, was first synthesised in 1954 by a team with the scientists J.G. Belton, M.L. Conalty, Seán O'Sullivan and Dermot Twomey led by Dr Vincent Barry, from Sunday's Well in Cork at Trinity College, Dublin as an anti-tuberculosis drug.

Clyde Lamb

At the age of 53, he died of pancreatic disease in Dublin, Ireland on July 8, 1966, and was cremated at the Belfast Crematorium in Northern Ireland on August 12, 1966.

Collegiate School Celbridge

The building is of Georgian architecture and its most characteristic feature is the triple gates.It was designed by architect Thomas Burgh who also built the Royal Barracks and famous library building at Trinity College both in Dublin on fifty acres of land to accommodate forty female who were to be "lodged, clothed and dieted" there.

Colm Ó Foghlú

More recently, he was Musical Director for Riverdance at the Gaiety Theatre and in 2006 wrote and directed a modernised dramatisation of the great Irish mythological epic Táin Bó Cuailgne.

Cut Your Heart off from Your Head

Cut Your Heart Off From Your Head is the second album from Dublin-based instrumental band The Redneck Manifesto.

Dan Breen

Another incident occurred in Dublin when he shot his way out through a British military cordon in the northern suburb of Drumcondra (Fernside) in which he and volunteer Seán Treacy escaped only for Treacy to be killed soon after.

Dawson Street

Saint Ann's Church is found on the eastern side and the Mansion House near the south end.

Dermot Mannion

He went on to Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies in 1979.

Donnybrook Cemetery

Donnybrook Cemetery is located close to the river Dodder in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland.

Dorset Street

Dorset Street, Dublin, an important thoroughfare on the northside of Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Cathedral

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the Church of Ireland national cathedral in Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Maryland

In old records reference is made of the Mt. Ararat Lodge of Masons, Maryland, which moved its meeting place in 1809 from a tavern in Delta, Pennsylvania to George McCausland's tavern in Dublin.

Dublin, New Hampshire

In 1771, Governor John Wentworth incorporated the town, naming it after Strongman's birthplace: Dublin, Ireland.

Dublin, North Carolina

Dublin is located on North Carolina Highway 87 and is known as the "Peanut Capital of North Carolina."

Dublin, Ohio

Although its earliest settlements date back to 1802, the village that came to be known as Dublin didn't begin to take shape until the arrival of the Sells family of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

Dublin, Texas

American jurist and 1924 Texas Republican gubernatorial nominee George C. Butte married and resided in Dublin for several years and is interred there at Live Oak Cemetery.

Dublin is the site of the January 2008 UFO sightings as featured on various national media networks and has been featured on the History Channel's UFO Hunters Episode 110.

Dublin's Q102

The "take over" involved a defacement of Lite 102.2's website and the constant playing of Mah Nà Mah Nà during the transition period.

Edward Bolton

In 1637 he was granted the estate of Lissenhall near Dublin; he also acquired the manor of Bective, County Meath.

Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne

After Dunne graduated from high school in 1871, he was sent to Ireland to attend Trinity College in Dublin.

Edward Parrott

He was educated at St. Paul's College, Cheltenham and then became an elementary schoolteacher, studying for a MA degree at Trinity College, Dublin at the same time.

Edward Veel

Between those graduation dates, he was elected fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and was promoted to a senior fellowship before 24 November 1656.

GAA 125

Events were launched at Croke Park, Dublin, with the opening match of the National Football League 2009 between Dublin and Tyrone on 31 January 2009.

Gary Clark

Clark attended and played high school football at Pulaski County High School in Dublin, Virginia.

Glenmalure

Shamrock Rovers' former football stadium in Milltown, Dublin, was named Glenmalure Park in the 1930s by the then owners, the Cunninghams, who had family connections with Glenmalure.

Grace Gifford

Grace Gifford Plunkett died suddenly, and alone, on 13 December 1955 in an apartment in South Richmond Street.

Hedgehunter

Hedgehunter was born in January 1996 on the Tully Hill Stud in Dublin.

Hugh O'Conor

O'Conor studied at Trinity College in Dublin, and received a scholarship to attend the NYU Film School.

Hugh Vincent

This was not an unusual occurrence for the time, and Wales turned to Trinity College, Dublin to supply a stand-in from the university's rugby team.

I Am Brazil

I Am Brazil is the third album from Dublin-based instrumental band The Redneck Manifesto.

In the Wet

The graduates of the National University of Ireland and of Trinity College are still represented in the upper house of Ireland's parliament.

Irish Destiny

Irish Destiny is the first fiction film that deals with the Irish War of Independence, and the first and only film written and produced by Isaac (Jack) Eppel, a Dublin GP and pharmacist who also enjoyed a career as theater impresario and cinema owner.

Jasper, Missouri

Jasper has been known as Coon Creek settlement, and as Midway (a name that at times included the Dublin community just across the Barton County line) for its position between county-seats Carthage and Lamar, but in the late 19th century it was renamed Jasper to reuse the postal equipment of a previous Jasper that existed southeast of Carthage.

Lady Jaye

She is a Bryn Mawr graduate, and also did graduate work in Trinity College in Dublin, before graduating from intelligence school at Fort Holabird.

Lancelot Robinson

His only first-class appearance came in 1934, against Ireland at College Park, Dublin.

Leon Best

Best qualifies to play for the Republic of Ireland through his mother, who is from Bluebell, Dublin.

Lily Castel

It was a race against time for the pair, not least when they arrived in Dublin to find that the stage layout at the Gaiety Theatre was unsuitable for the routine they had rehearsed.

Louis O. Coxe

Coxe then moved to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1956, where he remained (except for brief appointments at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, and the University of Aix-Marseilles, France) as head of the English department until his death in 1993 after 11 years suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Marjorie Grene

Ruth Grene, a professor of plant physiology at Virginia Tech, and Nicholas Grene, Professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin.

Maryfield College

Maryfield College is a voluntary secondary school for girls within the free secondary education system, situated in the Drumcondra/Whitehall area.

Maxwell Henry Close

He was educated at Weymouth and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1846; and two years later he entered holy orders.

MBeTravel

Following a process of expansion and internationalization, during 2007, two subsidiary offices will be opened in Dublin, Ireland and in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Movies@

Other sites include the Pavilions Centre, Swords (11 screens) which opened in mid November 2006, and Gorey, Co.

MS Stena Nautica

In 1992, she was chartered to B&I Line for use on their Irish Sea services and was renamed MS Isle Of Innisfree; Initially she served Pembroke Dock - Rosslare and later Holyhead - Dublin.

National Road Yard Sale

Started in 2003 by Patricia McDaniel, the owner of The Old Storefront Antiques on Route 40 in Dublin, Indiana, the National Road Yard Sale offers a unique opportunity to not only travel down a road that is over 200 years old, but also to get a taste of the unique communities along the way.

Newgate Prison, Dublin

It was relocated to 'Little Green', present-day St. Michan's Park near Smithfield, and officially retained the old name.

Nicholas Best

He grew up in Kenya and was educated there, at King's School, Canterbury and at Trinity College, Dublin.

O'Shea and Whelan

The O'Sheas initially achieved notability for their floral carvings and grotesqueries on buildings in Dublin, in particular at Trinity College and at the Kildare Street Club, including the famous window piece showing the club members as monkeys playing billiards.

One for the Man Over There

The Tides won the 2006 ATL's Rock School event, and after headed off to Windmill Lane in Dublin to record their new album.

Pat Dunne

He left Milltown to join Manchester United in May 1964 for a fee of £10,500, winning a league title medal in his first season.

Dunne played in Dublin with Stella Maris Football Club, a club that competes in the Dublin and District Schoolboys League, in Drumcondra before playing in England for Everton.

Patrick McKeown

In 1997, shortly after graduating from Trinity College in Dublin with a Master Degree in Economics, Political Science and Social Studies, came across a publication in The Irish Independent, which was describing experimental breathing technique discovered in Russia by a Moscow physiologist Konstantin Buteyko.

Philip Crosthwaite

In 1843 he returned to Ireland to complete his education, and entered Trinity College, Dublin.

Quinnipiac University School of Law

Other learning opportunities include summer study at Trinity College, Dublin in Dublin, Ireland and other opportunities to study abroad.

Rachel Burden

After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, Burden began her radio career as a reporter at BBC Radio Suffolk later she joined Radio Bristol, where she co-hosted the early morning breakfast show, working alongside Nigel Dando, the brother of the murdered presenter Jill Dando.

Redlands East Valley High School

Groups have performed and competed at places including San Diego, Las Vegas, Sydney, London, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dublin, and Long Beach.

Robert George Spencer Hudson

He retired from Iraq Petroleum Company in 1958, and became an Iveagh Research Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin in 1960.

Ronald Bird

All of his four remaining first-class matches were for MCC: two at Lord's (against Gloucestershire in June 1955 and against Cambridge University a year later) and two at Dublin in September 1956 and September 1958, both against Ireland.

Ruth Gilligan

Gilligan's father is an accountant and her mother a speech therapist, her brother David is ten years her senior, and the family live in Blackrock.

Ruth Grier

Before leaving Dublin she obtained a degree in public administration at Trinity College.

Slim Willet

Slim Willet (Winston Lee Moore, December 1, 1919, Dublin, Texas – July 1, 1966) was an American disc jockey, musician, and songwriter.

Some Kind of Kick

Some kind of kick is the debut album from Dublin rock band The Things, released in 2008.

St. Fintan's High School

Fintans High School is a boys secondary school, which is located in the suburb of Sutton in Fingal County, Ireland.

Thomas Bateson

He is said to have been organist of Chester Cathedral in 1599, and is believed to have been the first musical graduate of Trinity College, Dublin.

Thomond deeds

The Thomond deeds are Irish deeds relating to lands and property in Thomond, County Clare, preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

Tommaso Giordani

His last opera, The Cottage, Festival, was produced at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, 28 Nov., 1796.

Tommy Eglington

Before joining Rovers, Eglington played as a junior with both Munster Victoria and Distillery of Drumcondra and helped the latter club win the FAI Intermediate Cup in 1942.

Trans-Dublin

The two sections of the route are connected through the centre of Dublin by the Loopline Bridge over the River Liffey between Dublin Connolly and Tara Street.

Trinity Hall

Trinity Hall, Dublin, hall of residence of the University of Dublin, Trinity College

VenueOne

The start-up has considerably bumped up its tech know-how by partnering with Trinity College, Dublin to run a project of synchronisation of live video over the internet.

Volvo Trucks

Today, Volvo produces class 8 Volvo trucks in its Dublin, Virginia plant and class 8 Mack truck models in Macungie, Pennsylvania.

What Is Life?

The book is based on lectures delivered under the auspices of the Institute at Trinity College, Dublin, in February 1943 and published in 1944.

The book was based on a course of public lectures delivered by Schrödinger in February 1943, under the auspices of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.

Wilhelm Reich in Hell

The book is one of Wilson's 35 volumes, and the play has been staged several times, with productions in Santa Cruz, Dublin, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

William Congreve

Congreve was educated at Trinity College in Dublin; there he met Jonathan Swift, who would be his friend for the remainder of his life.

William FitzWilliam, 3rd Viscount FitzWilliam

On his deathbed he was attended by several Catholic priests, and though like his brother Oliver he was buried in Donnybrook Church the burial service was conducted according to the Catholic rite.


1974 in Northern Ireland

17 May - Dublin and Monaghan bombings: Thirty-three civilians are killed and almost 300 wounded in four car bomb explosions in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland by the Ulster Volunteer Force, the highest number of casualties in any one day during The Troubles.

2012 Dublin Senior Football Championship

UCD, Ballyboden St Enda's, Raheny, St Oliver Plunkett's-Eoghan Ruadh, Skerries Harps, St Vincent's, St Peregrine's, Kilmacud Crokes, Trinity Gaels, Na Fianna, Ballymun Kickham's, St Patrick's Palmerstown, Parnells, Templeogue Synge Street, St Brigid's and Lucan Sarsfields all went on to qualify for the winners section of the second round of the Dublin Championship.

Adelaide Plains Football League

Football was certainly played in the other towns of Mallala, Dublin and Two Wells at that time with those clubs all officially forming in 1908.

Alessandro Galilei

There, when William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and the richest man in Ireland was just beginning to build Castletown House, near Dublin in County Kildare, he met Galilei.

Andrew Doyle

As part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013, he hosted a conference in Dublin Castle with EU member states Parliamentary Agriculture Committee Chairs from all 27 countries, engaging parliamentarians with speakers such as the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos and the EU Commissioner for Fisheries, Maria Damanaki.

Apollon XI

She was chartered by Burns & Laird Lines Ltd. for the service between Belfast and Liverpool, also from Cork to Fishguard, Dublin to Liverpool and for the service Glasgow - Dublin - Liverpool.

Bellingham baronets

The Bellingham Baronetcy, of Dubber in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 18 March 1667 for Daniel Bellingham, Deputy Receiver-General and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Bon Secours Hospital, Cork

It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes hospitals in Dublin, Galway, and Tralee.

Carl Wilhelm Heine

After assisting his father in his orthopaedic institution he visited several European countries and stayed in Paris, London, Glasgow and Dublin.

Charles Herbert Mackintosh

After the Rebellion, he bought an estate in County Wicklow, and in 1802, married, at Dublin, Alicia Weldon, who is variously described as being the daughter of Lady Weldon, and a niece of the Earl of Dysart, though which ones are meant is not specified.

Christopher Hamilton

His father's family were traditionally Anglo-Irish and were well settled in the County Dublin area, his grandfather was Hans Hamilton.

Conor Clune

Following a period during which he worked in Dublin he applied for and was appointed Manager at the seed and plant nursery owned by Edward MacLysaght at Raheen, Tuamgraney, about ten miles from Quin.

Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive

The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) funded the building of four Carnegie Libraries in the Dublin City Public Libraries branch network, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street; Rathmines Library (terracotta by the famous Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth, Staffordshire); Pembroke Library and Charleville Mall Library.

Dublin, Missouri

Today all that remains to mark the existence of the community is a single residence, a large MFA Oil propane storage tank, a few dead-end driveways to former residences, and foundation remnants along Coon Creek marking the former location of the local grist mill.

E. W. Pugin

It has the tallest spire in Dublin (231 ft), and occupies a prominent position on high ground overlooking the Liffey Valley.

Edward Fitton, the elder

He was buried on 21 September in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin beside his wife Anne Warburton.

Evening Herald

The life of Herald music critic Chris Wasser was threatened by fans of boy band The Wanted in 2012 following the publication of his review of their gig in Dublin.

Frank Fahy

Fahy qualified as a barrister in 1927 at King's Inns, Dublin and also taught at the Christian Brothers school in Tralee.

Gary Arbuthnot

Gary Arbuthnot gives regular recitals for Fred Olsen and Cunard Cruise Lines and he has also performed as a soloist at venues including the South Bank Centre in London, the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Pollack Hall in Montreal and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

George Papworth

He also added the portico to Kenure House in Rush in North county Dublin in about 1840; the portico is still standing but the rest of the house was demolished in 1978.

Gerry Hutch

Born in central Dublin, his criminal career started at the age of 10 when he joined and later led the 'Bugsy Malone Gang' of inner city youngsters (named after the fictional feature film) whose crimes in the 1970s included "jump-overs": they would jump over bank counters, grab whatever cash they could and run out the door.

Gerry Owens

After spending some time in London and playing in a series of bands, he returned to Dublin to form Skindive, who were quickly signed by Chris Blackwell (founder of Island Records) to his Palm Pictures label.

Goffal

Specifically suburbs mainly in Bulawayo (Thorngrove nicknamed Groove, Barham Green nicknamed B.G., Forrest Vale, Queens Park, Morningside) and Harare (Arcadia, Braeside,St. Martins) began to grow and gain a significant population but in recent years many have gone in diaspora with large groups in London, Milton Keynes, Dublin, Canada in cities and towns like St.Catharines/Hamilton/Burlington/Toronto and New Zealand.

Irish Law Times

The journal is now published 20 times per year in Dublin, Ireland, by Thomson Round Hall.

Jennifer Johnston

Born in Dublin, to the Irish actor/director Shelah Richards and the playwright Denis Johnston, a cousin of the late actress Geraldine Fitzgerald, via Fitzgerald's mother, Edith, Johnston was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and currently lives in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

John Ball

John Thomas Ball (1815–1898), Irish barrister and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Dublin University 1868–1875

Jordan Frieda

He had a small part in Steven Spielberg's TV mini series Band of Brothers and took the lead role in a controversial American TV movie called Prince William, filmed in 2002, in Dublin, Ireland, about Prince William of Wales, with whom Frieda attended Eton College.

Joseph George Holman

Holman went to Dublin, where he took for a time a share with Frederick Edward Jones in the management.

Margaret Ball

Two generations later this pattern was repeated when Francis Taylor, who was Mayor of Dublin 1595–1596, was condemned to the dungeons after exposing fraud in the parliamentary elections to the Irish House of Commons.

Mary McEvoy

Before becoming an actress McEvoy was employed at the Department of Agriculture in Dublin as a serological assistant testing for brucellosis.

Maurice Canning Wilks

His works are in public collections throughout the world including the Ulster Museum, Armagh County Museum, the Ulster Folk and Transportation Museum, the Office of Public Works in Dublin and the Limerick City Art Gallery.

MCD Productions

The company has hosted U2 before 246,000 over 3 shows in Croke Park, 135,000 for Robbie Williams 2003 and 107,000 for Red Hot Chili Peppers 2004 in the Phoenix Park, to bringing together David Bowie, Placebo and Talvin Singh for an event in Dublin.

Moneygall GAA

The President's entourage braved gale force winds to fly from the Phoenix Park in Dublin in two Chinook and two Black Hawk helicopters.

MS Isle of Inishmore

Isle of Inishmore began her career on Irish Ferries' Dublin-Holyhead route as the flagship of the company's fleet, replacing the 1995 built Isle of Innisfree.

MV Kerlogue

The British Naval Attaché in Dublin reported to the Director of Naval Intelligence that it was "unfortunate from a British point of view" that Fortune had been involved in the Kerlogue incident as he was "always ready to pass on any information in his possession".

Nicholas Barnewall, 1st Viscount Barnewall

The latter, returning to Ireland, was settled at Drimnagh, near Dublin, where his posterity remained until the reign of James I.

Old Dublin Society

The Library of the Old Dublin Society is located in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) premises, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Peter Rodgers Organization

Stephen Rodgers personally holds the copyright to several films, including The Unearthly (1957) and Beginning of the End (1957) He also owns O’Kennedy’s Ireland, a documentary about President John F. Kennedy’s visit to his ancestral home of Dublin, Ireland, where the O'Kennedy dynasty began, only months prior to his assassination in 1963.

Rural electrification

In 2005, a musical about the rural electrification of Ireland, The Wiremen, written by composer Shay Healy, directed by Matt Ryan with musical direction by Julian Kelly, and produced by John McColgan/Moya Doherty of Riverdance fame, ran for six weeks at The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.

Show of Strength Theatre Company

In three years they produced eleven play including two news works by Peter Nichols and the acclaimed The Wills' Girls by Amanda Whittington which was revived in 2003 and was also staged at the Dublin Fringe Festival.

The Bells of Dublin

#"The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve" (with the bell-ringers of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin) (Paddy Moloney)

The Gigli Concert

The Gigli Concert deals with seven days in the relationship between Dynamatologist JPW King, a quack self-help therapist living in Dublin but born and brought up in England, and the mysterious Irishman, a construction millionaire who asks King to teach him how to sing like the Italian opera singer Beniamino Gigli.

The Radiators from Space

The band played, including with guest vocalist Gavin Friday and guitarist Brush Shiels, at a tribute concert for Chevron on August 24, 2013 at the Olympia Theatre (Dublin).

Traffic Blues

The series was filmed over six months, putting the Dublin Metropolitan division based in Dublin Castle, the Louth division taking in stations in Drogheda and Dundalk and the Donegal division focusing on Burnfoot and Letterkenny areas in the centre of attention.

Ubi Dwyer

He was said to have been asked by John Lennon to help set up a commune on an island which may have been related to the Island Commune that he ran on Merrion Road in Dublin in 1970.

William Blacker

He was confirmed Lord Dublin and was the great grandfather of Sir Cecil Blacker Commandant of Horse.

Young Labour League

It had the only stall at Liberty Hall, Dublin, at the Party's annual conference at which Brendan Corish announced that: "The Seventies will be Socialist".