Irish nationalists in North East England

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‘A glut of rosary recitations and religious services’: The Irish response in the North East of England to the hunger strike and death of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, 1920.

Post author By Steve Shannon
Post date May 19, 2024
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Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, died in Brixton prison on 25 October 1920 on the seventy-fourth day of his hunger strike, and was buried the following Sunday afternoon in his home city.[1] That same afternoon, in ‘scenes unparalleled in the history of Newcastle’, a symbolic funeral procession for the ‘Great Irish Patriot and Christian […]

Tags Fenians, history, hunger strike, IRA Old Guard, ireland, Irish funeral procession, Irish Republican Brotherhood, Manchester Martyrs, northern-ireland, Owen O'Hanlon, politics, Terence MacSwiney, Thomas Banaghan, travel

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‘A few of the gods’: Irish Plays and Irish Audiences in North East Theatres, 1860-1914.

Post author By Steve Shannon
Post date June 19, 2022
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Before the Great War, Irish audiences across the North East of England packed local theatres to enjoy nationally-themed plays such as The Wearing of the Green, Robert Emmet, and Erin go Bragh, written by nationally-minded playwrights. This post will examine this phenomenon and consider what impact these plays may have had on the North East […]

Tags Arrah na Pogue, Auguste Creamer, Colonel Kelly, Fenians, Hubert O'Grady, Joseph Cowen, Manchester Martyrs, Shaughraun, Sunderland Irish, Tyne Theatre, Tyneside Irish, Wearing of the Green