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Volunteers 1913: two traditions or one?

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@ Belfast City Hall, Tues 10 December 6pm

Lar Joye, Michael Laffan, Timothy Bowman, Philip Orr

That field of glory. The story of Clontarf, from battleground to garden suburb
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Darkest Dublin: The story of the Church Street disaster and a pictorial account of the slums of Dublin in 1913
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On this Day

1977 Minister for Health and Social Welfare Charles J. Haughey announced a new social welfare system, based on a simple pay-related contribution—Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI).
1971 Former Fianna Fáil government minister Kevin Boland launched the Aontacht Éireann (Unity of Ireland) party. In the general election of 1973 its thirteen candidates received less than 1% of the vote. The party was wound up in 1984.
1905 Thomas Bernardo, Dublin-born founder of homes for destitute children, died.