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Trinity College/Irish Times Schools’ Competition in History

Published in Issue 1 (Spring 1996), News, News, Volume 4

The annual school’s competition in history just been launched. It isbeing organised by the Departments of Medieval and Modern History ofTCD in conjunction with the Irish Times. The closing date for thisyear’s competition is Monday 15 April and the application forms andconditions of entry may be obtained by writing to Schools’ Competitionin History, Dept. Teacher Education, Trinity College, Dublin 2. It isregretted that telephone enquiries cannot be dealt with.

On this Day

April 26

1937 During the Spanish Civil War, the Basque town of Guernica, a bastion of Republican resistance, was pounded by the German Condor Legion with high-explosive bombs and at least 3,000 incendiary bombs. Over 1,600 people were killed in the subsequent firestorm.
1900 Queen Victoria concluded her final, three-week visit to Ireland, the purpose of which was to encourage Irishmen to join the British Army and fight in the Second Boer War. Nationalist opposition to her visit was led by Arthur Griffith and his newspaper, The United Irishman.
1974 Nineteen Old Masters paintings were stolen from the Blessington, Co. Wicklow, home of Sir Alfred and Lady Beit by a Provisional IRA gang which included Dr Rose Dugdale.

Trinity College/Irish Times Schools’ Competition in History

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