The killing of Garda Clerkin
When Jamie Mac Giolla Bhain first started looking into the resignation of Ireland’s fifth President, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, he had no idea he had a family connection to that often overlooked but surprising and significant political development in 1976. Some Irish history from fifty years ago in late October that you may have missed is now captured in Thundering Disgrace: The Assassination of a British Ambassador, the Murder of Garda Michael Clerkin, and a Presidential Resignation, 50 Years on.
Ed Moloney wrote the book that became Say Nothing
Long before Patrick Radden Keefe got the idea to write Say Nothing about The Troubles, Ed Moloney had been running with and reporting on the major players in NI between 1972 and 1998. He died in mid-October.
Aug. 12 1969 - Battle of the Bogside and Bernadette Devlin - The Troubles begin
“A 21-year-old Irish girl held the House of Commons spellbound today with a maiden speech of quiet eloquence and powerful emotion.” 22 April 1969 - New York Times
Rory McIlroy has to be careful
In the classic Say Nothing mode that dominates discussion of such incidents in Ireland, Rory never talks about the ancient past
What you need to know re: Say Nothing and Gerard McAleese
Patrick Radden Keefe’s best seller about The Troubles has been made into a pretty compelling nine-part television series.
See something. Say Nothing.
Dolours Price in costume as she pulls off a bank robbery with her sister Marian in the opening of Episode Two of the Hulu series Say Nothing, based in Belfast in the 197os.