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The Irish Transport & General Workers’ Union in Laois and Offaly, 1918-1930. By Francis Devine

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Sean MurrayApril 1, 2017

Trade unionism has a long history in Laois and Offaly. Local craft workers – like bakersi and smiths – were no doubt members of their respective trade unions but quick searches of general histories of labour rarely find either county – or any of its county towns – in their indices.ii More fruitful would be searches of the histories of teachers – particularly National Teachers – and postal workers where it is known that there were active branches in the counties, although small in number. The Irish Post Office Engineering Union (IPOEU), later Communications Union of Ireland, for example, had …

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LETITIA’S LETTERS: A Snap-shot of life in Portlaoise 1849-53. By: Arlene Cary Long

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Sean MurrayFebruary 2, 2017

    *I would wish the Sea was not between us Letitia Cary October 14 1858   I would wish one hundred and fifty years were not between us Arlene Cary Long February 25 2016   Letitia Cary had a tendency to speak her mind. She also demonstrated a no-nonsense approach to life, strength of character and fierce dedication to her family. Born about 1793 or 94, she was one of ten children of Arthur Cary and Letitia (Ormsby) Cary of Portarlington. In 1818 she married Arthur Dering Cary. Two of her brothers, Arthur and George Marcus served in the …

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Trials in Ireland of Female convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land. By Stephen Lucas

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Sean MurrayJanuary 27, 2017

  Stephen is a solicitor from Australia with a keen interest in convict transportation to Australia and the legal processes in which these were carried out from Ireland up to 1853 when transportation’s ceased. He has recently published this article in the Tasmanian Historical Research Association and has kindly allowed us to publish it here. Some of the cases examined are related to Laois. Click on the PDF link below “Trials in Ireland” to view the article. Trials in Ireland   He has also completed some research on the effects of trauma on convicts, the following link contains some details: http://www.atraumaticbirth.com …

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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend”: Barnaby FitzPatrick and Gaelic Collaboration with the Tudor crown c.1535-1581: By Diarmuid Wheeler

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Sean MurrayAugust 17, 2016

By the dawn of the sixteenth century, and the 1530s in particular, several Gaelic clans within the territories of Leix and Offaly faced a difficult dilemma. With the collapse of Silken Thomas FitzGerald’s rebellion in the year 1535 and the imminent prospect of an English born governor intervening in the affairs of the midlands’ territories for the very first time, Gaelic chieftains were forced to make a difficult choice; collaborate with this new administration or resist it. For certain chieftaincies, such as the FitzPatrick clan of Upper Ossory, the answer was relatively quite simple and straightforward. Essentially a no man’s …

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