Content tagged with “ireland”

There are 2 item(s) tagged with “ireland” on this site.

Other tags used by these items: history, northern-ireland

Bloody Sunday
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
February 9, 2022
Words
411

“Lots of people have been killed on Sundays, and the phrase is used to describe lots of mass killings. Wikipedia shows 20+ events that are connected to the phrase. The most recent event and the one most clearly associated with the phrase from this generation is a 1972 shooting of protesters in…”

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
March 7, 2025
Words
216

“This is an absolutely compelling history of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It’s fairly comprehensive, but it uses a single murder as a narrative hook. Jean McConville, a widow with 10 children, was taken from her house one evening and ‘disappeared’ – she was just never seen or heard from again….”