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UN Peacekeepers Day: Commemorations in Ireland

05/30/2013

The United Nations General Assembly resolution 57/129 of 11 December 2002 designated 29 May as the International Day of UN Peacekeepers to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in UN peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage, and to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace. On 29 May 2013 on the theme ‘UN Peacekeeping : Adapting to new…

Achill Island : The Kirkintilloch Tragedy (1937)

05/23/2013

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Achill in County Mayo is the largest of the numerous islands along Ireland’s Atlantic seaboard. It is a mountainous island with hills reaching over 2,000 feet. The hilly region extends right down to the coast in places resulting in very high cliffs. North and south of the island are the famous Blacksod and Clew bays of the Mayo coastline. For centuries there were numerous agricultural communities inland, but those declined after the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century causing…