John Fay

An American in Ireland

[Damian Shiels @irishacw]

The densities of Irish-born people in the United States, 1880. A map produced for the 1880 Federal Census. #IrishDiaspora

[The New York Historical @NYHistory]

#OnThisDay 1927 the Holland Tunnel opened to vehicular traffic. The tunnel—connecting lower Manhattan with Jersey City under the Hudson River—initially had a toll of 50¢.

📷 "Contract No. 3. South tunnel, New York. 12/6/23, 3:20 p.m." @nypl 1923.

[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1920 Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney's funeral took place in the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Cork & was attended by thousands. Bishop Cohalan said 'MacSwiney takes his place among the martyrs in the sacred cause of the freedom of Ireland”.
#Ireland #History

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

@rightyebe @KilcockN Thanks Peter. Sorry for your loss too.

Truth is my father was gone from us for four years. In the end his death was a release. He had cancer, shingles and dementia. It was horrendous.

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

Sometimes the technology of today's world still astounds me. I was just able to watch a Mass for my father (who died in August) from @KilcockN parish church where my parents were married on this date in 1963.

[Damian Shiels @irishacw]

It's exceptionally rare to be able to pinpoint precisely where an American Civil War soldier was from in Ireland. The star marks the pre-Famine family home of Charles McKenna near Augher, #Tyrone (Bing). At right his grave in New Orleans, where he died in 1864. #IrishDiaspora

[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1922 Michael Collins, Commander in Chief of the National Army was shot dead when ambushed by the IRA at Béal na mBláth, Cork. When advised against making the tour of army positions in Cork, Collins responded;
"They won't shoot me in my own county,".
#Ireland #History

[john creedon @johncreedon]

Allihies, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Still there. Still beautiful.

[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1689 The Siege of Derry ended when the Royal Navy ship 'Mountjoy' broke the boom across the River Foyle and was able to unload food & supplies to the city. The siege lasted 105 days. Knowing the siege had failed, the Jacobites left on August 1.
#Ireland #History

[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1938 Tom Crean, passed away. He joined the Royal Navy at 15 & volunteered for his first Antarctic exploration in 1901. Crean raced with Scott to reach the South Pole & was on Shackleton's ship which sank & saw him sail 800 miles to organise a rescue.
#Ireland #History

[Damian Shiels @irishacw]

A New Map Revealing the Archaeological Landscape of the 1922 Battle for Cork: https://t.co/3pEUwS0wGL #Archaeology #Cork

[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1897 "Captain" Charles Boycott died at home near Manchester. Boycott was a land agent during the Land War whose name was used to create a term for ostracising someone. Locals wouldn't talk to, sell to or work for Boycott. He left Ireland in 1880.
#Ireland #History

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

"from and about N Ireland..."

I still can't type on a phone.

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

In all the years I was consumed with the news from and N Ireland I thought the world of @SuzyJourno (Suzanne Breen). That Twitter suspended her for her tweet about Daniel Kinahan demonstrates how terrible Twitter is because Suzanne's commitment to journalism is beyond reproach

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

https://t.co/dpNB6YSw1Z

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

I was banned from Twitter for this tweet about Daniel Kinahan. My account was locked & I was told to remove the tweet because it "violated Twitter rules". I stand by every word I said. We must challenge censorship in all its guises & never be silenced.

[The New York Historical @NYHistory]

“Without rapid transit...Greater New York would never have come into being”—Mayor McClellan
⁣
#NYHistoryAtoZ: S is for the subway! The first IRT line traveled 9.1 miles from City Hall to 145th Street & Broadway. See photos of the construction: https://t.co/2fiffs2IJE

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

American paratrooper drinks Hitler’s cognac on patio of his Alpine retreat at Berchtesgaden, spring 1945: #NARA

[Irish Rugby @IrishRugby]

Everyone at Irish Rugby is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Ireland international Gary Halpin.

Gary won 11 Test caps, representing Ireland at the 1991 and 1995 Rugby World Cups.

Our thoughts are with his family, friends and former team-mates at this sad time.

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

He was a tremendous hammer thrower, which is how he found his way to the Bronx in the first place.

Gary Halpin obituary: Ireland have produced no player more widely loved on both sides of the Irish Sea
https://t.co/9cZnXS8mGi

[John Fay @AmericanIreland]

Sad to read that Gary Halpin has died. I didn't know him too well, but back on those occasions when he played for Ireland (rugby) my @GoJaspers heart surged with pride. Everyone else on the team was - obviously - a graduate of some rugby-soaked Irish university but not Gary.