A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label Robert Emmet. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Robert Emmet. Show all posts

Friday, November 21, 2014

Photo of the Day: Celtic Cross, Emmet Park, Savannah

Given my ethnic heritage, it was a given that I was going to photograph this cross (made of limestone from County Roscommon, in the wes...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

This Day in Irish History (Emmet’s Rebellion)

July 23, 1803—Five years after the United Irishmen failed to rid the Emerald Isle of British influence, one of the uprising’s surviving die...

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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