Category Archives: Michael Davitt

Land League Celebration in Mayo

Great excitement – I’ve been asked to speak at the Michael Davitt Museum in Straid, County Mayo this Friday, November 6th, as part of a celebration by the Michael Davitt National Memorial Association to mark 130 years since the foundation … Continue reading

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Michael Davitt the Peacemaker

Kevin Myers wrote a lovely insightful article about Michael Davitt in today’s Irish Independent newspaper, called “None dreamed such impossible dreams as Davitt did and then made them come true”. Comparing Davitt to a nineteenth-century Ghandi, Myers writes, “Davitt’s real … Continue reading

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