On This Week: Irish moments from history (2nd – 8th March)
Welcome to On This Week, where we delve into the standout stories from the years gone by, featuring standout news stories, major sporting events, and pop culture highlights that helped shape Irish life. Here’s your dose of Irish history from 2nd-8th March .
This week in Irish news
1962: De Valera returns to Kilmainham Gaol
On this week in 1962, then-president Éamon de Valera visited the partially restored Kilmainham Gaol and returned to the cell where he had been interred following the Easter Rising in 1916. At the time the cell, as with much of the prison, was in a state of disrepair. “DE VALERA”…