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The Battle of Dublin: It's 100 years since the Four Courts assault that launched the Civil War
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Zebo's wondrous flicker of skill feels inimitable eight years on
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Feb 2nd 2021, 8:15 AM
dutch master
On this day in 1972, one of the greatest defenders of his generation was born
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Jul 16th 2020, 4:44 PM
Anniversary
On this day in 2002, Middlesbrough smashed their club transfer record for an Italian striker
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Skipper
On this day in 2010, this future club captain joined Arsenal for £10m
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Jun 18th 2020, 4:34 PM
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The jaw, the mettle and the choke? 10 years on from Leinster's dramatic win over Clermont
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Apr 9th 2020, 8:17 AM
Lá na Poblachta
Today marks 70 years since Ireland became a republic
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Apr 18th 2019, 8:57 AM
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RTÉ dug up this clip of Pierce Brosnan apologising to Irish people for the dodgy accents in Remington Steele
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Aug 21st 2017, 12:14 PM
50 years ago
Dispelling the myths about the bombing of Nelson's Pillar
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Dec 22nd 2016, 6:10 PM
the way we were
15 thoughts everyone has while scrolling through their cringey Facebook On This Day
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Nov 15th 2016, 11:36 AM
World War One
'Heaps of wounded and dead. Showers of dust and earth and lead. Deafening explosions and blinding smoke'
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Jul 2nd 2016, 8:15 AM
Anniversary
50 years later and the Nelson's Pillar bomber says he has no regrets
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Mar 8th 2016, 4:31 PM
TechKnowHow
This is how you can turn off Facebook's On This Day reminders
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Jan 10th 2016, 11:00 AM
scarlet for myself
Mortifying, embarrassing, shameful: My history in Facebook On This Day memories
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Nov 15th 2015, 9:30 AM
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Here's how you can prevent awkward Facebook run-ins with your ex
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Oct 14th 2015, 7:17 PM
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Here's how Facebook is about to prevent awkward run-ins with your ex
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Oct 14th 2015, 5:32 PM
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"Clawing at the earth, swelling as if with its regurgitation of all the life that it had consumed"
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Aug 9th 2015, 7:45 AM
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It has been 70 years since 70,000 people were killed in less than a minute
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Aug 6th 2015, 9:15 AM
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There's a campaign to have a US military ship named after an Irishman from Ballyhaunis
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Jul 18th 2015, 2:53 PM
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CNN and Sky News would have loved the Flying Enterprise saga... It was the 'Chilean Mine Rescue' of its time
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Jan 10th 2015, 6:30 PM
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QUIZ: These major news events all happened around Christmas ... But in what year?
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Dec 26th 2014, 11:00 AM
lovely and sunny
Waterford gift shop has the most Irish 'on this day' trivia sign ever
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Aug 24th 2014, 2:53 PM
Bomb
Photos: On this day in 1966 Nelson’s Pillar in O’Connell Street was blown up
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Mar 8th 2014, 7:45 AM
In Memory
Photos: On this day in 1993 a bomb exploded at the World Trade Center New York
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Feb 26th 2014, 10:00 AM
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18 years ago: Northern Ireland as the IRA ceasefire began
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Sep 1st 2012, 7:30 AM
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Action Replay: the day America's amateurs pulled off a sporting miracle
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