Irish word of the day
The Irish word of the day is:
Shy:
cúthail
Pronunciation [kool]
On this day in 1845 Katharine “Kitty” O’Shea is born. The mistress and later wife of nationalist leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, their affair caused a huge scandal which ultimately lead to Parnell’s downfall as leader in December 1890.
On this day in 1972 the British Army fires at unarmed civil rights protesters in the Bogside district of Londonberry earning the day the name Bloody Sunday. 14 marchers die of their injuries, while another 13 are wounded. The trouble began as the protestors, defying the Stormont ban on parades and marches, approached an army barbed wire barricade.
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Nice one.