#OnThisDay 1892 Margaret Skinnider was born in Scotland to Irish parents. A maths teacher by trade, Margaret fought as a sniper in the Easter Rising in 1916, the only female combatant wounded in action. “Doing my bit for Ireland” is her autobiography. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1798 United Irishmen take the town of Enniscorthy driving the 300+strong garrison back to Wexford. Rebels lose roughly 500, the British forces about 100. Many residents flee also as hundreds of houses are set alight during the attack.
#OnThisDay 1936 The first @AerLingus flight took place from the @IrishAirCorps Baldonnell airfield. Captain Eric Armstrong flew three dignitaries & two paying customers from Dublin to Bristol on a de Havilland DH.84 Dragon called Iolar (Irish for Eagle).
#OnThisDay 1798 A poorly armed force of 4,000 rebels under Fr. John Murphy ambush a much smaller but better armed detachment of North Cork Militia killing 105 & leaving only 5 survivors. North Wexford joins the rebellion after this win.
The Irish at War 