brian33335Jan 52 min readJailbreak and Say Nothing: Albert Price and the Daring 1943 IRA Escape from Derry JailWhile watching the drama series Say Nothing on TV Albert Price the father of the Price sisters, Dolours and Marian, mentioned that he had...
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brian33335Aug 29, 20243 min readFrank Burke and the 1916 RisingFrank Burke was born in Carbury, Co. Kildare, in 1895. In September 1909 he was sent as a boarder to St. Enda’s College, which had been...