Ireland Archives - Dead Centre Tours https://deadcentretours.com/category/ireland/ DC Tours: Belfast's No.1 Walking Tour Company Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:44:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day in Belfast https://deadcentretours.com/2023/03/15/saint-patricks-day-belfast/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:43:57 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2290 It might surprise you to learn that Belfast’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade is a relatively recent invention, with the first one only taking place in 2006. Grab yourself a multicoloured shamrock and find out why.

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]]> Violet Gibson – The Woman from Dublin who shot Benito Mussolini https://deadcentretours.com/2021/12/19/2047-violet-gibson/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 14:31:09 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2047 The spectre of assassination was probably not envisaged as being in the form of a mentally ill, 50-year-old Dublin woman clothed in a black shawl and armed with a rock and a revolver. This however was how Violet Gibson appeared as she shot and wounded Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

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]]> Walter Devereux, The 1st Earl of Essex. Never Shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize. https://deadcentretours.com/2021/12/13/2038-walter-devereux-first-earl-of-essex/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:33:22 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=2038 Sir Walter Devereux 1st Earl of Essex may not be as (in)famous as Sir Arthur Chichester, the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell or King William of Orange amongst those to visit Ireland and leave an indelible historical mark on the land, but he certainly deserves a mention.

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]]> Dr. William Drennan https://deadcentretours.com/2021/11/23/dr-william-drennan/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:56:12 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1958 Dr. William Drennan, a United Irishman centuries ahead of his time in many ways, comes under the microscope of our lead guide Paul Donnelly.

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]]> Meet Django, our New Mascot https://deadcentretours.com/2021/05/28/meet-django/ Fri, 28 May 2021 10:49:20 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1809 We would like to introduce Django, the newest member of the DC Tours team!

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]]> A Year Ago Today https://deadcentretours.com/2021/03/17/a-year-ago-today/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:32:11 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=1531 Mark Wylie celebrates St Patricks Day with a glass of Jamesons and a look back over a year of Covid, Crowdfunding and virtual tours.

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]]> Can Rugby Resolve Our Sectarian Woes? https://deadcentretours.com/2020/12/16/can-rugby-resolve-our-sectarian-woes/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:05:25 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=857 Belfast tour guide Jamesy reveals another secret crush while exploring the place of rugby in Irish sport in his latest blog.

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]]> The Etheromaniacs (not a 1980s synth band but should have been) https://deadcentretours.com/2020/11/24/the-etheromaniacs-not-a-1980s-synth-band-but-should-have-been/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:40:52 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=784 DC Tours' guide Mark uncovers the forgotten history of the Irish ether addicts (or etheromaniacs) of the nineteenth century.

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]]> Constable Willie Barrett – No Ordinary Peeler https://deadcentretours.com/2020/11/16/constable-willie-barrett-no-ordinary-peeler/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:55:47 +0000 https://deadcentretours.com/?p=794 DC Tours' guide Jamesy discovers the story behind one of the most rebellious police officers ever to serve in Belfast - Willie Barrett.

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