Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Thursday, May 26, 2011
On this Date in 1936...
...in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours. The sign outside of a nearby church the next Sunday read, "Come join us this morning for services as we read through the entire Bible, we promise it will be shorter than the Appropriation Bill speech."
Sunday, January 30, 2011
On this Date in 1913...
...the United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill. Presumably, because it had not come with a case of Jameson.
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