#Sallins Train Robbery

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#OTD in Irish History | 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions. 1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire. 1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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Call for independent inquiry into justice system’s handling of Sallins case

Call for independent inquiry into justice system’s handling of Sallins case

An international judicial figure should lead a fully independent inquiry into the 1976 Sallins train robbery due to “appalling human rights violations” during the investigation, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. The council is currently preparing a submission to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee on the matter. The IRA eventually claimed responsibility for the March 31st…

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’. – Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland

https://stairnaheireann.net/2019/03/31/otd-in-1976-the-sallins-train-robbery-2/

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

The Sallins Train Robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in Co Kildare. Approximately £200,000 was stolen. Five members of the IRSP: Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally, Michael Plunkett and John Fitzpatrick were arrested in connection with the robbery. After the failure of the authorities to produce a “book of evidence” against them,…

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#OTD in Irish History | 31 March:

#OTD in Irish History | 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions. 1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire. 1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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#OTD in Irish History | 31 March:

#OTD in Irish History | 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions. 1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire. 1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

The Sallins Train Robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in Co Kildare. Approximately £200,000 was stolen. Five members of the IRSP: Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally, Michael Plunkett and John Fitzpatrick were arrested in connection with the robbery. After the failure of the authorities to produce a “book of evidence” against them,…

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#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions.

1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire.

1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

The Sallins Train Robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in Co Kildare. Approximately £200,000 was stolen. Five members of the IRSP: Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally, Michael Plunkett and John Fitzpatrick were arrested in connection with the robbery.

After the failure of the authorities to produce a “book of evidence” against them,…

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

The Sallins Train Robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in Co Kildare. Approximately £200,000 was stolen. Five members of the IRSP: Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally, Michael Plunkett and John Fitzpatrick were arrested in connection with the robbery.

After the failure of the authorities to produce a “book of evidence” against them,…

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#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions.

1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire.

1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions. 1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire. 1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.

The Sallins Train Robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in Co Kildare. Approximately £200,000 was stolen. Five members of the IRSP: Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally, Michael Plunkett and John Fitzpatrick were arrested in connection with the robbery. After the failure of the authorities to produce a “book of evidence” against them,…

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#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

#OTD in Irish History – 31 March:

1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions.

1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire.

1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…

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#OTD in 1976 – The ‘Sallins Train Robbery’.