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Nollaig Shona Duit (Merry Christmas)

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all my relatives and friends in Ireland, and to all MHIAB readers. Here’s Irish President Michael D. Higgins’ Christmas/New Year’s message:

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Pittsburgh native with North Kerry roots. Writer, editor, Irish history blogger & transportation construction industry journalist. Free press supporter.

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Yep!

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@markaholan Operation Legacy’s precursor…

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British officials burned records before the Jan. 16, 1922, handover of Dublin Castle, five months before the Four Court fire. An American reporter worried they would become "unavailable to Irish historians." See Ireland's forgotten records fire of 1922 https://www.markholan.org/archives/11548

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American reporter John Steele described the 1922 Irish treaty debates & vote as “a battle between the living and the dead ... the dead represented by old men & widows, the living by young men who have fought for Ireland’s independence and survived." See: https://www.markholan.org/archives/11476

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