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#OTD in Irish History | 17 April:

In the Liturgical calendar, today is the Feast Day of Saint Donnán of Eigg, a Gaelic priest, likely from Ireland, who died on this date in 617. He attempted to introduce Christianity to the Picts of northwestern Scotland during the Early Middle Ages. Donnán is the patron saint of Eigg, an island in the Inner Hebrides where he was martyred. The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled by Michael O’Clery…

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Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

Bernadette Devlin

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Bernadette McAliskey: Too late for QUB to apologise for expulsion

The civil rights leader and former MP reflects on her life in the latest episode of Red Lines.

"The most constructive thing I ever did in Westminster was hit the liar," she said.

"I was actually going to lift the mace and throw it on the floor and I thought better of that.

"I saw him sitting smirking and I just went over and actually caught his tie and hit him with the back of my hand."

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"...Deeply ingrained in our psyche ... is a clear understanding ... of the consequences that are to be paid for being the person to be in conflict with the given idea."

Bernadette McAliskey

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To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Bernadette Devlin