#OnThisDay 30 September 1320 Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare took office as Justiciar of Ireland, succeeding Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1320 Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare took office as Justiciar of Ireland, succeeding Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 30 September 1308 Sir John Wogan retired as Justiciar of Ireland, having served since 1295. He was succeeded the next day by Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
Drumcree: this weekend, an Orange Order parade attempted to march down Garvaghy Road for the first time in 28 years. Hundreds of residents blocked it, and the PSNI stopped the parade over safety concerns. The standoff is still live. 🧵 #GlobalIrishNation #NorthernIreland #IrishPolitics #UKPolitics
#OnThisDay 29 September 1812 Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton was born in Palermo, Sicily. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1852, and from 1858 to 1859. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #scotpol #scottishpolitics #sicily #italy #politics
#OnThisDay 29 September 1399 Richard II was deposed as King of England and Lord of Ireland, having reigned since 1377, by his first cousin Henry IV, who succeeded him the next day. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
4/4 That points to the bigger issue.
Stormont has been non-operational for nearly 40% of the time since the institutions were established. Drumcree has again exposed how precarious powersharing remains.
#OnThisDay 28 September 1852 John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres was born in Ripple, Kent, England. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1918 to 1921. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #england #politics
Does anyone know of any organising in the republic re showing up to support the residents of the Garvaghy road?
#speirgorm #irishpolitics
#OnThisDay 27 September 1442 John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk was born. He served as the King's Lieutenant of Ireland in 1478. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics
#SpéirGorm #IrishPolitics @dublincommuters.bsky.social I see often wrong McCarthy is talking about Metrolink again
#OnThisDay 26 September 1698 William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire was born. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1737 to 1744. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #gb #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #politics
Education policy driven by their failed and failing housing policy
We don't have accommodation for Irish students either should they focus on attracting no one?
#OnThisDay 24 September 1599 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex abandoned his post as Lord Deputy of Ireland, having served since March. He was succeeded in 1600 by Charles Brooke Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 24 September 1364 Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence took office for a second non-consecutive term as the King's Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 22 September 1761 George III was crowned as King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Empire, after succeeding to the thrones in 1760. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #greatbritain #gb #ukpol #ukpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 22 September 1713 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury took office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics
Thanks to @irishtimes.com for publishing this article by @dkennytcd.bsky.social and me on the criteria for calling a border poll.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
#BorderPoll #Ireland #BorderPoll #SpéirGorm #NorthernIreland #UKPolitics #IrishPolitics
#OnThisDay 22 September 1694 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield was born in London, England. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1745 to 1746. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #gb #greatbritain #ukpol #ukpolitics #england #politics
#OnThisDay 21 September 1714 Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland took office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #politics