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Hace 4 días · Robert Erskine Childers was an enigmatic figure. Born in 1870 in London’s Mayfair, his father was an Oriental scholar and his mother a member of the rich land-owning Anglo-Irish Barton family of Glendalough House, County Wicklow. Given his privileged background, Childers was a firm believer in the British Empire.
Hace 1 día · Éamon de Valera was born on 14 October 1882 in New York City, the son of Catherine Coll, who was originally from Bruree, County Limerick, [ 6] and Juan Vivion de Valera, described on the birth certificate as a Spanish artist born in 1853.
Hace 1 día · To mark the centenary of the death of Erskine Childers, Richard Heffer, Jim Ring and Ash Faire-Ring tell the story of Childers' extraordinary life and greatest work, 'The Riddle of the Sands'. Using readings from the novel, revelations about his life, and an appreciation of Childers as a sailor, the trio celebrate the achievement of the man ...
Hace 2 días · He was also later praised by the cavalry writer Erskine Childers and by the German history of the campaign, which cited Klip Drift as evidence that cavalry could still charge infantry armed with magazine rifles. These claims were exaggerated.
Hace 2 días · Some Wake critics, such as Finn Fordham, argue that HCE's initials come from the initials of the portly politician Hugh Childers (1827–96), who had been nicknamed "Here Comes Everybody" for his size.
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Hace 4 días · Make your way into the dungeons and, see the solitary confinement cell, visit the cell of the heroes of the 1798 Rebellion and that of author Erskine Childers before learning all about the paranormal activity that goes on here. Things don’t just go bump in the night, they happen in the daytime too. You have been warned.