School work is keeping me busy. So here's some short history things.
Today in Irish history
1803: Arthur Guinness, founder of the brewery, dies.
1881: William O'Brien, founder of the United Irish League, is born.
1971: There were riots in the Shankill Road area of Belfast.
1976: The Irish Republican Army truce was officially brought to an end
1986: Westminster by-elections. Sinn Fein drops 5% from previous years local elections.
1989: Provisional IRA stands down its West Fermanagh Brigade.
1999: UFF reinstate their "ceasefire", they would continue their reign of terror on the Catholic communities in Belfast.
2000: 20,000 people gather in W. Belfast in the memory of Tom Williams.
2001: Real IRA launch mortar attack on Derry British Army base.
2002: Saville Inquiry temporarily moves to Britain to take testimony from paratroopers involved in Bloody Sunday.