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Hidden Histories: Suffragettes, Hatchets, and Hunger Strikes

July 18th is the anniversary of one of the most peculiar political protests in Irish and British ...

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13.01 19 Jul 2020


Hidden Histories: Suffragettes, Hatchets, and Hunger Strikes


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13.01 19 Jul 2020


July 18th is the anniversary of one of the most peculiar political protests in Irish and British history.

Prime Minister Asquith, visiting Dublin in 1912, found himself followed across the Irish Sea by militant English Suffragettes - in the Irish capital they would fling a hatchet at the Asquith (missing him) but striking another MP.

They would later attempt to burn down the venue in which he was due to speak, before ending up in Mountjoy Prison for their troubles.

And that’s only the beginning of the tale.

Gavan Reilly is joined by Donal Fallon for another episode of Hidden Histories.

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