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Cormac Moore

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Founder and director of history consulting company, History Link, historylink.ie. Columnist and editor of 'On this Day' with The Irish News.

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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Free State Eggs More Popular than Ulster Eggs? – On This Day in 1926
October 2 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the latest The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I are joined by @drgavinhughes.bsky.social again for another great episode, this time on the 1798 Rebellion. youtu.be/wnpzNDIPp-s?...
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The Darkest Year in Ireland’s History: The Brutal 1798 Rebellion
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Soviet Ship Sea Drama – On This Day in 1976
Soviet trawler gives in to Irish in sea drama - October 1 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Imperial Conference – On This Day in 1926
Imperial conference – Personnel of the Irish Free State delegation - September 30 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Realising potential of Derry and Donegal – On This Day in 1976
Cooperation between Derry and Donegal a forward step - September 29 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Ruairí Brugha calls for peaceful Irish unity and clarity on Britain’s Northern Ireland policy - On This Day in 1976
Brugha assures unionists: we reject force - September 26 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today’s Irish News article on the strong all-island dimension to golf in Ireland. www.irishnews.com/opinion/why-...
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On this week’s The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I are joined by @drgavinhughes.bsky.social for a really interesting episode on Oliver Cromwell’s legacy in Ireland. youtu.be/MdGrDx89dh8?...
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The Bloodiest Chapter in Irish History: Drogheda, Wexford & Cromwell in Ireland
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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SDLP urges British and Irish governments to act on Northern Ireland political deadlock - On This Day in 1976
Political deadlock - September 24 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Derry’s economic decline and border trade restrictions criticised after partition - On This Day in 1926
The plight of Derry - September 23 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Roy Mason meets Northern Ireland parties amid political deadlock and rising unemployment - On This Day in 1976
Way forward: Three parties guide Mason - September 22 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Irish Free State’s League of Nations Council bid raises questions over British Empire ties - On This Day in 1926
The League problem – Implications of the Free State’s application for membership - September 21 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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British politicians’ lack of interest in North – On This Day in 1976
British politicians’ lack of interest in Northern Ireland - September 19 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Franco-German Deal? – On This Day in 1926
Franco-German deal? – Remarkable Briand-Stresemann interview - September 18 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Vital Role of Free Press – On This Day in 1976
A free Press - September 17 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Craig on New Talks – On This Day in 1976
Craig move for a new round of talks - September 15 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This Saturday 19th September promises to be another great La Touché Legacy weekend in Greystones with guest speakers Ciaran Casey, David McCullagh and Stephen Collins.
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Black Doctors Visit - On This Day in 1926
Black American doctors’ visit – Unpleasant contretemps revealed by letters - September 14 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Six men take RUC torture claims to Strasbourg - On This Day in 1976
Torture claims by six men for Strasbourg - September 12 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today’s Irish News article on how ambiguous wording has allowed British governments to trick Irish nationalists in the past and could do so again with the Border Poll clause in the Good Friday Agreement, www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On this week's episode of The Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and I discuss the awful cinema fire in Dromcolloger, Limerick that killed 48 people in 1926, the drought of 1976 & the European Commission on Human Rights' ruling on treatment of NI internees. youtu.be/RqqyA9vwtao?...
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Ireland’s Deadliest Cinema Fire & The 1976 Internee Scandal
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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More Northern Ireland areas face water rationing as reservoirs run low - On This Day in 1976
More water rationing on the way - September 10 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Germany urged to prove commitment to peace after joining League of Nations - On This Day in 1926
Germany’s admission to the international organisation was hailed as an opportunity to ease the suspicion and anxiety lingering across post-war Europe6
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Unionist-SDLP talks end amid power-sharing deadlock - On This Day in 1976
Months of cross-community discussions ended without agreement despite hopes they could pave the way for a return to devolved government
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy to contribute to this RTÉ News piece with a call from descendants of the Laois 1916 volunteers to be recognised by the State for their contribution to the Easter Rising. www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
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Descendants call for recognition of Laois 1916 volunteers
On Easter Sunday 1916, a group of Laois volunteers demobilised a section of railway line under direct orders from Pádraig Pearse. 110 years later, their descendants have called for them to be awarded ...
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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One of the deadliest fires in Irish history claimed 48 lives - On This Day in 1926
Men, women and children were trapped when fire engulfed a crowded wooden cinema hall in the Co Limerick village
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Dáil divided over Cosgrave’s emergency anti-terrorism laws - On This Day in 1976
Dail debate on Emergency Powers Bill - September 5 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In this week's episode of The Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and I discuss the "disease of pessimism" prevalent in Ireland in 1926 and Northern misconceptions about the Irish Free State at the same time. youtu.be/G2vpHdSN8HM?...
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Was 1926 the Darkest Year in the History of Ireland?
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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‘Ridiculous’ misconceptions fuelling division across Irish border - On This Day in 1926
Northern misconceptions about the Irish Free State - September 4 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Twelve-hour water cuts threatened after long, dry summer - On This Day in 1976
Measures against drought - September 3 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Ireland afflicted by ‘disease of pessimism’, conference told - On This Day in 1926On This Day in 1926
“The disease of pessimism” prevalent in Ireland - September 2 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Cross-community peace rally announced for Derry’s Craigavon Bridge - On This Day in 1976
Rally on Derry’s “Bridge to Peace” - September 1 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Almost 58,000 slaves emancipated in Nepal - On This Day in 1926
Freedom for slaves – 58,000 set free by Northern Indian prince - August 31 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Security forces ‘given free hand’ to torture - On This Day in 1976
Internment torture probe – “Leak” says Britain has been found guilty - August 29 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today’s Irish News article on the potency of place names in Irish identity. www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On this week's The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I discuss the 1976 Emergency Powers Bill that led to the resignation of President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh and the increasingly interventionist role by US administrations to the NI Peace Process. youtu.be/nsavqP3jAKc?...
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The Unbelievable 1976 Emergency That Suspended Ireland’s Civil Liberties
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Drought Saves Infant Lives – On This Day in 1976
Drought may be cutting infant deaths - August 27 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Support for Miners? – On This Day in 1926
Times correspondent questions backing for General Strike in Ireland
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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State of Emergency – On This Day in 1976
Cosgrave to declare state of emergency - August 25 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Fishermen’s Plight – On This Day in 1926
Fishing Industry – Present plight of Irish fishermen - August 24 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Outrage after British Army threatens to detain children as young as seven in Derry - On This Day in 1976
Protests at British Army’s “we’ll arrest 7-year-olds” - August 22 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Irish whiskey industry ‘taxed out of existence’, distiller warns - On This Day in 1926
“Almost Prohibition” in Ireland - August 21 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In this The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I discuss the 1920s "sleeping sickness" epidemic, subject matter for the Robert de Niro movie Awakenings, and the reburial of Nazi propagandist Lord Haw Haw in Galway in 1976. youtu.be/TDpNEi2QGEI?...
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The Forgotten Pandemic: Ireland’s Deadly 1920s “Sleepy Sickness” Mystery
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Newry and Mourne Council defies opposition to open playing fields on Sundays - On This Day in 1976
Open on Sundays - August 20 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Scotland struggles to care for victims of mysterious ‘sleepy sickness’ epidemic - On This Day in 1926
Mystery disease – How Glasgow Board of Health is treating Sleepy Sickness - August 19 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan urge Catholic women to join Belfast peace rally - On This Day in 1976
“Make it a massive turnout for peace” - August 18 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Harry Houdini claims underwater coffin stunt could help save trapped miners - On This Day in 1926
Houdini’s wizardry – Startling claim that may lead to important results - August 17 1926
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Protestant women to cross Belfast peace line as anti-violence campaign grows - On This Day in 1976
People of all areas for the big peace rally - August 15 1976
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Today’s Irish News article on the founding of the Peace People by Mairéad Corrigan and Betty Williams 50 years ago this month. www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
On this week's The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I discuss the founding of the Peace People by Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams 50 years ago this month after the tragic deaths of Mairead's niece and nephews, the three Maguire children. youtu.be/v642Z5tjeNI?...
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How a Nobel Prize Destroyed Northern Ireland’s Most Powerful Protest Movement
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