Helen Waddell, Irish Scholar, Translator and Novelist, Is Born in Tokyo

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May 31, 1889

Helen Waddell, Irish scholar, translator and novelist, is born in Tokyo

During the Boer War, Piet de Wet captures the thirteenth battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley. To British eyes, this mounted Battalion is the social and political show-piece of the new Volunteer Army; a company of Irish M.F.H.s known as the Iris

← During the Boer War, Piet de Wet captures the thirteenth battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley. To British eyes, this mounted Battalion is the social and political show-piece of the new Volunteer Army; a company of Irish M.F.H.s known as the Iris

At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unload

At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unload →

During the Boer War, Piet de Wet captures the thirteenth battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley. To British eyes, this mounted Battalion is the social and political show-piece of the new Volunteer Army; a company of Irish M.F.H.s known as the Iris

← During the Boer War, Piet de Wet captures the thirteenth battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley. To British eyes, this mounted Battalion is the social and political show-piece of the new Volunteer Army; a company of Irish M.F.H.s known as the Iris

Helen Waddell, Irish scholar, translator and novelist, is born in Tokyo

At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unload

At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unload →

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