May 31, 2022
OTD: Danny La Rue (26 July 1927 - 31 May 2009)
Dany La Rue (1927 -2008) was born Daniel Patrick Carroll on 26 July 1927 in Cork. He is best remembered as a theatrical artist who performed both in and out of drag.
Here he is performing in 1976 in The Good Old Days, a BBC TV series which recreated old style Victorian/Edwardian music hall performances audience included.
La Rue performed for over 60 years on the British stage until a year before his passing on the 31 May, 2009 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
OTD: Frank Pantridge - Pioneering Cardiologist (1916 - 2024)
Frank Pantridge was born to a farming family near Hillsborough, County Down, on October 3rd, 1916. In 1934, he was accepted to the medicine program at Queens University Belfast (QUB). Graduating in 1939, he volunteered for WWII service the day after…
Outbreak of the Economic War: June 30, 1932
Irish Independent, July 1, 1932, with headline story on Anglo-Irish economic tensions
Background to the Anglo-Irish Trade WarWhile the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 granted Ireland a measure of independence, many in the newly formed Saorstát &E…
