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This summer tens of thousands of fans from both parts of Ireland will journey to France for a joyous festival of football. Many will be oblivious to the fact that the last time there was such a gathering of Irish in France was exactly 100 years ago
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Authors of ‘My Boy Jack’ suggested resting place belonged to Dublin-born Arthur Jacob
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Pte Henry Harrison killed during Battle of Loos in France on September 25th, 1915
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The Nobel laureate and staunch imperialist was one of hundreds of thousands of British and Irish parents to lose a son to the war
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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