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Bog Bodies: When the Celts arrived in Ireland (c. 500 B.C. - A.D. 500), they brought
with them a mysterious practice: They brutally murdered sacrificial slaves or prisoners
and buried them in bogs. Several bodies—shriveled and leathery, but remarkably pre-
served—have been dug up from around the Celtic world (in the British Isles and Northern
Europe).
Modern Ireland's Turbulent Birth: A Timeline
Imagine if our American patriot ancestors had fought both our Revolutionary War
and our Civil War over a span of seven chaotic years...and then appreciate the re-
markable resilience of the Irish people. Here's a summary of what happened when.
1916: A nationalist militia called the Volunteers (led by Patrick Pearse ) and
the socialist Irish Citizen Army (led by James Connolly ) join forces in the Easter
Uprising , but they fail to end 750 years of British rule. The uprising is unpopular
with most Irish, who are unhappy with the destruction in Dublin and preoccupied
with the “Great War” on the Continent. But when 16 rebel leaders (including Pearse
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