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s plans are being made to celebrate the anniversary of the birth in Straide of Land League founder, Michael Davitt, it is appropriate to take a look at the career of one of the West's most referred historical figures.
Michael Davitt was born in Straide on March 25th, 1846, the second of five children. When Michael was six years old, his parents, Martin and Sabina Davitt (nee Kielty), were evicted. Martin travelled to find work in England and settled down in Lancashire, while his wife and family, refusing shelter in the workhouse, were offered accommodation by the parish priest in Straide, Fr. John McHugh.
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mong Mayo's best known sportsmen was the world heavyweight boxing champion, Gene Tunney, popularly known as The Fighting Marine.
Gene's father left Kiltimagh for the U.S. at the age of nineteen and some years later his mother left Kiltimagh, also bound for the land of opportunity, where she met and married John Tunney.
Gene was one of boxing's all-time success stories, who became a millionaire in the ring, a friend of the famous, and made millions more in business.
Born in New York City on May 25, 1898, James Joseph (Gene) was given a pair of boxing gloves by his father when he was 10 years old.

Admiral William Browne

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dmiral William Brown, the hero of Garcia, Montevideo and Los Pozos, is acknowledged as 'the father of Argentina's Navy.'
But he was even more than all that. He was a champion and friend of human liberty and the emancipator of a whole nation. In fact, the entire continent of South America owes him a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that he was one of the world's foremost and greatest men of action, and that his exploits and heroism have profoundly influenced the course of history.
His name is revered and imperishably engraved on the hearts of those he fought to liberate, and the abundant fruits of his herculean achievements suffer no diminution with the passing of the years.