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From the RTÉ programme "100 years":
August 10
1933 General Eoin O'Duffy outlines his proposals to remodel parliament. He favours a system of representatives from professional and vocational groups. Women would be attached to the groups of their husbands and fathers.
1937 Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty is among the literary figures and film stars banned in Spain by Franco's forces. Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks Junior and Joan Crawford also come under the new censorship schemes.
1981 The funeral of hunger striker Thomas McElwee takes place in County Derry. His 21-year-old brother Benedict is released from the Maze Prison for the day.
1989 Crag Cave in County Kerry is opened to the public. The vast underground system was discovered in 1983.
From the RTÉ programme "100 years":
August 10
1933 General Eoin O'Duffy outlines his proposals to remodel parliament. He favours a system of representatives from professional and vocational groups. Women would be attached to the groups of their husbands and fathers.
1937 Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty is among the literary figures and film stars banned in Spain by Franco's forces. Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks Junior and Joan Crawford also come under the new censorship schemes.
1981 The funeral of hunger striker Thomas McElwee takes place in County Derry. His 21-year-old brother Benedict is released from the Maze Prison for the day.
1989 Crag Cave in County Kerry is opened to the public. The vast underground system was discovered in 1983.
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