Monthly Archives: October 2007

BRITISH OCCUPATION AND THE LONDON ‘TIMES’ ……. From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, January 1958 . On December 12th , 1957 , ‘The Irish Independent’ newspaper reported – ” Early yesterday morning a jeep-load of British soldiers accompanied by a member … Continue reading →

BOOT-BOYS FOR THE ‘UNION’ ….. Former British soldier gets 3 years’ jail for urinating on dying woman. ‘A man who urinated on a disabled woman and sprayed her with shaving foam as she lay dying in the street was jailed … Continue reading →

BRITISH OCCUPATION AND THE LONDON ‘TIMES’ ……. From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, January 1958 . A ‘division’ was indeed reached , we say , to meet the realities of the British Imperial situation – not the Irish one . And … Continue reading →

A CALLOUS SELF-SERVING CAREERIST . Due to his recent salary increase, Bertie Ahern now ‘earns’ (…is paid..) €1291 a day ! This is the same bumbling half-wit that recently found himself being ‘investigated’ by the very Tribunal that he and … Continue reading →

BRITISH OCCUPATION AND THE LONDON ‘TIMES’ ……. From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, January 1958 . The ‘London Times’ newspaper has learned little Irish history since the Pigott Forgeries, but that little doesn’t stop it pontificating on our problems . What … Continue reading →

“Picking up yeomanry reinforcements along the way, the combined British force of about 700 troops lost no time in forming up at the bottom of the hill to attack the rebels who had posted themselves behind defenses such as old … Continue reading →

BRITISH OCCUPATION AND THE LONDON ‘TIMES’ . From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, January 1958 . In some ways it is a pity the ‘London Times’ newspaper isn’t more widely read in Ireland . The issue of December 9 , 1957 … Continue reading →

IGNORING OUR HISTORY… “ We really must enter a protest against the way in which Irish history is written by some English historians. In Wright’s History of Ireland we find the following gratuitous assertion offered to excuse De Clare’s crime: … Continue reading →

O’Donovan Rossa , by Brian Na Banban……. From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, January 1958 . In their hearts plant the seeds of his story , In their minds light the dream of his soul , And point them the road … Continue reading →

Victims of the Great Hunger… ‘The Times’ editorial of September 30, 1845, warned; “In England the two main meals of a working man’s day now consists of potatoes.” England’s potato-dependence was as excessive as Ireland’s. Grossly over-populated relative to its … Continue reading →