Monthly Archives: August 2012

MAGINNIS SNOWJOB TO MELT IN OUR SUMMER SUN…..

Posted on August 29, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. All he need do was give the names to a local school teacher who was, I knew, sib to his wife’s people – he could tell … Continue reading →

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AUGUST 21st 1971 : MONAGHAN CONVENTION.

Posted on August 22, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. I stepped off the mail car at the bailiff’s gate and was lucky enough to find him tinkering with his motorcycle : I was a motorbike … Continue reading →

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“WE ARE NOT A BRITISH COLONY….”

Posted on August 19, 2012 by 11sixtynine

OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND…. ….not as far as the British are concerned in the Julian Assange case , anyway : he may be ‘out of sight’ (temporarily [?] out of ‘reach’) but he is very much in their … Continue reading →

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15TH AUGUST 1599 : BRITISH ‘SIR’ BEHEADED IN IRELAND….

Posted on August 15, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The government group in the village would be a danger to us , which brought us to a great problem – publicity , speech-making. We were … Continue reading →

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WICKLOW NOW THE SEVENTH OCCUPIED COUNTY IN IRELAND…..

Posted on August 8, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. We would make no quarrel with people who went in and made peace , but we would keep them with us by using their safe byres … Continue reading →

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SICK OF THE OLYMPICS…. ?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by 11sixtynine

ME ? SICK OF THE OLYMPICS……? …..NO , NOT AT ALL. I JUST DON’T LIKE ALL THE SPORTY THINGS THAT SEEM TO GO WITH IT…..! This blog should have has a special affiliation with the Olympics , seeing as they … Continue reading →

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THE ASGARD , THE CHOTAH AND ‘SIR’ THOMAS MYLES….

Posted on August 1, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Was there a danger , if we called the the people back to the 1919 decision , that the government would take alarm at the threat … Continue reading →

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