Monthly Archives: October 2013

BRITISH SOLDIERS – VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN IMPERIALISM.

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. I do not remember now by what happy chance I asked P.T. Daly, Secretary to the Dublin Trades Council, to have a meal with me – … Continue reading

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BRITS AND ‘BLOODY SUNDAY’ : FAIR WARNING RATHER THAN FAIR PLAY.

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Charles Stewart Parnell sat in private talks with leaders of the weak trade union movement in Galway. Once the landlord phase was over, trade union leaders … Continue reading

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YOU CAN’T BRING IT WITH YOU BUT YOU CAN’T ‘GO’ WITHOUT IT.

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. I picked up a pencil and in the light of the townlands I wrote rapidly ‘And since these payments are illegal and immoral, all decrees enforcing … Continue reading

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IRISH ‘PASSPORTS’ FOR BRITISH ‘ROYALS’ – A GIFT FROM CORK.

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. It was against this background that Blythe’s talk on land annuities had to be considered – he was the least likely of ministers freely to take … Continue reading

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FREE STATE ARMY COLONEL VOWS TO FIGHT THE BRITS WITH HIS BRIGADE FROM A BASE IN EAST DONEGAL.

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Tyrone and Fermanagh were held within the occupied area , which was to benefit farther from slices of Donegal and Monaghan. It was a cruel, cynical … Continue reading

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