Monthly Archives: April 2014

‘PROPERTY TAX ‘: STATE REVENUE CLOSES IN ON ‘DEFAULTERS’.

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. As a memorial service, the Armistice ceremony was treated with respect and no conflict stirred until, at the end of the two minute silence, a section of the crowd struck up … Continue reading

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EASTER 1916 COMMEMORATIONS RSF 2014 DUBLIN : BRIEF REPORT AND SOME PICS.

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. If anybody is ever tempted to examine IRA documents of the late 1920’s , ’30 and ’31 , he could easily make the mistake certain other people made at the time … Continue reading

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“THE DOOR BURST OPEN AND FIVE DMP MEN RUSHED IN…”

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. All this time I could not but be aware of the growing strength of the IRA , for I was continuously a member of its controlling body. The system of control … Continue reading

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9TH APRIL 1981 : BOBBY SANDS ELECTED.

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. From Tipperary I wandered into Limerick and on into Kerry where Mick Halissey of Cahirciveen was responsive to the campaign in ‘An Phoblacht’. Johnny O’Connor of Farmersbridge gathered a houseful of … Continue reading

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BOUNDARY COMMISSION – ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN.

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The letter said that Dr. Fogarty’s father was known among his own people as ‘Tear-’em-Down Fogarty’ , as big a blackguard of a bailiff as was ever in North Tipperary. I … Continue reading

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