Monthly Archives: July 2014

AN UNWANTED ‘CROSS OF SACRIFICE’ IN A COUNTRY WHICH CONTINUES TO SACRIFICE BECAUSE OF WHAT IT REPRESENTS.

Posted on July 30, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. There was a force of uniformed gardaí at Sallins to deal with any attempt by a small group to make a token demonstration. It became their task, instead, to offer merely … Continue reading →

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THE SEX LIFE OF THE BRITISH POLITICAL ELITE AND HOW SAME KILLED A ‘LORD’.

Posted on July 23, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Stalking through this period of mass unrest came the great figure of de Valera, with his tame chorus on his heels. Fianna Fáil had everything to gain from the conflict and … Continue reading →

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1955, DUBLIN – A CHILD WAS BORN INTO A FAMILY OF SIX ON NOVEMBER 28TH THAT YEAR……

Posted on July 16, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The only body of opinion in Ireland that moved on the level of the pronouncement by His Holiness was the Orange Order, which influenced a body of Orangemen to go to … Continue reading →

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ROOFTOPS AND BARS IN HELL’S KITCHEN , THE BRONX AND EAST HARLEM…..

Posted on July 9, 2014 by 11sixtynine

NEW YORK : POVERTY IN THE SHADOW OF A ONE-AND-A-HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR BUILDING. This building – ‘Yankee Stadium’ , in the Bronx, an area with which we are familiar from previous visits to that borough in the magnificent city that is New … Continue reading →

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