Monthly Archives: December 2016

25TH DECEMBER 2016 ON THE GRAND CANAL IN DUBLIN WITH CABHAIR.

Posted on December 28, 2016 by 11sixtynine

40TH CONSECUTIVE CABHAIR CHRISTMAS SWIM, CHRISTMAS DAY 2016 : A FEW WORDS AND PICS. The weather at the swim site in Inchicore, Dublin, on Christmas Day last was dry and mild, but a bit stormy : and the weather at … Continue reading →

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COUNCILS IN THE OCCUPIED SIX COUNTIES SAY ‘NO’ TO STORMONT.

Posted on December 21, 2016 by 11sixtynine

SWIM PACKS OUT (not in…!) 1,000 printed items of a republican nature (photographed, left) have been collated into different size ‘packs’ and distributed pub-to-pub and door-to-door in the ‘Swim’ area, notifying recipients of an event which will be 40-years-young on … Continue reading →

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SO NEAR BUT YET SO FAR – IN 1796.

Posted on December 19, 2016 by 11sixtynine

FROM FRANCE TO CORK – BUT NATURE INTERVENED… During the ’emergency’ mentioned above, a British minister instructed his paramilitary thugs to move against the local councils who were challenging the British writ.. Is the Cabhair Swim ‘packing’ in (or out…)? … Continue reading →

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“THERE ARE NO RULES IN WAR. THE WINNER DICTATES THE RULES…”

Posted on December 7, 2016 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 137 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED – AUSTIN STACK. Austin Stack (pictured, left) was born on the 7th December, 1879 – 137 years ago on this date – … Continue reading →

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