Monthly Archives: February 2020

A REBEL, A JUST MAN, A LOVER OF HIS PEOPLE…

Posted on February 26, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH FEBRUARY) 166 YEARS AGO : ‘GUILTY’ OF HIGH TREASON BUT PARDONED AND TRANSPORTED. On this date – 26th February – in 1854, William Smith O’Brien (pictured), leader of the 1848 ‘Young Irelander Rebellion’, is released. He … Continue reading →

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“THE BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

Posted on February 19, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (19TH FEBRUARY) 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A REBEL POACHER-TURNED-FREE STATE MILITARY GENERAL. ‘JJ O’Connell (pictured) joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914, becoming Chief of Inspection in 1915. He travelled the country organising volunteer corps, as … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Arthur Griffith, Ballineanig, Bertie Ahern, Bill Clinton, Bob McCarthy, Charles Matthews, Dan O'Sullivan, Dick McKee, Dorothy Macardle, Earnan De Blagdh, Eoin MacNeill, Ernest Blyth, Ernie O'Malley, Frank Thornton, Frongoch internment camp, General Eoin O'Duffy, Gerry Adams, Ginger O Connell, Harry Ferguson, Herbert Richard Roper, Hillsborough Treaty, Jeremiah Joseph JJ Ginger O'Connell, JJ O Connell, John Daly, John Hume, John Major, Joseph Plunkett, Leo Henderson, LIAM MELLOWS, Lough Attorick, Mary Lou McDonald, McGilligan's Pub Leeson Street, Michael Collins, Morgan, Niall O Dowd, Oscar Traynor, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Percy Dawson, Piet De Pauw., Poolagoond, Portobello Barracks, Richard Mulcahy, Seán Hegarty, Sunningdale Agreement, T Kennedy, the Abbey Theatre, the Gaelic League, The Tragedies Of Kerry, Thomas O'Sullivan, Tim Pat Coogan, Tony Blair, Topographical Society, Walker, Wandsworth Prison, Williams | Leave a comment

COMPROMISE WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE : VOTE NOTA!

Posted on February 5, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH FEBRUARY) 98 YEARS AGO : REBEL WOMEN SAY ‘NO!’. “As things developed in 1922, we could see that the Free State was toeing the line for Britain. Nearly all the girls stayed republican, but the men … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 94 Sean Treacy Street, An Cumann Cabhrach, Charles Stewart Parnell, Cumann na mBan, Cumann na Saoirse, Eamon de Valera, Eamonn Boyce, Eithne Coyle, Fusilier John Callaghan, George Carlin, John McCabe, Katharine Wood, Kathleen Lane-O'Kelley, Kitty O' Shea, Liam Mulcahy, Martha Drennan, Martha McIter, Michael Collins, Mna na Poblachta., Patrick Joseph Kearney, Philip Clarke, Sam McTier, Sarah Swanwick, Seán Hegarty, Seán O'Callaghan, Thomas James Mitchell, W McC Miller, Wenda Edwards, William Drennan, Wynn's Hotel Abbey Street Dublin | Leave a comment

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Monthly Archives: February 2020

A REBEL, A JUST MAN, A LOVER OF HIS PEOPLE…

“THE BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

COMPROMISE WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE : VOTE NOTA!

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