Monthly Archives: April 2021

ON THIS DATE (28TH APRIL) 105 YEARS AGO : THE ‘BATTLE OF ASHBOURNE’. “You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea…you cannot confine it in the strongest prison cell that your slaves could ever build..” – the … Continue reading →

TO BE POSTED HERE ON WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL 2021 : POLITICAL AND MILITARY MANOEUVRINGS BETWEEN THE ‘IRISH VOLUNTEER’ LEADERSHIP AND THE BRITISH ARMY DURING EASTER WEEK 1916. In answer to some queries we have had in relation to this issue, … Continue reading →

ON THIS DATE (21ST APRIL) 146 YEARS AGO : IRISH HOME-RULER ELECTED TO WESTMINSTER. Charles Stewart Parnell (pictured) was born on the 27th June, 1846, in Avondale, in County Wicklow, and became associated with the ‘Irish Home Rule’ organisation. He … Continue reading →

FOR SHAME : POLITICAL MACHINATIONS DURING EASTER WEEK 1916. We are currently working on a blog post detailing unbelievable political and military machinations between the leadership of the Irish Volunteers in a certain Irish county and the British military command … Continue reading →

14TH APRIL, 1923 : FOUR DAYS AFTER AN IRA STRATEGIST IS SHOT DEAD BY THE STATERS, THE IRA DEPUTY-CHIEF OF STAFF IS ARRESTED BY THEM. “FULL INDEPENDENCE AND NOTHING SHORT OF IT” – Austin Stack, ‘Treaty Of Surrender’ debate, Dáil … Continue reading →

ON A PARTICULAR DATE IN APRIL, 1920 – 1923… On the same date in the month of April, in the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923, the following incidents took place in Ireland : 1920 – A British spy was … Continue reading →

ON THIS DATE (7TH APRIL) 220 YEARS AGO : JAMES NAPPER TANDY STANDS ‘TRIAL’. Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! Ou La Mort! ( (Freedom! Equality! Brotherhood! Or Death!). Unite Indivisibilite De La Republique! ‘(On the) 7th April 1801, the trial of United … Continue reading →