Monthly Archives: June 2021

1941 – IRA ARRESTS ONE OF ITS OWN FOR INFORMING.

Posted on June 30, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (30TH JUNE) 99 YEARS AGO : PRO-BRITISH MERCENARIES IN DUBLIN RETAKE THE FOUR COURTS. The Four Courts building in Dublin, located on Inns Quay, was abandoned by Anti-Treaty forces on the 30th June, 1922 after a two-day … Continue reading →

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WEARING HIS UNIFORM WHEN JUSTICE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.

Posted on June 23, 2021 by 11sixtynine

IRISH HISTORY SHORTS : FROM REGISTERING YOUR INTERESTS (!) TO PRESSURIED ‘COMPASSION’ TO A 16-YEAR-OLD… On this date (23rd June) in the year… …1704 : The British introduced (and enforced) a ‘Registration Act’ in Ireland which ‘obliged’ (!) all Catholic … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 9, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (9TH JUNE) 68 YEARS AGO : CINEMATIC ‘BLOCKBUSTER’ BANNED! The year 1953 started, politically, in Ireland, with Sinn Féin declaring, to great applause from republicans and other socially-conscious people, that it intended to contest all 12 constituencies … Continue reading →

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NERVOUS TENSION, IMPENDING COMBAT, SIGHTS LINED UP…

Posted on June 2, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (2ND JUNE) 100 YEARS AGO : IRA VICTORY AT CARROWKENNEDY (CEATHRÚ CHINNÉIDE), COUNTY MAYO. ‘It was late afternoon of a warm day (on Thursday, 2nd June 1921) in Carrowkennedy, County Mayo. Irish Volunteer Jimmy O’Flaherty heard the … Continue reading →

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