Monthly Archives: July 2021

THE ‘LION’ THAT BRAYS LIKE A JACKASS!

Posted on July 28, 2021 by 11sixtynine

‘THE BREAK OF ARMAGH : A SUGGESTION BY A WORLD-FAMOUS POET’. From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, July, 1954. Dear Sir, The major portion of the multitude who were elated by the brilliant coup of fifteen Irish boys in Armagh – … Continue reading →

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CMG, OBE, MI6…KIA.

Posted on July 21, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (21ST JULY) 45 YEARS AGO : WILLING EMPIRE PAWN ASSASSINATED IN DUBLIN. Christopher Thomas Ewart-Biggs (pictured), a British career diplomat and a ‘CMG’, an ‘OBE’, and an M16 ‘Senior Foreign Office Liaison Officer’, was appointed by Westminster … Continue reading →

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TEN TIMES THEY ROSE, AND FOUGHT AGAIN…

Posted on July 14, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (14TH JULY) 223 YEARS AGO : SHEARES BROTHERS MURDERED BY THE CROWN. “Adieu, Julia, my light is out. The approach of darkness is like that of death, since both alike require I should say farewell forever. Oh! … Continue reading →

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CHARLES WILLIAM SAINT JOHN BURGESS AKA…?

Posted on July 7, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (7TH JULY) 99 YEARS AGO : CATHAL BRUGHA DIES FROM FREE STATE-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. On the 18th July, 1874, Thomas Burgess and his wife, Marianne (nee Flynn), who lived at that time in 13 Richmond Avenue in … Continue reading →

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SURVIVED A BRITISH ONSLAUGHT IN 1916 BUT KILLED BY FORMER COMRADES SIX YEARS LATER…

Posted on July 4, 2021 by 11sixtynine

WOUNDED BY THE BRITISH, FINISHED OFF BY THE STATERS… This Irish rebel was on active duty in 1916, and before then. He had some lucky escapes over the years but, in Easter week in 1916, he must have thought his … Continue reading →

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