Monthly Archives: January 2022

FSA DESERTER REFUSED IRA MEMBERSHIP YET CLAIMED AS AN ACTIVE REPUBLICAN.

Posted on January 26, 2022 by 11sixtynine

CLAIMED AS MEMBERS OF THE IRA, BUT NOT MEMBERS OF THE IRA. Three young men who were executed by firing squad at Birr Castle by the Leinster House administration on the 26th January, 1923 – 99 years ago on this … Continue reading →

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IRELAND, 1909 – ‘LANDLORDS’ AND STATE VERSUS TENANTS.

Posted on January 19, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A PARTY PERSON. Pádraic Ó Máille (pictured), one of the founders (in 1906) of the Sinn Féin organisation and of the Conradh na Gaeilge group in the Galway area, was born … Continue reading →

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BRITISH CHIEF JUSTICE REWARDED FOR ‘SERVICE TO BRITISH (IN)JUSTICE’ IN IRELAND.

Posted on January 12, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (12TH JANUARY) 83 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATUM DELIVERED TO WESTMINSTER. An ultimatum from the Government of the Irish Republic was delivered to the then British Foreign Secretary, ‘Lord’ Halifax, on this date (12th January) 83 … Continue reading →

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ALMOST…READY…FOR OUR FIRST POST IN 2022..!

Posted on January 10, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ATHBHLIAIN FAOI MHAISE DUIT! We’re putting together an 8-part post (one of which, our ‘Short Stories’ piece, will itself cover eleven such ‘shorts’) for… We’ll be writing about a lady, her husband and her son, who were all members of … Continue reading →

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