Monthly Archives: February 2022

RATHER AN UNEMPLOYED NE’ER-DO-WELL THAN AN EMPLOYED ONE.

ON THIS DATE (23RD FEBRUARY) 57 YEARS AGO : THE BODY OF A 1916 HERO IS RETURNED TO IRELAND. On the 3rd August 1916, at 9am, Roger Casement (pictured) was placed on a scaffold in Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, London. … Continue reading

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BACK IN ACTION (soon!)…

AND WE’RE (almost) BACK…! Our BIG birthday party (a 21st – not mine, by the way : I’m not THAT old…!) couldn’t have been timed better – Covid restrictions in this State were just about lifted in time for that … Continue reading

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BRITISH FORCES RAID AND LOOT A ‘FRIENDLY HOUSE’.

ON THIS DATE (9TH FEBRUARY) 119 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A KNIGHTED, DISILLUSIONED ‘NATIONALIST’. Charles Gavan Duffy (pictured) was born in Dublin Street in County Monaghan on the 12th April, 1816, into a well-to-do family, and received his education … Continue reading

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THESE BRITISH SOLDIERS WAVED AT THE IRA AS THEY PASSED THEIR COMMANDEERED BARRACKS!

ON THIS DATE (2ND FEBRUARY) 50 YEARS AGO : BRITISH EMBASSY IN DUBLIN ATTACKED. The British Embassy in Dublin was burned down by protesters on Wednesday, 2nd February 1972, who were demonstrating their anger at the British political administration over … Continue reading

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COMIN’ AT YA LIKE A CROSSLEY TRUCK…

LIKE A CROSSLEY TRUCK, WE’RE COMIN’ AT YA…! (..just not today!) We’ll be posting our usual busy offering tomorrow, Wednesday 2nd February 2022, in which we’ll be detailing the following stories – This Westminster-inspired ‘bonfire’ in Dublin City Centre was … Continue reading

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