Monthly Archives: July 2022

WINSTON CHURCHILL – “IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE HE LIVED IN IT…”

ON THIS DATE (20TH JULY) 101 YEARS AGO : BRITISH ARMY MAJOR IN IRELAND DIES BY HIS OWN HAND. On the 20th July, 1921, a British Army Major in the hated Black and Tan/RIC ‘Auxiliary’ force in Ireland shot himself … Continue reading

Posted in History/Politics. | 9 Comments

1922 IN IRELAND : THE REPUBLICAN RESISTANCE WAS BOTH DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE.

‘CATHAL GOULDING, PADRAIG PEARSE AND SEÁN HEGARTY’. From ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper, April 1955. Sentenced to eight years penal servitude on October 7, 1953, on arms raid charge. “We are soldiers of the Irish Republican Army, who believe that the … Continue reading

Posted in History/Politics. | Leave a comment

THE FREE STATE – AN UNWANTED AND UNRESPECTED BEGGAR.

ON THIS DATE (6TH JULY) 46 YEARS AGO : IRA ESCAPE PLAN FINALISED. Near the end of 1975, the then British Secretary of State for ‘Northern Ireland’ (sic), Merlyn Rees, announced that as of from March 1976, those found guilty … Continue reading

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment