Monthly Archives: September 2022

MICHAEL COLLINS’ LEGACY (NOT) PUT INTO STATE ‘LAW’.

ON THIS DATE (28TH SEPTEMBER) 102 YEARS AGO : CORK IRA ATTACK BRITISH ARMY BASE. Richard Willis, a carpenter, and his friend Jack Bolster, a painter, sometimes worked together on jobs ; it was on one such occasion that the … Continue reading

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AN 18TH CENTURY IRISH ‘ROUGH IN THE DIAMOND’.

ON THIS DATE (21ST SEPTEMBER) 195 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN RIC MAN WHO RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN OPPOSITION TO ‘REPRESSIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THE IRISH’. On the 21st September 1827 – 195 years ago on this date – Michael … Continue reading

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THE OTHER ‘BA’ THAT WE SHOULD BE EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT…

…we’re putting together a special piece for Wednesday, 21st September, 2022, concerning (very concerning, actually..) about the BA in this country, and the everlasting damage inflicted on the population of this State, and the country, that that BA has caused … Continue reading

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THE RESTRICTED VIEWPOINT OF THE LEINSTER HOUSE POLITICIAN.

ON THIS DATE (14TH SEPTEMBER) 102 YEARS AGO – 3 REPUBLICAN VOLUNTEERS KILLED IN AMBUSH. In late August/early September 1920, the RIC and their colleagues in the British Army vacated their barracks in the town of Ballinlough, in County Roscommon, … Continue reading

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THE FORCED DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND A POTATO BLIGHT.

ON THIS DATE (7TH SEPTEMBER) 199 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A RADICAL ‘FEVER DOCTOR’. On the 7th September 1823 – 199 years ago on this date – William Izod Doherty and his wife, Anne (nee McEvoy) and their then … Continue reading

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