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Monthly Archives: November 2022
“WHENEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE SIDE OF THE MAJORITY IT IS TIME TO PAUSE AND REFLECT.”
ON THIS DATE (30TH NOVEMBER) 122 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THE IRISH ‘GALLEY SLAVE / GOLDEN CHAINS’ AUTHOR : OSCAR WILDE. On the 16th October, 1854, a boy was born to a middle-class family who lived at Westland Row, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Swift, Anne McHardy, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Dan Curley, Denis O'Brien, ESAT, Frederick Cavendish, George Denman, Godwin Swift, James Carey, James Fitzharris, James Power, Jane Elgee, Jane Francesca Agnes, Jane Lampton, Joe Brady, John Mallon, John Marshall, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Michael Fagan, Michael Kavanagh, Nicholas Harman, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, Paddy Power Bookmaker, Peter Carey, Robert Farrell, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Stewart Kenny, Thomas Caffrey, Thomas F Burke, Tim Kelly, William Wilde, Winston Churchill
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8 4 U SOON…!
8 4 U ON THE 30TH! We’ve gone back as far as the 17th century in one of our eight pieces for Wednesday, 30th November 2022, which is the period linked to a well-known author who suggested a new diet … Continue reading
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THE ‘BLUFFER BATES’ IS FACED UP TO AND FACED DOWN BY HIS OWN!
The ‘Orange Boss’ was challenged by his own people over his ‘stay at home’ ruling so he marched his ‘police force’ up to the top of the hill…and then marched them down again… Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Timothy Deasy, Charles Brett, Charles Francis Adams, Charles Stewart Parnell, Colm O'Loughlin, Constance Markievicz, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, George Richardson, George Walsh, Jack White, James Connolly, James Lenehan, John Bruton, John Gore, John Redmond, Jonathan Freedland, Joseph Davison, Michael J Judge, Michael Larkin, Michael Lonergan, Michael Lowry, Michael O'Brien, P T Daly, Padraig O'Riain, Peadar Macken, Peadar White, Peter O'Neal Crowley, Peter O'Reilly, Richard Dawson Bates, Robert Page, Roy Foster, Seamus O'Connor, Sean Fitzgibbon, Seán O'Casey, Thomas J Kelly, Tim Teenan, Vorster South Africa, William Allen, William Gould, William O'Meara Allen, William Philip Allen
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POLITICAL FUNDRAISING AND THE PRICE OF IT.
WHY IS THIS STATE POLITICIAN SWEATING… …why is he looking so worried? Would it have something to do with a political buddy of his from Tipperary, and/or an expensive dinner and/or a mobile phone licence? Or maybe it’s something to … Continue reading
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‘THEY BOUND THEM TIGHT BOTH HANDS AND FEET WITH TWINE THEY COULD NOT BREAK…’
THE ‘AARIR’ GROWLS (!) IN AMERICA 102 YEARS AGO ON THIS DATE. Ireland 1920 ; Black and Tans on the rampage, the Irish republican Lord Mayor of Cork, Thomas MacCurtain shot dead by RIC members who were out of uniform … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfie Rogers, Austin Stack, Cathal Brugha, Clan na Gael, Eamon de Valera, Friends of Irish Freedom, Henry Cabot Lodge, Irish Race Convention, Jerome J Collins, John Devoy, Judge Daniel Cohalan, Martin Gildea, Michael Brud Mac Mahon, Michael Egan, Thomas MacCurtain, William Borah
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VOTING FOR OR AGAINST, DEPENDING ON THE SUM OFFERED!
ON THIS DATE (2ND NOVEMBER) 36 YEARS AGO : SINN FÉIN REORGANISED. ‘The story of how Gerry Adams tried to turn an eighty year old revolutionary movement into a British constitutional party. How he broke the Sinn Féin constitution, created … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Cullen, Charlie Daly, Claude Wilton, Daniel Enright, Dáithi Ó Conaill, Denny Connor, Des Dalton, Eithne O'Leary, Eugene Egan, Frank Power, Ivan Cooper, James Daly, James Doherty, James Finn, James Gorman, Jer O'Leary, Jerusalem Whaley, John Hume, John Miranda, Joseph Hawes, Jullundar, Jutogh, Michael O'Sullivan, Michael Tiny Lyons, Noel Sheridan, Paddy Doherty, Patrick Hynes, Patrick Smythe, Peter Sears, Portland Convict Prison, Richard Burn-Chapel Whaley, Robert Ballagh, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Sally Jenkinson, Sarah Jenkinson, Sean Larkin, Seán MacEoin, Solon, Thomas Buck Whaley, Thomas Kyle, Timothy O'Sullivan, William Coote
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