Monthly Archives: December 2022

THE FRENCH ARMY WERE “NEAR ENOUGH TO TOSS A BISCUIT ASHORE…”

Posted on December 21, 2022 by 11sixtynine

This Stormont Minister assembled a raiding-party and they prepared themselves to lay seige to County Council offices in Fermanagh, in an effort to force that institution to withdraw its support for ‘the foreign administration in the South…’ Continue reading →

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‘THE NAME ‘REPUBLICAN’ IN IRELAND BEARS NO POLITICAL MEANING…’

Posted on December 7, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 143 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED – AUSTIN STACK. Austin Stack (pictured) was born on the 7th December, 1879 – 143 years ago on this date – in … Continue reading →

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BRITS AND BATS…!

Posted on December 4, 2022 by 11sixtynine

This republican operative was captured by the Staters in 1923 and went on hunger strike for forty-one days before being released in July 1924 ; de Valera attempted to recruit him in 1926 but he stayed with the Republican Movement … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: December 2022

THE FRENCH ARMY WERE “NEAR ENOUGH TO TOSS A BISCUIT ASHORE…”

‘THE NAME ‘REPUBLICAN’ IN IRELAND BEARS NO POLITICAL MEANING…’

BRITS AND BATS…!

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