Author Archives: 11sixtynine

About 11sixtynine

A mother of three (and a Granny!) and a political activist , living in Dublin , Ireland.

“I MISS THE SOFT CLASP OF YOUR HAND AND YOUR BREATH WARM ON MY CHEEK…”

Posted on March 22, 2023 by 11sixtynine

The British forces had a list of 450 people to be rounded-up, but managed to grab only 342 of them, all from the nationalist community, only two of whom were republican activists. No loyalists were ‘arrested’. Over the next four days, 24 people were killed in rioting and gun battles across the Six Counties and about 7,000 people had to flee from their homes… Continue reading →

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THIS MAN SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ‘HORSING AROUND…’!

Posted on March 20, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON WEDNESDAY, 22ND MARCH 2023, WE’LL BE…. …with a six-parter, including a piece on an explanation issued by the IRA over forty years ago as to why it had carried out a particular operation abroad in which a British “decorated … Continue reading →

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TROUBLED BY ‘CHANGELINGS’ IN IRELAND.

Posted on March 15, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (15TH MARCH) 171 YEARS AGO : IRELAND WITNESSES THE BIRTH OF ‘THE RISING OF THE MOON’. On the 9th March, 1907, a play entitled ‘The Rising of the Moon’, by Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory (‘Lady Gregory’, pictured) … Continue reading →

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BRITISH ADMIRAL LEAVES DUBLIN BY AIR…!

Posted on March 8, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (8TH MARCH) 81 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF AN UNYIELDING OPPONENT OF THE FREE STATE. On March 27th, 1872, a baby girl was born in London, was moved to County Cork and reared and educated there, at … Continue reading →

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THE SPOILERS OF OUR LAND.

Posted on March 1, 2023 by 11sixtynine

All through those bitter years when he saw old friends and comrades turning away from him because he was too honourable to bow the knee to political expediency he remained true to the old cause and preached the old doctrine. Continue reading →

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GREAT TO BE (ALMOST!) BACK…!

Posted on February 24, 2023 by 11sixtynine

…Well – back in Dublin from our escapades in Galway (…more about that later!), but not back posting the blog just yet. As promised before our break, we’ll be back here on Wednesday, the 1st March 2023, with a seven-part … Continue reading →

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A POLITICAL OPERATOR WEANED ON THE LUST FOR POWER.

Posted on February 8, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (8TH FEBRUARY) 37 YEARS AGO : ONE EPISODE IN THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH… ‘A Jury in Abbeville, Louisiana, in the United States, yesterday (ie Friday, 7th February 1986) awarded one million dollars in damages … Continue reading →

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A DECENT(ISH) ‘LANDLORD’ FAMILY IN BAD COMPANY.

Posted on February 1, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (1ST FEBRUARY) 145 YEARS AGO : 1916 SIGNATORY BORN. On the 1st February 1878 – 145 years ago on this date – a child, Thomas, was born in Cloughjordan in Tipperary, into a household which would consist … Continue reading →

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THE DISEASE OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM.

Posted on January 25, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (25TH JANUARY) 146 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A REBEL PRIEST. Patrick Canon Murphy was born at Whitehill, Kilmore, in County Wexford on the 25th January 1877 – 146 years ago on this date. He studied for … Continue reading →

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A BRITISH ‘LADY’ COMPLAINS ABOUT “THE TROUBLESOME IRISH…”

Posted on January 18, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (18TH JANUARY) 192 YEARS AGO : WESTMINSTER SLAPS DOWN ONE OF ITS IRISH ‘PET REBELS’. Daniel O’Connell (‘The Liberator’, pictured) never claimed to be an Irish republican despite involving himself in an issue which, then as now, … Continue reading →

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