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DUBLIN, 1913 : 146-DAY STRIKE BEGINS.

Posted on August 26, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH AUGUST) 107 YEARS AGO : A 146-DAY LOCKOUT BEGINS IN DUBLIN. On the 26th August, 1913 – 107 years ago on this date – at about 9.40am, drivers and conductors on Dublin trams stepped-out of their … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 1913 Lockout, Arthur Guinness, B-Specials, Barry Connell, Gerry Connell, Gregory Ashe, James Connolly, Jim Larkin, John Lucy, Justice McKechnie, Lieut Col OBE, The Royal Ulster Rifles, Thomas Kettle, Thomas Patrick Ashe, Tom Kettle, William Martin Murphy. | Leave a comment

THE HUNT REPORT : A FALSE-FLAG OPERATION.

Posted on October 10, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (10TH OCTOBER) 49 YEARS AGO : UNHINGED ‘POLICING REPORT’ PUBLISHED. British ‘Baron’ Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt CBE DSO ETC (!)(pictured – full title/name -‘Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine’) was born in Simla … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 4th Baronet of Dromoland Castle County Clare, B-Specials, Baron Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt CBE DSO, Bord Fáilte., Cahir Healy, Captain Cecil Edwin Hunt, Charles Daly, Charlotte O' Brien, Charlotte Smith, Colombia Three, Daniel O'Connell., ELN, Ethel Helen Crookshank, Gearoid O Loingsigh, Henry Cecil John Hunt Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine, Hotel Continental, John Mitchel, Las Villas de Santa Rosa, Loyal National Repeal Association, Lucy Caroline Gabbett, Mauss, Patrick O'Donohoe, RIC, RUC, Sir Edward O'Brien, storm chasers, Terence McManus, The Young Irelanders, Thomas Francis Meagher, UDr, Walt Disney, William Smith O' Brien, Wolfe Tone. | Leave a comment

THIS GROUP MORPHED INTO A ‘GRAB ALL ASSOCIATION’.

Posted on November 1, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (1ST NOVEMBER) 97 YEARS AGO : IRISH ‘LAD OF 18 SUMMERS’ EXECUTED BY WESTMINSTER. Kevin Barry (pictured, left) wearing the uniform of ‘H’ Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade of the IRA. He was 18 years of age … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'Sir' Richard Dawson Bates, A Specials, Austin Stack Cumann Sinn Féin, B-Specials, C Company 1st Battalion Wellington Barracks Jalandhar Punjab, C Specials, Dagshai Prison, David Lloyd George, Elverys Corner in O'Connell Street, Eugene Egan, Father Francis Browne SJ Belvedere College, Frank Stagg., GAA Rule 21, J.K. Bracken, James Gorman, John McKay, John Miranda Liverpool, John Wyse-Power, Joseph Hawes, Joseph Hawes Wellington barracks, Joseph O'Ryan, Kathy Barry, Kevin Barry, Leigue Cemetery in Ballina County Mayo, Liam Cosgrave, Major General Sir G de S Barrow, Maurice Davin, Michael Cusack, Michael Gaughan, Mick Barry Tombeigh, Miss Hayes' Commercial Hotel Thurles County Tipperary, Monk's bakery in Dublin, Mrs Garrett, Paddy Cooney, Padraig O' h-Airneide, Patrick Hynes, Patrick W. Nally, Paul Stanley Straffan Co Kildare, Philip Clarke, PIRA, Private Patrick Smythe, Private Peter Sears, PSNI, RSF President Des Dalton, RUC, Sean O Suileabhain, Seoirse Dearle, Sheila Barry Cumann na mBan, Sir James Craig, the Fenians, The United Irishman newspaper, Thomas St George McCarthy, Tomas O Dubhghaill, Ulster Special Constabulary, Ulster Unionist Council, Ulster Volunteer Force, Wakefield Prison, William Coote | Leave a comment

ON THIS DATE 33 YEARS AGO – TWO HUNGER-STRIKERS DIE IN THE H-BLOCKS.

Posted on May 21, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. At the same time our road of approach was a cautious one – we were an unarmed organisation although we possessed arms ; the ‘cease fire dump arms’ order of 1923 … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged B-Specials, Boundary Commission 1925, IRA Gibraltar IRA killings, NOTA vote 23rd May 2014 local elections EU elections., Patsy O'Hara, Raymond McCreesh | Leave a comment

RUAÍRI Ó BRÁDAIGH COMMEMORATION AND SUMMER SCHOOL.

Posted on May 14, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. As it became clear that the Free State government had in mind to subject the IRA to a mounting system of police thuggery, the possibility of another armed clash forced itself … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged B-Specials, Boundary Commission 1920's Ireland, Cabhair Testimonial dinner function, James Fintan Lalor, Kenneth Asquez, LIAM MELLOWS, monthly raffle., Moore Street 1916, Ruairí O Bradaigh, USC B-Specials, Wolfe Tone commemoration Bodenstown Sallins | Leave a comment

HISTORICAL MURAL REPLACED BY ELECTION MATERIAL.

Posted on May 7, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. As is the way with all robust Irish movements, the IRA sought relations with other peoples struggling to be free, and we sent delegates to the world’s anti-imperialist movements. Seán MacBride … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 22 Irish republican hunger-strikers, A Specials, B-Specials, C Specials, Gerry Adams cabal from the dark side, Ireland boundary commission, monthly raffle. | Leave a comment

A LESSON HARD-LEARNED SO EARLY IN LIFE.

Posted on October 10, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. One of my ‘An Phoblacht’ editorials stated – “The point of attack is the point of rally. Every militant Republican will be on the side of … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged B-Specials, Family Fortunes., monthly raffle., PSNI, RUC, UDr | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: B-Specials

DUBLIN, 1913 : 146-DAY STRIKE BEGINS.

THE HUNT REPORT : A FALSE-FLAG OPERATION.

THIS GROUP MORPHED INTO A ‘GRAB ALL ASSOCIATION’.

ON THIS DATE 33 YEARS AGO – TWO HUNGER-STRIKERS DIE IN THE H-BLOCKS.

RUAÍRI Ó BRÁDAIGH COMMEMORATION AND SUMMER SCHOOL.

HISTORICAL MURAL REPLACED BY ELECTION MATERIAL.

A LESSON HARD-LEARNED SO EARLY IN LIFE.

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