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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 BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

ON THIS DATE (19TH FEBRUARY) 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A REBEL POACHER-TURNED-FREE STATE MILITARY GENERAL. ‘JJ O’Connell (pictured) joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914, becoming Chief of Inspection in 1915. He travelled the country organising volunteer corps, as … Continue reading

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CAREER POLITICIANS – ‘MURDERED EN ROUTE AND REPLACED BY CRIMINALS’.

ON THIS DATE (5TH DECEMBER) 97 YEARS AGO : TRUCE AND TREATY AND THE PARTING OF THE WAYS. On Monday, 5th of December in 1921 – 97 years ago on this date – in Downing Street in London, the then … Continue reading

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‘HOW DARE YOU CHALLENGE MICHAEL COLLINS..’

20 YEARS ‘CELEBRATION’ OF A FALSE DAWN. ’20 years later and inevitable failure of GFA has come to pass. 02 April, 2018 13:57 With the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) certain questions have to be asked. What … Continue reading

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FROM THE HALF’PENNY BRIDGE IN DUBLIN TO AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND…

PROSE AND CONS. By prisoners from E1 Landing, Portlaoise Prison, 1999. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS : Grateful thanks to the following for their help, support, assistance and encouragement, and all those who helped with the typing and word processing over the past few … Continue reading

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RECESSION ? AUSTERITY ? WHERE….?

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Jack Boyle went on his way , and I sat there , the threatening letter still in my hand. The envelope was distinctive and I called … Continue reading

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MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE – BERTIE AHERN AND THE MAHON TRIBUNAL.

A POLITICAL MAFIA. Whilst the newspapers , radio and TV news bulletins are overflowing (and rightly so , in our opinion) with items concerning the connections between the findings of the Mahon Tribunal (‘…endemic corruption in the body politic..’) – … Continue reading

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