Tag Archives: Charles Stewart Parnell

THE ‘BLUFFER BATES’ IS FACED UP TO AND FACED DOWN BY HIS OWN!

Posted on November 23, 2022 by 11sixtynine

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 →

Posted in History/Politics. | 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 | Leave a comment

FROM A TORY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

Posted on May 5, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH MAY) 40 YEARS AGO : BOBBY SANDS DIES ON HUNGER STRIKE IN LONG KESH PRISON. The 1981 hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during this on-going struggle by Irish republican prisoners ; a … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alfred Webb, Berkeley Cox, Bobby Sands, Charles Ffrench, Charles Stewart Parnell, Dáithí Ó Conaill, Edward Daly, ER King Harman, Erskine Hamilton Childers, George Bryan, Home Government Association, Home Rule League, Home Rule Party, Isaac Butt, John Barry, John MacBride, John McBride, John O Blunden, John O Connor Power, Joseph Biggar, Joseph Plunkett, Laurence Waldron, Maude Gonne, Padraig Pearse, Philip Callan, Rev P Lavelle, Robert Butt, Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde, Tenant League, Thomas J Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, William Shaw, Willie Pearse, WJ O Neill Daunt | Leave a comment

THE ARTIFICIAL DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY.

Posted on October 21, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (21ST OCTOBER) 141 YEARS AGO : ‘FAIR RENT, FIXITY OF TENURE, FREEDOM OF SALE’. On the 21st October 1879- 141 years ago on this date- a meeting of concerned individuals was held in the Imperial Hotel in … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Andrew Kettle, Anna Parnell, Cathal Goulding, Charles Stewart Parnell, Eamon Boyce, Fanny Parnell, Gilbert McIlveen, Henry Haslett, Henry Joy McCracken, Hugh Brady, Irish National Land League, John Blake Dillon, John Devoy, John McCabe, Joseph Campbell, JP McCallum, Kevin O' Rourke, Ladies Land League, Leo McCormack, Liam Mulcahy, Manus Canning, Martin Davitt, Michael Davitt, Paddy Kearney, Philip Clarke, Robert Simms, Sabina Davitt, Sam McTier, Samuel Neilson, Sean Stephenson, Seán Hegarty, Seán O'Callaghan, Tanner Simms, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Thomas Brennan, Thomas McCabe, Thomas Paliser Russell, Thomas Pearce, Tom Mitchell, William Ewart Gladstone, William Simms, William Sinclair | Leave a comment

DEV, BASIL BROOK AND PUNCH AND JUDY.

Posted on April 22, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (22ND APRIL) 115 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST. ‘William Henry O’Shea [pictured] (pronounced “O’Shee”, a fact that gave rise to much worthless humour in the clubs and music halls at the time of the … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Ballylongford, Charles Stewart Parnell, Dr Moira Woods, Fr Liam Pilkington, Frank Aikan., Katharine Wood, Malachi Quinn, Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, Ned Fitzpatrick, Padraig Quinn, Rotunda Hospital, Sackville Lane, Seán Francis Quinn, Seán Proinsias Ó Cuinn, Seán Quinn, William Gladstone, William Henry O’Shea | Leave a comment

MR. NOBODY – THE DODGY ‘SHAMROCK PIMPERNEL’.

Posted on March 25, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (25TH MARCH) 174 YEARS AGO : ‘FATHER OF THE IRISH LAND LEAGUE’ BORN. The Irish ‘dissident’, Michael Davitt (pictured) was born on this date – 25th March – in 1846, in Straide, County Mayo, at the height … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Andrew Kettle, Brian Dillon, Brigadier F P Crozier, British Army base Moenchengladbach, Charles Stewart Parnell, Colonel Sturgis, Comanche horse, Cork City Manchester Martyrs Commemoration Committee, Dail Courts, Daily News newspaper, Dartmoor Prison, Dr Walter Mapelli, Elphis Hospital Dublin, Erskine Childers, George Clancy, George Reynolds Leitrim, Howard Marks, Imperial Hotel Castlebar, Irish National Land League, James Coburn., James McCann, Jim McCann, John O Carolan, Leighlinbridge Carlow, Leonid Minin, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Martin Davitt, Michael Davitt, Michael McCarthy, Michael O'Callaghan Limerick, Mrs MacDermott Roe, Myles Keogh., National Land League of Mayo, Nobber County Meath, Paddington Station London, Padraig Cullinane, Rathcooney Cemetery, Ruari Dall, Sabina Davitt, Sabina Kielty, Seamus Farrell, Shamrock Pimpernel, Sheebeg, Sheemore, St Finbarr's Cemetery, St Joseph's Cemetery, the Curfew Murders, Thomas Brennan, Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin, Tom Kelly Dublin, Turlough O Carolan | Leave a comment

COMPROMISE WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE : VOTE NOTA!

Posted on February 5, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH FEBRUARY) 98 YEARS AGO : REBEL WOMEN SAY ‘NO!’. “As things developed in 1922, we could see that the Free State was toeing the line for Britain. Nearly all the girls stayed republican, but the men … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 94 Sean Treacy Street, An Cumann Cabhrach, Charles Stewart Parnell, Cumann na mBan, Cumann na Saoirse, Eamon de Valera, Eamonn Boyce, Eithne Coyle, Fusilier John Callaghan, George Carlin, John McCabe, Katharine Wood, Kathleen Lane-O'Kelley, Kitty O' Shea, Liam Mulcahy, Martha Drennan, Martha McIter, Michael Collins, Mna na Poblachta., Patrick Joseph Kearney, Philip Clarke, Sam McTier, Sarah Swanwick, Seán Hegarty, Seán O'Callaghan, Thomas James Mitchell, W McC Miller, Wenda Edwards, William Drennan, Wynn's Hotel Abbey Street Dublin | Leave a comment

“SETTING FOOT IN YOUR POLITICAL GRAVE” IN IRELAND.

Posted on June 19, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (19TH JUNE) 84 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A SOCIALLY-CONSCIENCED JOURNALIST. It says a lot about the state-of-play in this corrupt State when a journalist that does his/her job stands out from among a crowded workplace for … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Andrew Kettle, Austin Currie, Bodenstown, Charles Stewart Parnell, Colonel Bor Komorowski, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Eamon Boyce Dublin, Eamonn McCann, Frank McGlade Ardoyne, Gerry Fitt, Hugh Adair, Ivan Cooper, James Graham, Joe Campbell Newry, John Dugan Loughguile, Kevin O'Rourke Banbridge, Liam Mulcahy Cork, Mary Holland, Michael Davitt, Nell McCafferty, Paddy Kearney Dublin, Phil Clarke Dublin, Reverend Church., Roy Jenkins, Sallins., Thomas Brennan, Tom Mitchel Dublin, Tomas MacCurtain Cork, Vincent Browne, Walter Graham, Watty Graham, Wolfe Tone. | Leave a comment

CONFINING THEMSELVES TO BE FURTHER CONFINED.

Posted on January 30, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (30TH JANUARY) 138 YEARS AGO : EVE OF ‘CONSTRUCTION’ FOR MILITANT IRISH LADIES. On the 30th January 1881 – 138 years ago on this date – Charles Stewart Parnell’s sisters, Anna and Fanny, put the final touches … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Anna Parnell, Archbishop McCabe Dublin, Arthur Griffith, Bloody Sunday January 1972, Charles Stewart Parnell, Coercion/Protection of Person and Property Act 1881, Dr Lucey, Edward Martyn Sinn Féin president, Englishwoman's Review, Fanny Parnell, Irish National Land League, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Katharine Wood, Kitty O' Shea, Ladies Land League, Maude Gonne, Pat Rabbitte, Patrick Pearse, People's Protection Committee, Queen Victoria, Richard Óge Martyn, Terence McSwiney, Thomas MacDonagh, Tulira Co Galway, William Ewart Gladstone, William O' Shea | Leave a comment

THE UNJUST EXERCISE OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE BY LANDLORDS – IRELAND, 1879.

Posted on December 19, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (19TH DECEMBER) 141 YEARS AGO : ‘FATHER OF THE IRISH LAND LEAGUE’ RELEASED FROM A BRITISH PRISON AFTER SEVEN YEARS INCARCERATION. On Wednesday, 19th December 1877 – 141 years ago on this date – Michael Davitt (pictured), … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Andrew Kettle, Austin Stack., Banna Strand, CABHAIR Christmas Swim., Carmelite Friary Clarendon Street Dublin, Charles Kickham, Charles Stewart Parnell, Charlie McCreevy, Dartmoor Prison Princetown Devon England, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Elphis Hospital Dublin, Irish Republican Prisoner's Aid Committee San Francisco, John Devoy, Martin Davitt, Michael Davitt, Michael Lowry, O'Donovan Rossa, Pat Rabbitte, RIC District Inspector Kearney, Roger Casement, Russell Lowell, Sabina Davitt, Strangeways Prison Manchester, Terence MacSwiney, the Mater Hospital Dublin., the National Land League of Mayo, Thomas Brennan, Thomas Patrick Ashe | Leave a comment

BRITISH ‘ROYALS’ RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

Posted on June 27, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (27TH JUNE) 98 YEARS AGO : IRISH MUTINEERS IN INDIA. Irishmen serving with the British Army in India mutinied in protest at the atrocities being committed in Ireland by the British. The three-day mutiny began on June … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Andrew Scannell Cork GAA, Anna Parnell, Archbishop McCabe of Dublin, Billy McKee, British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Stewart Parnell, Connaught Ranger Regiment, Dayshai Prison, Delia Parnell, Drew Harris., Eugene Egan, Fanny Parnell, Gerry Adams, James Gorman, Johnny Adair, Jutogh hill-station, Lucknow, Maidstone Prison, Patrick Hynes, Patrick Smythe, Peter Sears, Portland Convict Prison England, Private James Daly, Private John Miranda, Private Joseph Hawes, Solon, Susan McKay, the Coercion/Protection of Person and Property Act 1881, UDA, Wellington Barracks Jullunder Punjab India, William Coote | Leave a comment

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