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IRELAND’S PUREST, BRAVEST AND BEST LOVED SON.

Posted on May 9, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (9TH MAY) 190 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRISH REVOLUTIONARY, NOVELIST, POET AND JOURNALIST. Charles Joseph Kickham (pictured), an Irish revolutionary and a leadership figure in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, was born on this date – … Continue reading →

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“IT SHOULD BE EMPHASISED THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF HOUSES, PUBLIC UTILITIES, TRANSPORT AND LIVES…..ARE ACCEPTED AND INTENDED AIMS OF OUR BOMBING POLICY…”

Posted on September 10, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The British struck back by the ‘economic war’, but the Fenian countryside saw this as an aspect of the anti-imperialists’ struggle and bore its burden – they saw Fianna Fáil safely … Continue reading →

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DUBLIN , EASTER 2013 : RSF COMMEMORATIONS.

Posted on March 26, 2013 by 11sixtynine

DUBLIN EASTER COMMEMORATIONS 2013. I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words, Or have lingered … Continue reading →

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1916 RISING TO BE COMMEMORATED IN DUBLIN , MARCH/APRIL 2013.

Posted on March 4, 2013 by 11sixtynine

EASTER COMMEMORATIONS , DUBLIN , 2013.   On Easter Sunday this year (31st March 2013) Republican Sinn Féin will hold its annual Deansgrange Easter Commemoration , Dublin, at 1pm : those attending are asked to assemble at Deansgrange Cemetery gates … Continue reading →

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PAT CANNON , IRA VOLUNTEER , TO BE REMEMBERED IN DUBLIN COMMEMORATION.

Posted on July 2, 2012 by 11sixtynine

VOLUNTEER PAT CANNON COMMEMORATION , 17TH JULY 2012 , DUBLIN. 1976 : 2.15pm , 17TH JULY….. Pat Cannon (left),Dublin, and Peter McElchar ,Donegal. …..- two IRA Volunteers on active service – Patrick Cannon from Dublin and Peter McElchar from Donegal- … Continue reading →

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REMEMBERING BOBBY SANDS : MUSIC NIGHT , DUBLIN , SATURDAY 5TH MAY 2012.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. There was nothing make-believe , however, about the loyalists’ opposition to Sinn Féin * – if union officials took that side their Protestant members , almost … Continue reading →

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BOBBY SANDS TO BE COMMEMORATED IN DUBLIN ON SATURDAY 5TH MAY 2012.

Posted on April 18, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. How does one account for the failure of the Irish Labour Movement to demand its quota of candidates in the General Election of 1918 , so … Continue reading →

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