Tag Archives: Erskine Childers

MICHAEL COLLINS’ LEGACY (NOT) PUT INTO STATE ‘LAW’.

Posted on September 28, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (28TH SEPTEMBER) 102 YEARS AGO : CORK IRA ATTACK BRITISH ARMY BASE. Richard Willis, a carpenter, and his friend Jack Bolster, a painter, sometimes worked together on jobs ; it was on one such occasion that the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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“THIS IS THE FEAR OF THE IRISH PEOPLE” – MARY MacSWINEY, 1922.

Posted on January 9, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (9TH JANUARY) 97 YEARS AGO : RESIGNATIONS OVER THE TREATY OF SURRENDER. “In view of the vote that was taken here on Saturday and which I had definitely to oppose as one that was tending to subvert … Continue reading →

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‘POACHER -TURNED-GAMEKEEPER’ EXECUTED BY THE IRA, DECEMBER 1922.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (20TH DECEMBER) 95 YEARS AGO : POACHER-TURNED-GAMEKEEPER SHOT DEAD BY IRA. ‘Seamus Dwyer was christened James and took the Irish form of his name in later life. He was the younger of twin boys ; he and … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Erskine Childers

MICHAEL COLLINS’ LEGACY (NOT) PUT INTO STATE ‘LAW’.

MR. NOBODY – THE DODGY ‘SHAMROCK PIMPERNEL’.

“THIS IS THE FEAR OF THE IRISH PEOPLE” – MARY MacSWINEY, 1922.

‘POACHER -TURNED-GAMEKEEPER’ EXECUTED BY THE IRA, DECEMBER 1922.

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