Tag Archives: Eugene Egan

APOLOGISTS, CONCESSIONS, HALF-TRUTHS AND SURRENDER.

ON THIS DATE (1ST NOVEMBER) 103 YEARS AGO : THE EVE OF EXECUTION. ‘On 28 June 1920, five men from C Company of the 1st Battalion at Wellington Barracks, Jalandhar, Punjab decided to protest against the effects of martial law … Continue reading

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VOTING FOR OR AGAINST, DEPENDING ON THE SUM OFFERED!

ON THIS DATE (2ND NOVEMBER) 36 YEARS AGO : SINN FÉIN REORGANISED. ‘The story of how Gerry Adams tried to turn an eighty year old revolutionary movement into a British constitutional party. How he broke the Sinn Féin constitution, created … Continue reading

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

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

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THIS GROUP MORPHED INTO A ‘GRAB ALL ASSOCIATION’.

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

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