Tag Archives: James Connolly

FROM 1955 – ‘ENGLAND NEVER HAD ‘GOODWILL’ TOWARDS IRELAND…’

Posted on May 3, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (3RD MAY) 107 YEARS AGO : THREE REPUBLICAN DISSIDENTS EXECUTED BY THE BRITISH. Pictured – Pádraig Pearse, Thomas J Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh. On the 29th April 1916, a republican ‘surrender document’ was circulated between the combatants, … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Brigadier-General Lowe, Brigadier-General William Henry Muir Lowe, British Major De Courcy Wheeler, Cathal Brugha, Christina Feeney, Dr Brian P Murphy, Enda Kenny, Herbert Asquith, Ivan Doherty, James Connolly, John Daly, Kathleen Daly, Leon Brittan, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Taylor, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, Michael J. O'Brien, Mr Justice Barr, Ned Daly, Pádraig Pearse, Seán Maguire, Thomas J Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Maguire, Volunteer Padraig Feeney | Leave a comment

TWENTY-THOUSAND IRISH PEOPLE MARCH IN SUPPORT OF A FREEDOM-FIGHTING POET.

Posted on April 26, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH APRIL) 42 YEARS AGO : “TWENTY THOUSAND MARCHERS…” Mrs. Rosaleen Sands (RIP). Dear Mum Dear Mum, I know you’re always there To help and guide me with all your care, You nursed and fed me and … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alderman James Kelly, Bowen Colthurst, Countess Markievicz, Disraeli, Dr Moira Woods, Edward Stanley 15th Earl of Derby, Enda Kenny, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Ivor Churchill Baron Wimborne, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Lieutenant Colonel McCammond, Major Sir Francis Vane, Patrick McIntyre, Thomas Dickson, Thomas MacDonagh | Leave a comment

‘THE NAME ‘REPUBLICAN’ IN IRELAND BEARS NO POLITICAL MEANING…’

Posted on December 7, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 143 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED – AUSTIN STACK. Austin Stack (pictured) was born on the 7th December, 1879 – 143 years ago on this date – in … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Austin Stack, Con Collins, Conall Dearg, Di Chetharslicht Athgabhála, Dick Barrett, Enda Kenny, Finguine, Harmony Hill, Ivan Doherty, James Connolly, Joe McKelvey, Liam Lynch, LIAM MELLOWS, Mairgen mac Amalgado mac Mael Ruain, Michael Keating, Owen Donnelly, Pat Henry, Patrick Henry, Pádraic Ó Máille, Roger Casement, Rory O'Connor, Saint Columba, Saint Columcille, Saint Lugid, Saint Patrick, Saint Salchin, Sean Caffrey, Sean Hales, T McEvilly, Terry Eagleton, the Brehon Laws, the Deisi, the Fénechus, the Troscad, Thomas Johnson, Tom Hales, Ulick O Connor, Una Gordon | Leave a comment

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

LEINSTER HOUSE “RETARDS PROGRESS”.

Posted on September 30, 2020 by 11sixtynine

THE O’RAHILLY : NATIONLESS AND NOW HOMELESS. Joseph O’Rahilly (‘The O’Rahilly’) was born in Ballylongford, in County Kerry, on the 22nd April, 1875. He had a busy, well-travelled and interesting life and took part in the 1916 Easter Rising in … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Charlie Weston, Congress for Irish Freedom, Daniel Gormley, Dick Barrett, Edward Rooney, Garda Mordaunt, George Harrison, Gregory Ashe, Harry White, Irish Northern Aid Committee, Jack Moloney, James Connolly, James Larkin, Jane Dermody, Joe McKelvey, John Mitchell, Joseph Lawless, Liam Mellowes, Margaret Mary Egan, Michael Collins, Michael Flannery, Michael Tuite, MJ Walsh, Paddy Dermody, Patrick Mullin, Pearl Flannery, Peter Flannery, Professor McWeeney, Richard Mulcahy, Robert Emmet, Rory O'Connor, Sean McBride, Sir Arthur Chance, Sir Thomas Myles, the Brooklyn Five, The O Rahilly, Thomas Ashe, Thomas Davis, Thomas Falvey, Thomas Kettle, Thomas Patrick Ashe, Wolfe Tone | Leave a comment

THE BRITISH ‘EMPIRE’ IS “THE GREATEST GANGSTER ORGANISATION THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN”.

Posted on September 9, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (9TH SEPTEMBER) 98 YEARS AGO : FIRST FREE STATE INSTITUTION ASSEMBLES. An election was held in the 26-County so-called ‘Free State’ on the 16th of June, 1922, in which the Staters won 58 seats and republicans won … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 25 Parnell Square, Arthur Griffith, Éamonn Ceannt, Brendan O'Donnell, Captain Patrick Walshe, Carrickbrack, Cloghscoltia, Colonel James K Cogan, Conradh na Gaeilge, Des Kavanagh, Douglas Hyde, Father Michael Griffin, Gaelic League, Garret Fitzgerald, IIE Clonagh, Imelda Riney, James Augustine Quirke, James Connolly, Joe Walsh, Joseph Plunkett, Lenaboy Castle, Liam Cosgrave, Liam Lynch, Liam Riney, Michael Fitzgerald, Michael Hynes, Pádraig Mac Piarais, Pádraig Pearse, Rutland Square, Seamus Quirke, Seán Mac Diarmada, Seán T Ó Ceallaigh, Seán Tobin, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke, Tom Hynes, Wesleyan Church, William Duffy | Leave a comment

DUBLIN, 1913 : 146-DAY STRIKE BEGINS.

Posted on August 26, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH AUGUST) 107 YEARS AGO : A 146-DAY LOCKOUT BEGINS IN DUBLIN. On the 26th August, 1913 – 107 years ago on this date – at about 9.40am, drivers and conductors on Dublin trams stepped-out of their … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 1913 Lockout, Arthur Guinness, B-Specials, Barry Connell, Gerry Connell, Gregory Ashe, James Connolly, Jim Larkin, John Lucy, Justice McKechnie, Lieut Col OBE, The Royal Ulster Rifles, Thomas Kettle, Thomas Patrick Ashe, Tom Kettle, William Martin Murphy. | Leave a comment

CROMWELL – “ENGLAND’S PLAGUE FOR FIVE YEARS”.

Posted on April 29, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (29TH APRIL) 104 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN ‘SURRENDER ORDER’ AND FR. ALOYSIUS. On Saturday, 29th April, 1916 – 104 years ago on this date – Pádraig Pearse issued the ‘Surrender Order’ on behalf of the Irish republican … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Archbishop Edward J Byrne, battle of ashbourne, Captain Brandly, Captain George Jenkin, Chris McLoughlin, Clan na Gael, Colonel Fleming, Colonel Venables, Dev Valera, Eamonn Ceant, Fr Aloysius Roche, Fr Dominic O'Connor, Fr John Costello, Fr Liam Pilkington, General Lowe, Gregory Ashe, Hargrave Hotel New York, James Connolly, Jim Larkin, John Dillon, Lieutenant-Colonel Finglass, Major Fitzgerald, Michael Collins, Nurse Elizabeth O'Farrell, Oliver Cromwell, Padraig Pearse, Phil MacGiolla Bháin, Professor McWeeney, Seán Ó Riada, Seán O'Riada., Sir Arthur Ashton, Sir Arthur Chance, Sir Charles Coote, Sir Edmund Varney, Sir Thomas Myles, Thomas Kettle, Thomas MacDonagh, Thomas Patrick Ashe, William Lenthall, WT Cosgrave | Leave a comment

THE LAWYER, THE ‘LORD’, AND AN IRA OPERATION.

Posted on December 4, 2019 by 11sixtynine

43 YEARS UNDER WATER ON THE 25TH DECEMBER 2019… A scene from the 2010 Cabhair Christmas Swim (pictured) – the year of the ‘Big Freeze’. As a Cabhair rep said at the time – “If we can continue to hold … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alfred Carney, Aylesbury prison, British General Lowe, CABHAIR Christmas Swim., Carlisle Circus Belfast, Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell, Ernest Carney, Helena Moloney, Irish Citizens Army, James Connolly, Julia Grenan, Julia Grennan, Kilmainham Gaol, Kilmainham Jail, Lord Hailsham, Louie Carney, Mabel Carney, Manus Nunan, Margaret Thatcher, Maud Carney, Milltown Cemetery Belfast, Nell Ryan, Padraig Pearse, Richmond Barracks, Sarah Carney, St Enda's, the Guardian newspaper, Winifred Carney., Wynn's Hotel Dublin | Leave a comment

“NOT A STUPID, COLONIAL IMPERIALIST IDIOT…”?

Posted on June 5, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH JUNE) SIX YEARS AGO – DEATH OF A STAUNCH IRISH REPUBLICAN. “A national security threat, a dedicated revolutionary, undeterred by threat or personal risk..” – FBI description of Peter Roger Casement Brady / Ruairi Ó Brádaigh … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Aideen Connolly, Arborfield arms raid, CABHAIR raffle, Comdt General Tom Maguire, Dan Keating, Donald Trump, Elton John, George Harrison, Hillary Clinton, James Connolly, James Larkin, John Connolly, John Leslie, John Redmond, Kerr Hardie, Lillie Reynolds, Mary Connolly, Michael Flannery, Mona Connolly, Noel Kavanagh, Nora Connolly, Norma Alicia Green, Norma Green, Penal days, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Shirley Ward, Teeling Column South Fermanagh, Thomas Connolly, William Martin Murphy. | Leave a comment

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