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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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IRELAND, 1941 – “DRAFT RIOTS…THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION..”

Posted on May 24, 2017 by 11sixtynine

“IT IS MY DUTY TO TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE DONE..” “Because I believe these things I will always stick to them, but I do not want to force any other person to believe as I do. Let … Continue reading →

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THIS CULTURED BRITISH POLITICIAN LOOKED DOWN ON 18 CHILDREN…

Posted on May 10, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (10TH MAY) 21 YEARS AGO : WEST BRIT ASKS THAT WE REMEMBER OUR HISTORY! “People who deny their roots, far from escaping the past, are forced to assume the history of another tribe” – Eoghan Harris, as … Continue reading →

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“THE REBEL DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE AN EMPTY SACK…” – SHERWOOD FORESTERS, 1916, DUBLIN.

Posted on May 3, 2017 by 11sixtynine

REPUBLICAN PRISONERS : PICKET IN REMEMBRANCE, STATEMENT IN SUPPORT. HUNGER STRIKE COMMEMORATION, Dublin, Saturday May 6th 2017, GPO Dublin, 12 noon to 2pm : Between the years 1917 and 1981, 22 Irish men died on hunger strike in the fight … Continue reading →

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A 20TH CENTURY ‘APOLLO’.

Posted on January 18, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (18TH JANUARY) 186 YEARS AGO : WESTMINSTER SLAPS DOWN ONE OF ITS IRISH ‘PET REBELS’. Daniel O’Connell (‘The Liberator’, pictured, left) never claimed to be an Irish republican despite involving himself in an issue which, then as … Continue reading →

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“THERE ARE NO RULES IN WAR. THE WINNER DICTATES THE RULES…”

Posted on December 7, 2016 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 137 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED – AUSTIN STACK. Austin Stack (pictured, left) was born on the 7th December, 1879 – 137 years ago on this date – … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Jim McCann

MR. NOBODY – THE DODGY ‘SHAMROCK PIMPERNEL’.

IRELAND, 1941 – “DRAFT RIOTS…THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION..”

“THE REBEL DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE AN EMPTY SACK…” – SHERWOOD FORESTERS, 1916, DUBLIN.

A 20TH CENTURY ‘APOLLO’.

“THERE ARE NO RULES IN WAR. THE WINNER DICTATES THE RULES…”

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