Tag Archives: Joseph Plunkett

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

FROM A TORY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

Posted on May 5, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH MAY) 40 YEARS AGO : BOBBY SANDS DIES ON HUNGER STRIKE IN LONG KESH PRISON. The 1981 hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during this on-going struggle by Irish republican prisoners ; a … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alfred Webb, Berkeley Cox, Bobby Sands, Charles Ffrench, Charles Stewart Parnell, Dáithí Ó Conaill, Edward Daly, ER King Harman, Erskine Hamilton Childers, George Bryan, Home Government Association, Home Rule League, Home Rule Party, Isaac Butt, John Barry, John MacBride, John McBride, John O Blunden, John O Connor Power, Joseph Biggar, Joseph Plunkett, Laurence Waldron, Maude Gonne, Padraig Pearse, Philip Callan, Rev P Lavelle, Robert Butt, Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde, Tenant League, Thomas J Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, William Shaw, Willie Pearse, WJ O Neill Daunt | 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

IRISH HERO DEFENDED IN COURT BY A TOUT.

Posted on March 4, 2020 by 11sixtynine

BORN ON THIS DATE (4TH MARCH) THE SAME DATE THAT HE DIED, AND NAMED AFTER AN IRISH HERO WHO WAS BORN ON THAT SAME DATE 120 YEARS BEFORE HIM! Emmet Dalton (pictured, on the right, with Michael Collins), Irish rebel-turned-Free … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Ann Devlin, Ben Doyle, Castle Hill Convicts, Colonel Tempelhoff, Corbet's Hotel, Daniel O' Connell, Denis Lambert Redmond, Dr Walter Mapelli, Edward Kearney, Edward Lewis, Elizabeth Mason, Emmet Dalton, Ernest Blythe, Felix Rourke, Grace Gifford Plunkett, Henry Howley, Irina Najda Sylam, James John Begg, John Hayes, John Keenan, John Killeen, John McCann, John McIntoch, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Leonard McNally, Leonid Minin, Limad Energy, Limad Invest Ltd, Lord Chancellor Fitzgibbon, M Tierney UCD, Major George Johnson, Malachy Delany, Maxwell Roche, Michael Collins, Michael Dwyer, Michael Kelly, Nicholas Tyrrell, Owen Kirwin, Parramatta, Patrick M. Geoghegan, Phillip Cunningham, Reverend Mr Lewis, Robert Emmet, Sarah Curran, Séan Ó Brádaigh, The Sydney Gazette newspaper, Thomas Addis Emmet, Thomas Keenan, Thomas Moore, Thomas Russell, Tom Kettle, UCD Literacy and Historical Society, William Johnston | Leave a comment

“THE BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

Posted on February 19, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (19TH FEBRUARY) 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A REBEL POACHER-TURNED-FREE STATE MILITARY GENERAL. ‘JJ O’Connell (pictured) joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914, becoming Chief of Inspection in 1915. He travelled the country organising volunteer corps, as … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Arthur Griffith, Ballineanig, Bertie Ahern, Bill Clinton, Bob McCarthy, Charles Matthews, Dan O'Sullivan, Dick McKee, Dorothy Macardle, Earnan De Blagdh, Eoin MacNeill, Ernest Blyth, Ernie O'Malley, Frank Thornton, Frongoch internment camp, General Eoin O'Duffy, Gerry Adams, Ginger O Connell, Harry Ferguson, Herbert Richard Roper, Hillsborough Treaty, Jeremiah Joseph JJ Ginger O'Connell, JJ O Connell, John Daly, John Hume, John Major, Joseph Plunkett, Leo Henderson, LIAM MELLOWS, Lough Attorick, Mary Lou McDonald, McGilligan's Pub Leeson Street, Michael Collins, Morgan, Niall O Dowd, Oscar Traynor, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Percy Dawson, Piet De Pauw., Poolagoond, Portobello Barracks, Richard Mulcahy, Seán Hegarty, Sunningdale Agreement, T Kennedy, the Abbey Theatre, the Gaelic League, The Tragedies Of Kerry, Thomas O'Sullivan, Tim Pat Coogan, Tony Blair, Topographical Society, Walker, Wandsworth Prison, Williams | Leave a comment

“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 →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'And the Gates Flew Open the Burning of Long Kesh', 'Frank Cahill Resource Centre', 22 Irish Hunger-Strikers, An Claidheamh Solais, An Gorta Mór, Bás don Béarla, Black and Tans, Bloody Sunday 1913, Brigade Adjutant Michael J O' Brien, Brigadier-General William Henry Muir Lowe, British Brigadier-General Lowe, British Major De Courcy Wheeler, British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh, Cameron Report RUC B-Specials, Cathal Brugha, Chatham Prison, Cian Sharkhin Portlaoise Prison, Clann na Gael, Cloughjordan in Tipperary, Dr Brian P Murphy, First Dáil Éireann, Francis Ledwidge poet, Gabriel Mackle., General Maxwell, Glandore, Glenstal Abbey, Glimpses of an Irish Felon's Prison Life, GPO Dublin, Grace Gifford, has been met with widespread euphoria, Henri Le Caron British spy, Hurst Park, IRA Comdt General Tom Maguire, IRA Volunteer Padraig Feeney, IRB, Irish Republican Brotherhood, Isle of Wight, James Connolly, Jean McCann, Jim McCann, John Daly, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Kathleen Daly, Kilmainham Gaol, lack of qualification to speak..." - Dr. Brian P. Murphy of Glenstal Abbey, leinster house, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Taylor, Long Kesh, Margaret Thatcher, Mary the mad Maenad, Michael Davitt, Muriel Gifford, Ned Daly, New York, North King Street area of Dublin, Padraig Pearse, Patrick Pearse and the Lost Republican Ideal, Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Portland Prison, Rockwell College in Cashel Tipperary, Seán Maguire IRA, South Mayo Brigade of the Irish Republican Army, St Colman's College Fermoy, St Kieran's College in Kilkenny, St. Enda's College in Dublin, Stormont, the 'Irish Citizens Army', the 2nd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade IRA, the 2nd Dáil Éireann, the Continuity Army Council IRA, the Fenians, the Gaelic American newspaper, the Gaelic League, the Irish Review, the Irish Theatre Hardwicke Street, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, the Provisional Army Council Irish Republican Army, the South Staffordshire Regiment, the Stonebreakers' Yard in Kilmainham Jail, The Sword of Light, the Treaty of Surrender, the Tuam Martyrs, the Ulster Militia, the Westland Helicopter Affair, Thomas J Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Tourmakeady, United Irishmen, Whitehead and Gallagher | Leave a comment

A COUNTRY PLAYING AGAINST ITSELF…

Posted on April 26, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH APRIL) 272 YEARS AGO : ‘LORD’ KILLED BY A DRAGO(O)N’S ‘STING’. ‘Positive and overbearing, Changeful still and still adhering, Spiteful, peevish, rude, untoward, Fierce in tongue, in heart a coward. Judgement weak and passion strong, Always … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 10 Downing Street London, 19-year-old James Joseph Coade Rathmines Road, 3rd Viscount Allen, Adjutant Morgan, Alderman James Kelly, Alderman Thomas Kelly, Bobby Sands, Captain Bowen Colthurst, Cathal Goulding IRA, Che Guevara T-Shirts, Cian Sharkhin, Countess Markievicz, Eustace Street Dublin, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General Governor of Ireland, Gerry Adams, Henry Lemass, Herbert Henry Asquith, Ivor Churchill Baron Wimborne, James Connolly, John Allen, Joseph Plunkett, Kingstown Harbour Dun Laoighaire, Lieutenant Colonel McCammond, Lieutenant Gibbon, Lieutenant Kettle, Lieutenant Tooley, Lieutenant Wilson, Lieutenant Wylie, Lord Cheylesmore, Lord Lieutenant-General, Major Sir Francis Vane, Martial Law, Martin McGuinness, MP for Carysfort, Mrs Culhane, Mrs Kettle, Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington, Patrick McIntyre, Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Portobello Barracks, Right Hon HH Asquith KC MP, Sergeant Claxton, the 176th and 178th Infantry Brigades of the 59th North Midland Division of the British Army, the 1916 Easter Rising, the Boer War, the Eye-Opener, the Labour newspaper Searchlight, the Royal Irish Rifles, Third Cavalry Brigade Athlone, Thomas Dickson, Thomas MacDonagh | Leave a comment

‘WE EXPLODED THE FABLE THAT IRELAND CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT ENGLAND…’

Posted on February 1, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (1ST FEBRUARY) 139 YEARS AGO : 1916 SIGNATORY BORN. On the 1st February 1878 – 139 years ago on this date – a child, Thomas, was born in Cloughjordan in Tipperary, into a household which would consist … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alex Crowe, An Gorta Mór, Bloody Sunday 1913, Boer War, Brideog, Brideswell Common, British Plunder and Irish Blunder, Cloughjordan in Tipperary, Connacht Rangers, Eamon DeValera, George Moore, Grace Gifford, Harry Melia Portlaoise Prison, Irish Review, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, John Redmond, Joseph and Mary (Louise Parker) MacDonagh, Joseph Plunkett, Kilmainham Gaol, Long Kesh, Lord Cornwallis, Maurice Moore, Moorehall Mayo, Mr. Ormsby, Muriel Gifford, Patrick Pearse, Peadar O'Donnell, poet Francis Ledwidge, Rockwell College in Cashel, Sean W T Cosgrave, Senator Colonel Maurice Moore, St Enda's Ranelagh, St Kieran's College in Kilkenny, St. Brigid's Well in Clondalkin Dublin, Tús Nua, the 2nd Battalion of the IRA Dublin Brigade, the First Dáil, the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Irish Theatre on Hardwicke Street, The Irish Volunteers, the Labour Party, The Morning Post newspaper, the poet of the blackbirds, the Workers Party, There will be Another Day, Thomas MacDonagh, United Irishmen 1798, W.B. Yeats, William Francis Caldbeck Esq | Leave a comment

BRITISH ARMY MAJOR BREAKS TRUCE, TAKES TWO IRISH NEGOTIATORS HOSTAGE.

Posted on March 4, 2015 by 11sixtynine

THE PRICE OF PEACE…… Last month, 28 women who protested peacefully in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, against US President Ronald Reagan’s visit to Ireland received £1000 each arising from their action for wrongful arrest. Gene Kerrigan recalls the weekend when … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Colonel Tempelhoff, Corbet's Hotel 105 Capel Street Dublin, Denis Lambert Redmond, Edward Kearney, Edward Lewis, Elizabeth Mason, Emmet Dalton, Felix Rourke, Grace Plunkett, Henry Howley, James Byrne, John Begg, John Hayes, John Keenan, John Killeen, John McCann, John McIntoch, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Leonard McNally, Lord Chancellor Fitzgibbon, Major George Johnston New South Wales Corps, Malachy Delany, Marshalsea Lane, Maxwell Roche, Michael Dwyer, Michael Kelly, Mitchel McLaughlin Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, monthly raffle., Nicholas Tyrrell, Owen Kirwin, Patrick M. Geoghegan, Phillip Cunningham Castle Hill NSW Rising 1804, Reverend Mr Lewis, Robert Emmet, Samuel Whyte, Sarah Curran, Séan Ó Brádaigh, The Sydney Gazette newspaper, Thomas Addis Emmet, Thomas Keenan, Thomas Moore, Thomas Russell, Tom Kettle | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Joseph Plunkett

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

FROM A TORY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

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

IRISH HERO DEFENDED IN COURT BY A TOUT.

“THE BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

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

A COUNTRY PLAYING AGAINST ITSELF…

‘WE EXPLODED THE FABLE THAT IRELAND CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT ENGLAND…’

BRITISH ARMY MAJOR BREAKS TRUCE, TAKES TWO IRISH NEGOTIATORS HOSTAGE.

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