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FROM 100 YEARS AGO – “FURTHER SACRIFICE ON YOUR PART WOULD NOW BE IN VAIN…”

ON THIS DATE (24TH MAY) 82 YEARS AGO : ‘DRAFT RIOTS’ AS WESTMINSTER PUSHES FOR CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND. In Ireland, in 1941, conscription was again being discussed in Westminster ; this time for the partitioned six north-eastern counties of Ireland. … Continue reading

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A JUNE VISIT TO A SILENT TOMB, AND AN OLD MAN CRYING…

Before he was 15 years of age, he volunteered for active service in England and was sent to the St. Helen’s area, near Liverpool — whilst he was there, the Treaty of Surrender was signed, but was rejected out of hand by Tony, and he continued the fight…. Continue reading

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PREPARING TO MEET BRITISH FORCE WITH IRISH FORCE.

AN APOLOGY TO OLIVER HOYLE, WILLIAM BURKE AND CHRISTOPHER BYRNE. When Ireland called forth her true sons of the heather, O’Boyle was the foremost to answer the call, The sons of the Rosses he banded together, To drive the oppressor … Continue reading

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TORN BETWEEN HIS HEART AND HIS HEAD OVER 1916.

ON THIS DATE (4TH SEPTEMBER) 49 YEARS AGO : AMERICA, ARROGANCE AND ALLENDE. “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people…” – the chilling words … Continue reading

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TWO LETTERS – ONE ‘WAR’, ONE ‘PEACE’…

ON THIS DATE (6TH DECEMBER) 96 YEARS AGO : A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE IS BORN. One of the leaflets (pictured) distributed by Irish republicans in late 1921 to counteract anti-republican propaganda that the ‘Treaty (of Surrender)’ was “a stepping stone” to … Continue reading

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

“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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