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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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PRESSURED TO ACCEPT THE TREATY OF SURRENDER.

ON THIS DATE (31ST MARCH) 47 YEARS AGO : IRA POW IN ENGLISH JAIL JOINS THE HUNGER-STRIKE. Michael Gaughan (pictured), the eleventh Irish republican to die on hunger strike, was four months away from celebrating his 25th birthday. Immortalised in … Continue reading

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