Tag Archives: Michael Davitt

THE ‘BOSS’ CROKER AND THE FREE STATE.

ON THIS DATE (24TH NOVEMBER) 79 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THE ‘SOLDIERS SONG’ STATER. ‘(Peadar) Kearney was born at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, in 1883 (on the 12th December) (and) often walked along Gardiner Street to the Custom … Continue reading

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ON THIS DATE (29TH SEPTEMBER) 93 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF JOHN DEVOY. ‘The most dangerous enemy of this country that Ireland has produced since Wolfe Tone..’ – ‘The London Times’ newspaper, describing John Devoy (pictured), and it was a … Continue reading

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THE ARTIFICIAL DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY.

ON THIS DATE (21ST OCTOBER) 141 YEARS AGO : ‘FAIR RENT, FIXITY OF TENURE, FREEDOM OF SALE’. On the 21st October 1879- 141 years ago on this date- a meeting of concerned individuals was held in the Imperial Hotel in … Continue reading

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MR. NOBODY – THE DODGY ‘SHAMROCK PIMPERNEL’.

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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“SETTING FOOT IN YOUR POLITICAL GRAVE” IN IRELAND.

ON THIS DATE (19TH JUNE) 84 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A SOCIALLY-CONSCIENCED JOURNALIST. It says a lot about the state-of-play in this corrupt State when a journalist that does his/her job stands out from among a crowded workplace for … Continue reading

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AGRARIAN AGITATION AND EVICTED TENANTS – IRELAND 19TH CENTURY.

“WE ASK FOR NO MERCY AND WE WILL MAKE NO COMPROMISE” – TERENCE MacSWINEY. An edited version of this speech was published in ‘The United Irishman’ newspaper in October 1954. This is the speech in full ; on the 13th … Continue reading

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THE UNJUST EXERCISE OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE BY LANDLORDS – IRELAND, 1879.

ON THIS DATE (19TH DECEMBER) 141 YEARS AGO : ‘FATHER OF THE IRISH LAND LEAGUE’ RELEASED FROM A BRITISH PRISON AFTER SEVEN YEARS INCARCERATION. On Wednesday, 19th December 1877 – 141 years ago on this date – Michael Davitt (pictured), … Continue reading

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WHEN TENANTS WERE ‘OBLIGATED’ TO VOTE FOR THEIR ‘LANDLORD’.

ON THIS DATE (30TH MAY) 220 YEARS AGO : “INSURGENTS TAKE POSSESSION…”. “Nothing can exceed the melancholy aspect of this place. The insurgents in our neighbouring county of Wexford are so numerous as to have taken possession of and destroyed … Continue reading

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

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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FROM THE HALF’PENNY BRIDGE IN DUBLIN TO AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND…

PROSE AND CONS. By prisoners from E1 Landing, Portlaoise Prison, 1999. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS : Grateful thanks to the following for their help, support, assistance and encouragement, and all those who helped with the typing and word processing over the past few … Continue reading

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