Tag Archives: Michael Kilroy

THE RESTRICTED VIEWPOINT OF THE LEINSTER HOUSE POLITICIAN.

Posted on September 14, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (14TH SEPTEMBER) 102 YEARS AGO – 3 REPUBLICAN VOLUNTEERS KILLED IN AMBUSH. In late August/early September 1920, the RIC and their colleagues in the British Army vacated their barracks in the town of Ballinlough, in County Roscommon, … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 13, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (13TH OCTOBER) 98 YEARS AGO : MASS HUNGER STRIKE BY IRISH REPUBLICANS. On the 13th October, 1923 – 98 years ago on this date – a mass hunger-strike began by 424 Irish republican prisoners in Mountjoy Gaol … Continue reading →

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NERVOUS TENSION, IMPENDING COMBAT, SIGHTS LINED UP…

Posted on June 2, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (2ND JUNE) 100 YEARS AGO : IRA VICTORY AT CARROWKENNEDY (CEATHRÚ CHINNÉIDE), COUNTY MAYO. ‘It was late afternoon of a warm day (on Thursday, 2nd June 1921) in Carrowkennedy, County Mayo. Irish Volunteer Jimmy O’Flaherty heard the … Continue reading →

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