Tag Archives: Michael Traynor

A LIFE SPENT TO LIFT THE SAXON CURSE.

Posted on December 9, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (9TH DECEMBER) 47 YEARS AGO : ANOTHER FALSE TREATY ACCEPTED BY THE FREE STATERS. The ‘Sunningdale Agreement’ was an attempt in 1973 by Westminster at a ‘power-sharing’ arrangement between the British political establishment and Irish ‘civil-right’ nationalists … Continue reading →

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FIGHTING AN UNFORGIVING RULING CLASS.

Posted on May 2, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (2ND MAY) 224 YEARS AGO : PRISON ESCAPE BY AN IRISH REPUBLICAN, WHO LIVED FOR HIS COUNTRY, AND DIED FOR HIS FAMILY. ‘Little about Archibald Hamilton Rowan’s beginning in life suggested that he would become a leading … Continue reading →

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55 DAYS ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR ‘A HOST OF THE ELECTED’.

Posted on April 19, 2017 by 11sixtynine

EASTER MONDAY COMMEMORATION, DUBLIN, 17TH APRIL 2017. RSF President Des Dalton, speaking at the RSF Easter Monday Commemoration (17th April 2017) in O’Connell Street, Dublin. The main RSF Easter Commemoration in Dublin this year was held on Easter Monday (17th … Continue reading →

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