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“…WE RETURN A VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST THE PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND..”

ON THIS DATE (17TH AUGUST) 53 YEARS AGO : BRITISH PRESS RELEASE RE “DISTURBANCES” EXPOSES WESTMINSTER MINDSET. ‘Speech by the Prime Minister, Major The Rt. Hon. J.D. Chichester-Clark, D.L., M.P., At a Press Conference in Stormont Castle To-Day, Sunday, 17th … Continue reading

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AN IRISH REBEL FORCED INTO AN “EXILED SITUATION”.

ON THIS DATE (29TH JANUARY) 226 YEARS AGO : UNSUNG HERO CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING “A SEDITIOUS PAPER”. Archibald Hamilton Rowan (pictured), a United Irishman, was ‘tried’ on a charge of distributing ‘a seditious paper’ ; on the 16th December, 1792, … Continue reading

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