Tag Archives: Paddy Heeney

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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KEEP THE B-SPECIALS “ALERT, STRONG IN NUMBERS AND EFFICIENT..”

ON THIS DATE (20TH OCTOBER) 88 YEARS AGO : LEINSTER HOUSE SPENDS (ANOTHER) 30 PIECES OF SILVER. On the 20th October, 1933 – 88 years ago on this date – the Free State Leinster House administration attempted to wrap the … Continue reading

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