Tag Archives: Padraig Pearse

THE FREE STATE – AN UNWANTED AND UNRESPECTED BEGGAR.

Posted on July 6, 2022 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (6TH JULY) 46 YEARS AGO : IRA ESCAPE PLAN FINALISED. Near the end of 1975, the then British Secretary of State for ‘Northern Ireland’ (sic), Merlyn Rees, announced that as of from March 1976, those found guilty … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Andy McDonnell, Anthony Foody, Captain James Kelly, Cathal Goulding, Clann na Poblachta, Clann na Talmhan, Dan O'Brien, Davy Mahood, Donal Murphy, Dr Louis Byrne, Ernie O Malley, Francis R Shackleton, Harry Boland, James Dillon, Jim Monaghan, Joe Reilly, John A Costello, John Hagan, John Heanue, John Keenan, John Riordan, Merlyn Rees, Michael O'Rourke, Mick Sheehan, National Labour Party, National Progressive Democrats, Neil Blaney, Noel Browne, Paddy Belton, Paddy English, Paddy O'Brien, Paddy Paul, Padraig Pearse, Patrick Doyle, Patrick Dwyer, Patrick McGarry, Patrick O'Rourke, Patrick Quinn, Patrick Smith, Pax Whelan, Ralph Conway, Seán Hegarty, Seán Lemass, Seán MacBride, Seán Sherwin, Sir Arthur Edward Vicars, The Centre Party, Thomas Ashe, Thomas Hogan, Thomas Manning, Thomas William Foster, Tim Galvin, Tom Dwyer, Tom Keogh, William Murphy, William Saunderson | Leave a comment

FROM A TORY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

Posted on May 5, 2021 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH MAY) 40 YEARS AGO : BOBBY SANDS DIES ON HUNGER STRIKE IN LONG KESH PRISON. The 1981 hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during this on-going struggle by Irish republican prisoners ; a … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alfred Webb, Berkeley Cox, Bobby Sands, Charles Ffrench, Charles Stewart Parnell, Dáithí Ó Conaill, Edward Daly, ER King Harman, Erskine Hamilton Childers, George Bryan, Home Government Association, Home Rule League, Home Rule Party, Isaac Butt, John Barry, John MacBride, John McBride, John O Blunden, John O Connor Power, Joseph Biggar, Joseph Plunkett, Laurence Waldron, Maude Gonne, Padraig Pearse, Philip Callan, Rev P Lavelle, Robert Butt, Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde, Tenant League, Thomas J Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, William Shaw, Willie Pearse, WJ O Neill Daunt | Leave a comment

IRISH MILITANT REPUBLICANISM “UNAFFECTED BY ELECTION RESULTS”.

Posted on May 6, 2020 by 11sixtynine

‘SAOIRSE IRISH FREEDOM’ NEWSPAPER MAY 2020 FREE DOWNLOAD… ‘Saoirse – Irish Freedom is the voice of the Irish Republican Movement. The monthly newspaper of Republican Sinn Féin, it takes its name from Irish Freedom – Saoirse, a Fenian paper which … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Annie McSwiney, Barney Rooney, Bulmer Hobson, Diarmuid Corkery, Dr. Andrew Cooney, Eamon Deady, Eithne Nic Sibhne, Ernest Blythe, Fred Cogley, James Carey, James Skin the Goat Fitzharris, Joe Stynes, John Kerry O'Donnell, JW Good, Liam Cotter, Michael Kavanagh., Michael McGinn Philadelphia, Moira Woods, Paddy O'Mahoney, Padraig Pearse, Pat Devlin, Peter Carey, Piaras Beaslaí, PS Hegerty, Richard Pigott, Roger Casement, Terence McSwiney, the Invincibles, Wolfe Tone. | Leave a comment

CROMWELL – “ENGLAND’S PLAGUE FOR FIVE YEARS”.

Posted on April 29, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (29TH APRIL) 104 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN ‘SURRENDER ORDER’ AND FR. ALOYSIUS. On Saturday, 29th April, 1916 – 104 years ago on this date – Pádraig Pearse issued the ‘Surrender Order’ on behalf of the Irish republican … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Archbishop Edward J Byrne, battle of ashbourne, Captain Brandly, Captain George Jenkin, Chris McLoughlin, Clan na Gael, Colonel Fleming, Colonel Venables, Dev Valera, Eamonn Ceant, Fr Aloysius Roche, Fr Dominic O'Connor, Fr John Costello, Fr Liam Pilkington, General Lowe, Gregory Ashe, Hargrave Hotel New York, James Connolly, Jim Larkin, John Dillon, Lieutenant-Colonel Finglass, Major Fitzgerald, Michael Collins, Nurse Elizabeth O'Farrell, Oliver Cromwell, Padraig Pearse, Phil MacGiolla Bháin, Professor McWeeney, Seán Ó Riada, Seán O'Riada., Sir Arthur Ashton, Sir Arthur Chance, Sir Charles Coote, Sir Edmund Varney, Sir Thomas Myles, Thomas Kettle, Thomas MacDonagh, Thomas Patrick Ashe, William Lenthall, WT Cosgrave | Leave a comment

‘THE MOLLIES’ AND SCHUYLKILL.

Posted on December 18, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (18TH DECEMBER) 141 YEARS AGO : “YOU’LL NEVER SEE THE LIKES OF THEM AGAIN..” The graphic shows alleged members of the ‘Molly Maguires’ being led to their death. ‘On 21st June 1877, in the anthracite-mining county of … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alan Rusbridger., Alexander Campbell, An Gorta Mór genocide, Bear Mountain, Black Thursday, Charlie Sharp, Court of Oyer and Terminer, Edward Kelly, Frank WS Langdon, Governor John F Hartranft, Hugh McGehan, James Boyle, James Carroll, James McDonnell, James McParlan, James Roarity, John Black Jack Kehoe, John Donahue, John Elliot, John Kehoe, Judge James Pickles, Lord Hailsham, Manus Nunan, Mauch Chunk, Michael Doyle, Padraig Pearse, Pottsville, Schuylkill Pennsylvania, Seán Connery, The Molly Maguires, Thomas Duffy, Thomas Munley, Thomas P. Fisher | Leave a comment

THE LAWYER, THE ‘LORD’, AND AN IRA OPERATION.

Posted on December 4, 2019 by 11sixtynine

43 YEARS UNDER WATER ON THE 25TH DECEMBER 2019… A scene from the 2010 Cabhair Christmas Swim (pictured) – the year of the ‘Big Freeze’. As a Cabhair rep said at the time – “If we can continue to hold … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alfred Carney, Aylesbury prison, British General Lowe, CABHAIR Christmas Swim., Carlisle Circus Belfast, Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell, Ernest Carney, Helena Moloney, Irish Citizens Army, James Connolly, Julia Grenan, Julia Grennan, Kilmainham Gaol, Kilmainham Jail, Lord Hailsham, Louie Carney, Mabel Carney, Manus Nunan, Margaret Thatcher, Maud Carney, Milltown Cemetery Belfast, Nell Ryan, Padraig Pearse, Richmond Barracks, Sarah Carney, St Enda's, the Guardian newspaper, Winifred Carney., Wynn's Hotel Dublin | Leave a comment

THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN AND THEIR PROMISES.

Posted on October 2, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (2ND OCTOBER) 12 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A 105-YEAR-OLD IRISH REBEL. Dan Keating (pictured) was born in 1902 and died on the 2nd October, 2007 – 12 years ago on this date. He worked within the … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 44 Parnell Square, An Cumann Cabhrach, Ardrahan, Ballygamboon, Barney Casey, Billy Griffin, Carrigans Clonmel, Castlemaine, Charles S Parnell, Charlie O'Hanlon, Comdt General Tom Maguire, Croagh Patrick, Curragh Internment Camp, Dan Keating, Danny Allman, Donnchadh Donoghue, Dr McEvilly Archbishop of Tuam, Dr O'Dwyer Bishop of Limerick, Farmers Bridge Unit IRA, George Harrison Mayo New York, George Wyndham, Gerry Moyles, Gortalea barracks, Grainne Uaile, Jack Corkery, Jack Prenderville, Jack Shanahan, James Street, Jamesy Whiston, Jerry McSweeney, Jerry O'Connor, Jim Ryle, Jimmy Baily, John Dillon, John Flynn, John McMahon, John Redmond, John Riordan, Johnny Duggan, Johnny O'Connor, Kerins-O'Neill IRA Club of Chicago, Kerry, Kevin Barry Republican Club, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Lord Landsdown, Matt Moroney, Michael Flannery Tipperary, Micheál Martin, Mick Hogan, Mick Kennedy, Moss Galvin, Mr Shane Taylor, Na Fianna Éireann, Paddy Griffin, Paddy Hickey, Padraig Pearse, Patrick Foran, Portarlington Sinn Féin Cumann, Portlaoise Jail., Richard Laide, Robert Emmet, Siamsa Mor', Sinn Féin Poblachtach, sovereignty., the Cornet pub, the Eagle House, the Headford Ambush, the J.J. Reynolds Memorial Committee, the Kevin Barry Republican Club, the Kilmardenny pub, the Land League, the Mansion House, the Wyndham Land Act, Tim Healy, Timmy Galvin, Tom McLoughlin, Tommy Barton, Tommy Vale, Tony Gregory, Two Mile Bridge, Uncy O'Connor, William O'Brien, Wolfe Tone. | Leave a comment

TORN BETWEEN HIS HEART AND HIS HEAD OVER 1916.

Posted on September 4, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (4TH SEPTEMBER) 49 YEARS AGO : AMERICA, ARROGANCE AND ALLENDE. “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people…” – the chilling words … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'MAGILL' magazine, Anaconda Copper, Army Council Oglaigh Na hEireann, Billy Flynn UCD, Botha South Africa, Brendan O'Dubhghaill UCD Arts, Chile, Christian Democratic Party, Christian Democrats Chile, CIA, Colm Keena, Donald Trump, Eamon de Valera, Earnest Blythe, General Rene Schneider, Henry Kissinger, International Contract Cleaners Pearse Street Dublin, International Contract Cleaners Ringsend, ITT, John Dillon, Jorge Alessandri, Lionel Booth, Lloyd George, Lord Craigavon, Louvain, Maya Angelou, Padraig Pearse, PDC, Popular Unity, Radomiro Tomic, Seamus Soraghan, Seosamh Mac Criostail UCD Law, the Land League, Unidad Popular | Leave a comment

“THERE WAS BANGING ON THE BINS THAT NIGHT..”

Posted on August 21, 2019 by 11sixtynine

38TH ANNUAL HUNGER STRIKE COMMEMORATION FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE : SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST 2019, 3PM, EAST END, BUNDORAN. On Saturday 31st August 2019, the Bundoran/Ballyshannon H-Block Committee will be holding a rally in Bundoran, Donegal, to commemorate the 38th Anniversary … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'MAGILL' magazine, Banbridge, Bundoran 1981 Hunger Strikers, Cathal Goulding, Colm Keena, Colonel Frederick Hugh Crawford CBE, Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise League, Crumlin Road, David Begg., Eamon Boyce, H Matthews, Helen Chenevix, Hugh Brady, Irish Women's Suffrage Federation, Irish Women's Suffrage Society, Irishwomen's Reform League, Irishwomen's Suffrage and Local Government Association, Jail, John Blackwell UCD, John McCabe, Joseph Campbell, JP McCallum, Kevin O'Rourke, Leo McCormack, Liam Mulcahy, Louie Bennett, Lurgan., Manus Canning, Munster Women's Franchise League, North of Ireland Women's Suffrage Committee, Paddy Kearney, Padraig Pearse, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Philip Clarke, Sean Stephenson, Seán Hegarty, Seán O'Callaghan, Sir Basil Brooke, Sir George Richardson, Stafford, Thomas Ashe, Tom Mitchell, Ulster Reform Club., Ulster Unionist Council, UVF, Wolfe Tone., Wormwood Scrubs | Leave a comment

IRA SQUAD 1920 : POACHERS AND GAMEKEEPERS.

Posted on November 21, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (21ST NOVEMBER) 98 YEARS AGO : BRITISH SPIES EXECUTED IN DUBLIN. Members of the British ‘Cairo/Special Gang’, pictured, who were executed in Dublin by the IRA on the 21st November 1920, 98 years ago today. Serving British … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 119 Baggot Street, 119 Morehampton Road, 22 Lower Mount Street Dublin, 28 Earlsfort Terrace Dublin, 28 Pembroke Street Dublin, 38 Upper Mount Street Dublin, 92 Lower Baggot Street, Andrew Cooney IRA, Bill Stapleton, British Army Captain Leonard Price, British Captain George Bennett, British Captain Newbury, British Colonel Peter Aimes, British Lieutenant McLean, British Major Callaghan, Cairo Gang, Captain Crawford, Captain Fitzgerald, Captain G. T. Bagally, Captain Geoffrey Thomas Baggallay, Captain Keenlyside, Captain McCormack, Captain Wilde, Charlie Dalton., Colonel Jennings, Colonel Montgomery, Colonel Woodcock, Dick McKee, Dublin Metropolitan Police Force, Frank Teeling, Frank Thornton IRA, Garnin and Morris, George Noble Plunkett, Grace Clifford, Gresham Hotel Dublin, Henry Joy McCracken, Joe Leonard, John Caldow, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Kevin Barry, Liam Tobin, Lieutenant McMahon, Lieutenant Peel, Major Dowling, Mary Josephine Cranny, Michael Collins, Mick Flanagan IRA, Mick O'Hanlon IRA, Oscar Traynor, P. Pearse Danaher, Padraig Pearse, Peadar Clancy, Samuel Neilson, Sean Doyle, Seán Lemass, Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, Sergeant Mannix, Sir Henry Wilson, Special Gang, T H Smith informer, the Eastwood Hotel, Thomas Clarke, Thomas Paliser Russell, Tom Cullen, Vincent Byrne, Wolfe Tone. | Leave a comment

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