Tag Archives: Pax Whelan

THE FREE STATE – AN UNWANTED AND UNRESPECTED BEGGAR.

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

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BRITISH KILLERS, LOOSE LIPS…AND RETRIBUTION : IRELAND 1920.

ON THIS DATE (10TH NOVEMBER) 223 YEARS AGO : WOLFE TONE SENTENCED TO DEATH. Theobald Wolfe Tone was born on the 20th June, 1763 – the exact time and date of his death are unknown. He was sentenced to death … Continue reading

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4 (SO FAR) FOR THE 42ND ON THE 25TH!

ON THIS DATE (31ST OCTOBER) 45 YEARS AGO : ‘UP LIKE A BIRD’! The ‘Alouette II’ helicopter (pictured) which the IRA used on the 31st October 1973 – 45 years ago on this date – to rescue three Irish republicans … Continue reading

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