Tag Archives: Seán Treacy

THE IRA MEN DREW THEIR REVOLVERS AND WALKED THROUGH THE TRAIN…

ONE-THIRD PLAYGROUND, ONE-THIRD RIC MEMORIAL, ONE-THIRD BROWN-ENVELOPED APARTMENT BLOCK FOR A BUILDER BUDDY? Another Moore Street fiasco in the making? A Fine Gael political representative is currently flying a kite to gauge reaction/opposition to a proposal to build a playground … Continue reading

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TO CONTINUE DESPITE CYNICISM AND SLAVE-MINDEDNESS.

ON THIS DATE (22ND JANUARY) 97 YEARS AGO : THREE REPUBLICAN PRISONERS EXECUTED BY THE FREE STATERS. Three Anti-Treaty IRA Volunteers (‘Irregulars’, as the Staters called them), who had been captured by Free State forces on the 7th January, 1923, … Continue reading

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WHAT ONE POLITICAL “DICKHEAD” SAID TO ANOTHER…..

THE REAL IRA…. “We will not disband.” Although on a permanent cease-fire, the RIRA say they will not be disbanding and would dump rather than surrender any weapons. By Liz Walsh. From ‘Magill’ magazine, October 1998. The security forces are … Continue reading

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