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“THE BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

Posted on February 19, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (19TH FEBRUARY) 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A REBEL POACHER-TURNED-FREE STATE MILITARY GENERAL. ‘JJ O’Connell (pictured) joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914, becoming Chief of Inspection in 1915. He travelled the country organising volunteer corps, as … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Arthur Griffith, Ballineanig, Bertie Ahern, Bill Clinton, Bob McCarthy, Charles Matthews, Dan O'Sullivan, Dick McKee, Dorothy Macardle, Earnan De Blagdh, Eoin MacNeill, Ernest Blyth, Ernie O'Malley, Frank Thornton, Frongoch internment camp, General Eoin O'Duffy, Gerry Adams, Ginger O Connell, Harry Ferguson, Herbert Richard Roper, Hillsborough Treaty, Jeremiah Joseph JJ Ginger O'Connell, JJ O Connell, John Daly, John Hume, John Major, Joseph Plunkett, Leo Henderson, LIAM MELLOWS, Lough Attorick, Mary Lou McDonald, McGilligan's Pub Leeson Street, Michael Collins, Morgan, Niall O Dowd, Oscar Traynor, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Percy Dawson, Piet De Pauw., Poolagoond, Portobello Barracks, Richard Mulcahy, Seán Hegarty, Sunningdale Agreement, T Kennedy, the Abbey Theatre, the Gaelic League, The Tragedies Of Kerry, Thomas O'Sullivan, Tim Pat Coogan, Tony Blair, Topographical Society, Walker, Wandsworth Prison, Williams | Leave a comment

WESTMINSTER “MADE SINN FÉINERS OUT OF NATIONALISTS”.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (25TH SEPTEMBER) 102 YEARS AGO : IRISH HUNGER-STRIKER MURDERED BY FORCE-FEEDING. “You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea…you cannot confine it in the strongest prison cell that your slaves could ever build..” – … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Anthony Kelly, Anthony McAllister, Brendan Bic McFarlane, Brendan McFarane, Charlie Weston, Colm Kenna, Corduff National School Lusk, De La Salle College Waterford, Dermot Finucane, Dermot McNally, Edward Rooney, Gerard Fryer, Gerard McDonnell, Gerry Kelly, Gregory Ashe, Harry Murray, IRB Supreme Council, Irish Republican Brotherhood, James Clarke, James Larkin, James Smith, John Mitchell, Joseph Lawless, Kevin Barry Artt, Kieran Fleming, Michael Collins, Padraic McKearney, Paul Brennan, Professor McWeeney, Richard Mulcahy, Robert Russell, Roundtowers GAA Club, Séan O'Casey, Seamus Campbell, Seamus Clarke, Seamus McElwair, Sean T O Kelly, Sir Arthur Chance, Sir Thomas Myles, Terence Kirby, the Gaelic League, the Mayo News newspaper., The Nation newspaper, Thomas Ashe, Thomas Kettle, Thomas Patrick Ashe | Leave a comment

IRELAND, 1941 – “DRAFT RIOTS…THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION..”

Posted on May 24, 2017 by 11sixtynine

“IT IS MY DUTY TO TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE DONE..” “Because I believe these things I will always stick to them, but I do not want to force any other person to believe as I do. Let … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'King' George V, 'Lord' Halifax, 'MAGILL' magazine, abstentionist, Alex Crowe, Arbour Hill, Óglach na Rosann, Bill Carroll, Blackrock College in Dublin, Board of Works, Bobby Sands, British Army General 'Sir' Nevil Macready, Catherine Coll, Churchill, Cian Sharkhin Portlaoise Prison, Commandant Neil 'Plunkett' O'Boyle, conscription in Ireland, Countess Markievicz, Dave McDonald, draft riots, Eamonn de Valera, Easter Rising of 1916, Felix Mc Corley, Fianna Fáil., Finner Camp Donegal, General Smuts, Gerry Boland, Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, Glenmalure, Home Rule Parliament' at Stormont, IRA Chief of Staff Frank Aiken, IRA green booked, IRA man Tom Heavey, Jean McCann, Jim McCann, Juan Vivion DeValera, Knocknadruce County Wicklow, Leac Eineach Burtonport County Donegal, leinster house, Lloyd George, Londonderry(sic) and Lough Swilly Railway Company, Michael Collins, Michelle Boyle, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures, Mr David Gray, Newbridge Barracks, Paddy Rankin IRA, Pádraig O' Baoighill, Pádraig Quinn IRA, Peterhead Prison, Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Richard Mulcahy IRA Chief of Staff, Rita Kelly, Rosie Kelly, Séan Quinn IRA, Seán Lemass, Stormont, Tallaght, Tús Nua, the 'Frank Cahill Resource Centre', the 'New Mains' Colliery, the 'Treaty of Surrender' 1921, the British 1920 'Government of Ireland Act, the Church in Hollywood, the Dublin No 2 Brigade IRA 3rd Battalion, the Gaelic League, The Garda Special Branch, the IRA's 2nd Battalion Scottish Brigade B Company, the IRA's Fourth Northern Division, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Kosbies, the River Liffey, Thomas MacDonagh of the Dublin Brigade | Leave a comment

“THE REBEL DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE AN EMPTY SACK…” – SHERWOOD FORESTERS, 1916, DUBLIN.

Posted on May 3, 2017 by 11sixtynine

REPUBLICAN PRISONERS : PICKET IN REMEMBRANCE, STATEMENT IN SUPPORT. HUNGER STRIKE COMMEMORATION, Dublin, Saturday May 6th 2017, GPO Dublin, 12 noon to 2pm : Between the years 1917 and 1981, 22 Irish men died on hunger strike in the fight … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'And the Gates Flew Open the Burning of Long Kesh', 'Frank Cahill Resource Centre', 22 Irish Hunger-Strikers, An Claidheamh Solais, An Gorta Mór, Bás don Béarla, Black and Tans, Bloody Sunday 1913, Brigade Adjutant Michael J O' Brien, Brigadier-General William Henry Muir Lowe, British Brigadier-General Lowe, British Major De Courcy Wheeler, British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh, Cameron Report RUC B-Specials, Cathal Brugha, Chatham Prison, Cian Sharkhin Portlaoise Prison, Clann na Gael, Cloughjordan in Tipperary, Dr Brian P Murphy, First Dáil Éireann, Francis Ledwidge poet, Gabriel Mackle., General Maxwell, Glandore, Glenstal Abbey, Glimpses of an Irish Felon's Prison Life, GPO Dublin, Grace Gifford, has been met with widespread euphoria, Henri Le Caron British spy, Hurst Park, IRA Comdt General Tom Maguire, IRA Volunteer Padraig Feeney, IRB, Irish Republican Brotherhood, Isle of Wight, James Connolly, Jean McCann, Jim McCann, John Daly, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Kathleen Daly, Kilmainham Gaol, lack of qualification to speak..." - Dr. Brian P. Murphy of Glenstal Abbey, leinster house, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Taylor, Long Kesh, Margaret Thatcher, Mary the mad Maenad, Michael Davitt, Muriel Gifford, Ned Daly, New York, North King Street area of Dublin, Padraig Pearse, Patrick Pearse and the Lost Republican Ideal, Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Portland Prison, Rockwell College in Cashel Tipperary, Seán Maguire IRA, South Mayo Brigade of the Irish Republican Army, St Colman's College Fermoy, St Kieran's College in Kilkenny, St. Enda's College in Dublin, Stormont, the 'Irish Citizens Army', the 2nd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade IRA, the 2nd Dáil Éireann, the Continuity Army Council IRA, the Fenians, the Gaelic American newspaper, the Gaelic League, the Irish Review, the Irish Theatre Hardwicke Street, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, the Provisional Army Council Irish Republican Army, the South Staffordshire Regiment, the Stonebreakers' Yard in Kilmainham Jail, The Sword of Light, the Treaty of Surrender, the Tuam Martyrs, the Ulster Militia, the Westland Helicopter Affair, Thomas J Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Tourmakeady, United Irishmen, Whitehead and Gallagher | Leave a comment

A NON-SLEEPING EGG CURRIE SPEAKS…

Posted on March 1, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (1ST MARCH) 20 YEARS AGO : A NON-SLEEPING EGG CURRIE SPEAKS… “We didn’t sleep..” – the reply given by Tory politician Edwina Currie to a ‘Twitter’ user who stated she had slept with John Major. In the … Continue reading →

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‘WE EXPLODED THE FABLE THAT IRELAND CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT ENGLAND…’

Posted on February 1, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (1ST FEBRUARY) 139 YEARS AGO : 1916 SIGNATORY BORN. On the 1st February 1878 – 139 years ago on this date – a child, Thomas, was born in Cloughjordan in Tipperary, into a household which would consist … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: the Gaelic League

“THE BULLET SLIT THE IRA MAN’S JERSEY…”

WESTMINSTER “MADE SINN FÉINERS OUT OF NATIONALISTS”.

IRELAND, 1941 – “DRAFT RIOTS…THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION..”

“THE REBEL DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE AN EMPTY SACK…” – SHERWOOD FORESTERS, 1916, DUBLIN.

A NON-SLEEPING EGG CURRIE SPEAKS…

‘WE EXPLODED THE FABLE THAT IRELAND CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT ENGLAND…’

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