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THE FAILURE OF THE ‘TWO-NATIONS THEORY’.
ON THIS DATE (10TH MARCH) 243 YEARS AGO : ‘DARLING OF ERIN’ BAPTISED IN DUBLIN. Robert Emmet was born on the 4th March, 1778, a son of Dr Robert Emmet and Elizabeth Mason. His father served as state physician to … Continue reading
FOUND “IN ARMS” BY THE BRITISH IN THOMAS STREET, DUBLIN, AND EXECUTED.
ON THIS DATE (2ND SEPTEMBER) 97 YEARS AGO : FIFTH HUNGER-STRIKER IN SEVEN YEAR PERIOD DIES. Pictured ; the grave of 19-years-young Irish republican Joe Whitty, who died on hunger-strike on the 2nd September 1923 – 97 years ago on … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged Albert Pierrepoint, Andrew Hunter, Brian Doherty, David Porter, Denis Lambert Redmond, Edward Kearney, Felix Rourke, Gerry Connell, Henry Howley, James Byrne, James Corry, James Craig., James Drake, Joe Whitty, John Begg, John Hayes, John Killeen, John Lucy OBE, John McCann, John McIntosh, Maxwell Roach, Michael Kelly, Nellie O'Ryan, Nicholas Tyrrell, Owen Kirwan, Professor Caffery, Psychiatric Nurses Association, Richard Dawson Bates, Robert Emmet, Séan Ó Brádaigh, Thomas Donnelly, Thomas Keenan, Thomas Maxwell Roche, Thomas Pierrepoint, Thomas Russell, Tom Williams
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‘PEACE’ BASED ON SURRENDER.
ON THIS DATE (8TH JULY) 39 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF OUR 17TH HUNGER-STRIKER. ‘The fourth IRA Volunteer to join the (1981) hunger-strike for political status was Joe McDonnell, a thirty-year-old married man with two children, from the Lenadoon housing … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged Ann Joy McCracken, Belfast Charitable Society, Bernadette McDonnell, Bobby Sands, Committee of the Ladies Industrial School for the Relief of Irish Destitution, Dr Richard R Madden, Eileen McDonnell, Eileen Straney, Elizabeth Fry, Gabriel Corbet., Goretti McDonnell, Henry Joy McCracken, Joe McDonnell, John McCracken, Maria Bodel, Mary Anne McCracken, Rev T Lynham Cairns, Reverend Robert Bradford, Robert McDonnell, Rose Ann McCracken, Seamus Finucane, Seamus Martin, Sean Lavery, Society of United Irishmen, Thomas Russell
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IRISH HERO DEFENDED IN COURT BY A TOUT.
BORN ON THIS DATE (4TH MARCH) THE SAME DATE THAT HE DIED, AND NAMED AFTER AN IRISH HERO WHO WAS BORN ON THAT SAME DATE 120 YEARS BEFORE HIM! Emmet Dalton (pictured, on the right, with Michael Collins), Irish rebel-turned-Free … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged Ann Devlin, Ben Doyle, Castle Hill Convicts, Colonel Tempelhoff, Corbet's Hotel, Daniel O' Connell, Denis Lambert Redmond, Dr Walter Mapelli, Edward Kearney, Edward Lewis, Elizabeth Mason, Emmet Dalton, Ernest Blythe, Felix Rourke, Grace Gifford Plunkett, Henry Howley, Irina Najda Sylam, James John Begg, John Hayes, John Keenan, John Killeen, John McCann, John McIntoch, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Leonard McNally, Leonid Minin, Limad Energy, Limad Invest Ltd, Lord Chancellor Fitzgibbon, M Tierney UCD, Major George Johnson, Malachy Delany, Maxwell Roche, Michael Collins, Michael Dwyer, Michael Kelly, Nicholas Tyrrell, Owen Kirwin, Parramatta, Patrick M. Geoghegan, Phillip Cunningham, Reverend Mr Lewis, Robert Emmet, Sarah Curran, Séan Ó Brádaigh, The Sydney Gazette newspaper, Thomas Addis Emmet, Thomas Keenan, Thomas Moore, Thomas Russell, Tom Kettle, UCD Literacy and Historical Society, William Johnston
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“RULED BY ENGLISHMEN, AND SERVANTS TO THEM..”
ON THIS DATE (20TH MARCH) 76 YEARS AGO : 21 IRA PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM DERRY JAIL. Early on Saturday morning, 20th March 1943 – 76 years ago on this date – as the Logue family of Harding Street, Derry, were … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged 'Irish Volunteer' organisation, Adrian Langan, Ballyknockane, Brendan O'Boyle, Conradh na Gaeilge, David Lloyd George, District Inspector Swanzy Royal Irish Constabulary, Divisional Inspector Clayton Royal Irish Constabulary, Eamon Boyce, Fort George Prison Scotland, General Smith Royal Irish Constabulary, Gilbert McIlveen, Harry White, Henry Haslett, Henry Joy McCracken, Hugh McAteer, Ian McPherson, Jimmy Drumm, Jimmy Steele, John Mitchel, Julia Sheehan, Liam Graham, Lord French, Mainstir na Móna, Mourne Abbey, Na Fianna Éireann, Ned Maguire, Northern Star newspaper, Patrick Curtin, Patrick Donnelly, Robert Tanner Simms, Samuel McTier, Samuel Neilson, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Thomas Davis Street Blackpool, Thomas McCabe, Thomas Pearce, Thomas Russell, Tomas O'Dubghaill, Tomás MacCurtain, William Simms, William Sinclair
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WE WILL ATTAIN, SECURE, AND PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM.
An Anti-Internment / POW information rally will be held before the All-Ireland Football Final on Sunday 2nd September next. Assemble outside Gills Bar beside Croke Park at 1.30pm. All Welcome!“All men are born with equal rights, and in associating together … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged 21st September 1795, Ballydonoghue Kerry, Ballyroney, Chrissy Quinn Carnany Estate Ballymoney, Cumann Cabhrach collection, Gilbert McIlveen, Henry Haslett, Henry Joy McCracken, Jason Quinn, John Neilson, Mark Quinn, Martha Drennan, Rev Alexander Neilson, Richard Quinn, Robert Simms, RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan, Samuel McTier, Samuel Neilson, Senator A Wiley (Republican) Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Loyal Orange Institution, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Thomas McCabe, Thomas Pearce, Thomas Russell, William Drennan, William Simms, William Sinclair
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MAKING THE REVOLUTION IRRESISTIBLE IN DUBLIN…
ON THIS DATE (18TH OCTOBER) 226 YEARS AGO – ‘REFORM DEMANDED FOR ALL’. On the 18th October 1791 – 226 years ago on this date – a group of socially-minded Protestants, Anglicans and Presbyterians held their first public meeting in … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged David Rovics, Gilbert McIlveen, Henry Haslett, Henry Joy McCracken, Ireland, Padraig Flynn, Paul Scott 'A Division of the Spoils', Philip Clarke IRA Omagh Raid 1954, Robert Simms, Samuel Neilson, the Single European Act, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Thomas McCabe, Thomas Pearce, Thomas Russell, William Simms, William Sinclair
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BRITISH ARMY MAJOR BREAKS TRUCE, TAKES TWO IRISH NEGOTIATORS HOSTAGE.
THE PRICE OF PEACE…… Last month, 28 women who protested peacefully in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, against US President Ronald Reagan’s visit to Ireland received £1000 each arising from their action for wrongful arrest. Gene Kerrigan recalls the weekend when … Continue reading
Posted in History/Politics.
Tagged Colonel Tempelhoff, Corbet's Hotel 105 Capel Street Dublin, Denis Lambert Redmond, Edward Kearney, Edward Lewis, Elizabeth Mason, Emmet Dalton, Felix Rourke, Grace Plunkett, Henry Howley, James Byrne, John Begg, John Hayes, John Keenan, John Killeen, John McCann, John McIntoch, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Leonard McNally, Lord Chancellor Fitzgibbon, Major George Johnston New South Wales Corps, Malachy Delany, Marshalsea Lane, Maxwell Roche, Michael Dwyer, Michael Kelly, Mitchel McLaughlin Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, monthly raffle., Nicholas Tyrrell, Owen Kirwin, Patrick M. Geoghegan, Phillip Cunningham Castle Hill NSW Rising 1804, Reverend Mr Lewis, Robert Emmet, Samuel Whyte, Sarah Curran, Séan Ó Brádaigh, The Sydney Gazette newspaper, Thomas Addis Emmet, Thomas Keenan, Thomas Moore, Thomas Russell, Tom Kettle
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