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A LIFE SPENT TO LIFT THE SAXON CURSE.

ON THIS DATE (9TH DECEMBER) 47 YEARS AGO : ANOTHER FALSE TREATY ACCEPTED BY THE FREE STATERS. The ‘Sunningdale Agreement’ was an attempt in 1973 by Westminster at a ‘power-sharing’ arrangement between the British political establishment and Irish ‘civil-right’ nationalists … Continue reading

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HOSPITAL ASSASSINATION, 1976.

ON THIS DATE (28TH OCTOBER) 44 YEARS AGO : IRISH REPUBLICAN LEADER ASSASSINATED BY PRO-BRITISH DEATH SQUAD. “We must take no steps backward, our steps must be onward, for if we don’t, the martyrs that died for you, for me, … Continue reading

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THE ARTIFICIAL DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY.

ON THIS DATE (21ST OCTOBER) 141 YEARS AGO : ‘FAIR RENT, FIXITY OF TENURE, FREEDOM OF SALE’. On the 21st October 1879- 141 years ago on this date- a meeting of concerned individuals was held in the Imperial Hotel in … Continue reading

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TOM MITCHELL CONTESTED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE ALL-IRELAND DÁIL.

ON THIS DATE (5TH AUGUST) 132 YEARS AGO : THE ONLY GOOD ‘LITTLE PHIL’ IS A DEAD ONE! “The only good Indian is a dead one” – ‘Supreme Commander’ of the U.S. Army, Major Philip Henry Sheridan (pictured) who, despite … Continue reading

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

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

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