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UNUSED ‘STEPPING STONES’.

Posted on March 18, 2020 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (18TH MARCH) 99 YEARS AGO : ‘BURGERY AMBUSH’ INITIATED. “…it is very difficult to describe this as an ‘ambush’ in the strict sense of the word, as there were several smaller engagements within the main attack and, … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged An Cumann Cabhrach, Balcombe Investments Ltd, Ballycoe, Brian Dillon, Burgery Ambush, Captain Willie Cox, Charlie Haughey, Cloncoskerine, Constable Crowley, Constable William Elton, Cork City Fianna Éireann, Cork No. 1 Brigade IRA, Cork Volunteers Band, Cumann na gCailini, Cumann na mBan, Daithe Ceannt, Danny Shinnick, Dáithí Ceannt, de Valera, Doctor Hackett, East Cork Manchester Martyrs Committee, Garranbane, George Plunkett, Irina Najda Sylam, Jack O'Mara, Jack O’Brien, Jackie Sullivan, James O'Neill, Jimmy O’Mahoney, Joe Murphy, John C. Regan, Kilgobinet, Kitty O'Callaghan, Leonid Minin, Limad Invest, Marko Milosevic, Michael McCarthy, Mick Fitzgerald, Monarud, Na Fianna Éireann, Paddy Smith TD, Pat Keating, Patrick Smith TD, Renan Airways, RIC Sergeant Hickey, Sean Fitzgerald, Sinn Féin, Slobodan Milosevic, Tarr's Bridge, Tim Fay, Tomas Aghas, Tomas Foley, Tomás MacCurtain, Victor Bout | Leave a comment

“RULED BY ENGLISHMEN, AND SERVANTS TO THEM..”

Posted on March 20, 2019 by 11sixtynine

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 | Leave a comment

4 (SO FAR) FOR THE 42ND ON THE 25TH!

Posted on October 31, 2018 by 11sixtynine

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 →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alan Walsh, Captain Thompson Boyes, Cathal Brugha, Colbeck Street Waterford, Crumlin Jail Belfast, D MacCionnaith, D Wing exercise yard Mountjoy Jail, Dan Breen, Evening Mail, Fairtrade shopping, JB O Hagan, Joe Cahill, Kevin Mallon, Liam Earley, Liam Kelly, M MacCarthaigh, Mary Lou McDonald, Montague Hotel in Co Laois., Mr Leonard, Paddy Donegan, Pax Whelan, Seamus MacManus Donegal poet and shanachaí, Seamus Twomey, Sean Crowe, Stradbally County Laois, the Claudia, the Cork Volunteers Pipers Band, Thomas Neanon Bayview Avenue Dublin, Tomás MacCurtain, Vincent O Donoghue | Leave a comment

‘PANIC’ : A TRADITION AND ELEMENT IN THE IRISH CONFLICT.

Posted on July 5, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (5TH JULY) 77 YEARS AGO : THOMAS ÓG MacCURTAIN’S LAST DAY ON EARTH… In Cork, in 1920, Irish republican Tomás MacCurtain was elected as ‘Lord Mayor’ of the city, just one of the many changes that resulted … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged All-Ireland Dáil, Arbour Hill, Bill Carroll, Brendan O'Neill, Brendan Walsh, Cardinal MacRory, Cathal Brugha, Charlie Haughey, Cian Sharkhin, Cliodna Cussen, Count Nicholas D'Alton, Daniel O'Connell., Dave McDonald, Dáil Éireann, Detective Roche Union Square Barracks, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Eamonn Kelly, Eibhlís Breathnach, Elizabeth Connolly, Garret Fitzgerald, Glebern Davis, Grenanstown Nenagh County Tipperary, Harry Melia, Joe Lee Professor of History UCC, JW Foster, Kevin Izod O'Doherty, Kildare Street Dublin, London Evening Standard newspaper, Mary Williams, Mr Bill Donoghue Governor, Mr Seán Wynne, New Orleans, Peter Brooke Secretary of State, Portlaoise Prison, Repeal Association, Richard Dalton Williams, Rita Kelly, Samuel Ferguson, Shamrock, St Patricks College County Carlow, St Stanislaus School Tullabeg County Laois, St Vincent's Hospital Stephens Green Dublin, the 'Irish Confederation' group, the Continuity IRA, The Irish Review magazine, The Irish Tribune', The Nation newspaper, the Provisional IRA, the Treason-Felony Act, the Young Ireland Movement, Thibodeaux Louisiana., Tom Maguire, Tomás Óg MacCurtain, Tomás MacCurtain, William Smith O’Brien | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Tomás MacCurtain

UNUSED ‘STEPPING STONES’.

“RULED BY ENGLISHMEN, AND SERVANTS TO THEM..”

4 (SO FAR) FOR THE 42ND ON THE 25TH!

‘PANIC’ : A TRADITION AND ELEMENT IN THE IRISH CONFLICT.

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