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THE FRENCH ARMY WERE “NEAR ENOUGH TO TOSS A BISCUIT ASHORE…”

This Stormont Minister assembled a raiding-party and they prepared themselves to lay seige to County Council offices in Fermanagh, in an effort to force that institution to withdraw its support for ‘the foreign administration in the South…’ Continue reading

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A MODEST PROPOSAL TO FEED POOR CHILDREN TO THE RICH…

A green-hearted loyalist comments on ‘Irish fighters in every clime in every Cause but their own…’, and a modest proposal to feed poor children to the rich..! Continue reading

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LEINSTER HOUSE “RETARDS PROGRESS”.

THE O’RAHILLY : NATIONLESS AND NOW HOMELESS. Joseph O’Rahilly (‘The O’Rahilly’) was born in Ballylongford, in County Kerry, on the 22nd April, 1875. He had a busy, well-travelled and interesting life and took part in the 1916 Easter Rising in … Continue reading

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