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IRELAND, 1920 - BRITISH ARMY BRIGADIER-GENERAL WINS 'BEST FAILURE AWARD'...
ON THIS DATE (18TH DECEMBER) 146 YEARS AGO : POTTSVILLE, 1878.The graphic shows alleged members of the 'Molly Maguires' being led to their death.'On 21st June 1877, in the anthracite-mining county of...
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IRELAND, 1920'S - HE OPTED OUT AT 'TRUCE AND TREATY'. BUT..
...AN OLD SCORE WAS STILL SETTLED.First things first - BAH HUMBUG to the whole bleedin' lot of yis!!We're back 'On Air' after our Christmas and New Year Jollies, which were particularly hectic this...
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IRELAND, 1920 - COOPERATION BETWEEN SINN FÉIN BANK AND BANKS IN ENGLAND...
ON THIS DATE (8TH JANUARY) 154 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A 40,000-STRONG PRO-BRITISH PARAMILITARY LEADER."..James Craig(pictured) was born in Belfast in 1871, son of a distiller. He was a millionaire by the...
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MEETING SHADOWS IN DOORWAYS...
Are you aware that, at the time of writing, there are only 50 weeks left until the 31st December 2025 (New Year's Eve)?!So why in the name of Jaze are ya sitting there, all relaxed like, reading this,...
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DUBLIN, 1921 - MISINTERPRETED MESSAGE SAVES MICHAEL COLLINS.
On the 15th January, 1921, an IRA Volunteer, Seán Kavanagh, from Tralee, in County Kerry(a republican-gamekeeper-turned-Free State-poacher) was having a bite to eat in the 'Royal Exchange Hotel' in...
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ON A 'MOST WANTED' LIST, 'SAFE HOUSES' NO LONGER SAFE...
We got a good start on our Holy Communion preparation work last week, and managed to have a bit ofcraic with family members as well ; we secured a lovely venue (choice of three, 'cause we were early on...
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LEINSTER HOUSE SOLD AN IRISH OIL FIELD TO A USA COMPANY FOR €635...
ON THIS DATE (29TH JANUARY) 231 YEARS AGO : UNSUNG HERO CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING "A SEDITIOUS PAPER".Archibald Hamilton Rowan(pictured), a United Irishman, was 'tried' on a charge of distributing 'a...
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THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR STREETS...
'But for now, let us give three cheersAnd shout BRAVO!For the unsung heroes of our streets,who thanklessly brave the wind and rain,to do an honest days work,in a thankless task that must be...
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1922 - "TOEING THE LINE FOR THE BRITISH..."
ON THIS DATE (5TH FEBRUARY) 205 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A 'UNITED IRISHMAN' FOUNDING FATHER."Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defileThe cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle..."- the words of...
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'YES, SIR. RIGHT AWAY, SIR...'
From the office of Michael Collins to Westminster, 1920's - a letter of assurance that the armed men who had liberated a British Army payroll, killing an English soldier in the process, would be hunted...
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1976, IRELAND - REQUIEM MASS BOYCOTTED BY REPUBLICAN'S RELATIVES.
ON THIS DATE (12TH FEBRUARY) 49 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF AN IRISH REPUBLICAN WHO WAS 'BURIED' BY FREE STATERS UNDER SIX FEET OF CONCRETE.'Exhumed in glory a November moon was driftingAnd freedom's light...
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1900's IN IRELAND - 'PRINT WARS'.
Tipperary, 1920's - troubled discussions within the IRA about how the fight was going, and a Free State soldier with his own troubles - he had decided that fighting against the Republic was not for...
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1923 - IRA ON THE CANVAS, BUT NOT OUT OF THE RING...
ON THIS DATE (26TH FEBRUARY) 102 YEARS AGO...On the 26th February, 1923, a meeting of Anti-Treaty IRA officers assembled at Ballinageary, Co Tipperary.Officers from the First Southern Division reported...
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1923, MUNSTER - FSA 'THROWING SHAPES...'
This man was born in County Cork in the 1800's and made a name for himself as a person who could be trusted, a respectable worker. He made it his business to contact like-minded people with similar...
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'JACK THE LAD' IN LEINSTER HOUSE, ON £52 A MONTH...
GEORGE PLANT : EXECUTED BY FREE STATERS ON THIS DATE (5TH MARCH) 83 YEARS AGO."It is a noble thing to die for your country, it is a useful thing to kill for your county. If you can't be noble just be...
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"POLITICIANS AND CIVIL SERVANTS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE..."
"Experts within the industry allege that many claims of 'dry holes' drilled by the oil companies in the past were in fact positive finds, held over for a later day.Leinster House has been remiss in not...
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"NOT TO FULFIL OUR NEEDS FOR OIL AND GAS, BUT THEIR OWN..."
GAS LADS...The massive finds of oil and gas on our western seaboard could ensure Ireland's financial security for generations.Wealth approximating that of the Arab countries is within our grasp, but...
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AN AMALGAMATED 'POLICE FORCE' IN SAORSTÁT ÉIREANN.
ON THIS DATE (2ND APRIL) 100 YEARS AGO : AN AMALGAMATED FREE STATE FORCE IS BORN.'An Garda Síochána' - protecting the State and its business interests since 1925 (such as Shell, this pic...)Officially,...
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TINKER, TAILOR...AND A FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE!
Ireland, early 1900's - the 'Special Branch' (political police) of the day were attempting to exert their authority (!) over those that Westminster deemed to be a threat to their democracy (!) so the...
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IRELAND 1919 : "IN A STATE OF DISTURBANCE..."
On April 9th, 1919, Westminster notified it's people in Dublin Castle that, on the 10th April, they are to declare that Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Roscommon and Tipperary are to be declared "as...
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CORK, 1920's - HOSTAGE EXCHANGE REJECTED BY THE BRITISH MILITARY.
1940's - STATE COPS, SPECIAL BRANCH V IMPRISONED IRA VOLUNTEERS...County Louth, 1920's - ten IRA Volunteers, some of them armed, a fist-fight with armed representatives of the Crown which developed...
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1923 - "THE WOMEN REPUBLICAN PRISONERS ARE THE MAINSTAY OF THE TROUBLE..."
ON THIS DATE (16TH APRIL) 85 YEARS AGO : GALWAY HUNGER-STRIKER DIES.Galway IRA man and Officer Commanding of the IRA Western Command at the time, Tony Darcy (33), began his hunger strike on 25th...
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"ANOTHER FINE MESS..."
"A pretty mess you're making of the whole thing..."- more or less the words spoken by the highest-ranking British Army leadership figure in Ireland, in the 1920's.And those words, those comments, those...
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1919 - "THE RIC AND DMP HAVE BEEN ADJUDGED GUILTY OF TREASON..."
"The RIC and DMP should be treated as persons who, having been adjudged guilty of treason to their country, are regarded as unworthy to enjoy any of the privileges or comforts which arise from cordial...
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¡VOLVEMOS EN MAYO!
That's us, waving across the Atlantic Ocean, saying "slán anois" to Ireland, getting ready to go for a swim, then something to eat, and a few drinks in one of the music bars!And, on the way back to our...
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