Irish history , Irish politics - from today and yesterday : all 32 Counties !
Irish history , Irish politics - from today and yesterday : all 32 Counties !
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1169 and counting....
Friday, October 25, 2002
'Spud' Murphy started his new job today ,Friday 25/10/02 , in this troubled isle of ours. His predecessor , a Mr Reid , served his time in the Six Counties and thus was rewarded with a cosy(er) position back on the 'mainland'(!).The Brits apparently use the North-Eastern counties as a testing ground for those politicians whom their PM considers to be on the way up -you know, "Test their mettle and all that,what".... For once , Gerry Arafat SORRY Gerry ADAMS was right- it makes no difference who assumes the role of 'British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland'(sic) ; whoever it is can only hope to maintain the status quo and try to keep a lid on the whole situation .And we've had nearly a thousand years of that BUT WHAT THE HELL maybe Spud Murphy , a good welshman, will surprise us all and call for an immediate British withdrawal........
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Monday, October 21, 2002
Well thank God for that - it's 'official' ; we ARE good europeans !! A 'YES' vote on NICE TWO means that we have not upset our friends in the rest of 'Europe' . . . Christ Almighty-the shame if we had! Our politicians in Leinster House can breath easy now and plan for the future--THEIR future....more jobs oops - I mean 'positions' will be available(or made specially) for them and their like , and they can visit other countries without feeling that they have let their new-found friends down. The state of this little State we're in .....
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1169 And Counting....... An award-nominated Irish blog on Irish history and Irish politics - from today and yesterday : all 32 Counties ! Updated a number of times each week . (Mirror site here)
Included in the Archives of ' 1169 And Counting.....' is the following (use the ' GOOGLE SEARCHBOX ' , bottom of site , if ya really must read-up on these pieces! ) -* The British 'Military Service (No. 2) Bill 1918' - Irishmen to fight for England . * Dinny Lacey , 1890 - 1923 ; IRA Guerrilla . * ' Leo ' of 'The Nation' ; John Keegan Casey , 1846 - 1870 . * Dorothy Macardle - Irish Republican , Historian and Novelist : 1889 - 1958 . * Molly O'Reilly - GPO , 1916 . * Liam Lynch , IRA leader ; The Fermoy Attack , 1919 . * P.J. Smyth and the Tasmania Escape , 1853 . * Michael Scanlon - Poet and Fenian . * 1920 : Canon Magner , Cork , and the Black and Tans . * James Clarence Mangan : 1803 - 1849 . * James 'Skin-the-Goat' Fitzharris . * Fr. Luke Wadding , Author and Irish Republican . * Dr. William Walsh , Archbishop of Dublin - and Irish Republican . * Patrick O'Donoghue and 'The Irish Exile' Irish Republican newspaper , Australia . * Peter O'Neill Crowley ; Cork Fenian , killed by the British in Tipperary , 1867 . * Joseph Malone , Hunger-Striker , 1941 . * Richard Dalton Williams ; 'Shamrock' of 'The Nation' newspaper . * Tim Coughlan - IRA Volunteer , 1906 - 1928 : Shot Dead By IRA Informer , or Free State Agents ...? * Joseph Denieffe , 1833 - 1910 ; IRB Founder . * Jackie Griffith , 1921 - 1943 ; A Staunch Irish Republican . * Richie Goss , 1915 - 1941 ; A Revolutionary Irishman . * American Fenians - their plan to raid the Chester Castle Military Arsenal in England , 1867 . * Attempted Tunnel Escape From Cork Jail , 1940 . * The B-Specials , 1920 - 1970 . * 13 Hours In New Ross , Wexford - 5th June 1798 . * The First Irish Republican Newspaper - 'The Northern Star' , 1792 - 1797 . * Donegal 1861 ; Evictions under 'Deasy's Act'. * 1971 Prison Break ; 'Kangaroo's' in the Six Counties ! * Sunday , 26th July 1914 - On The Dublin Quays : British Soldiers Open Fire . * Stormont 'Talking-Shop' ; Not A New Failure : Belfast May 1998 - Dublin July 1917 . * A Rebel Priest - Fr. James O'Coigly ; 1762 - 1798 . * Irish Republican Law And Order ; The Court System , 1920 - 1922 . * British Propaganda , 1921 - Royal Irish Constabulary 'Newspaper' . * Patrick Egan - Founder of 'The Land League' , 1841 - 1919 . * Arthur O'Connor - United Irishman And General-Of-Division In Napoleon's Army , 1760 - 1852 . * Pat and Harry Loughnane , Galway - Tortured To Death By The Black And Tans , 1920 . * The Irish-American 'GROWL' : The 'AARIR' , 1920 - 1926 . * 'The Irish People' ; An Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 . * William Putnam McCabe , 1775 - 1821 : A Determined Irish Rebel . * William Rooney , 1872 - 1901 : Poet And Journalist . * Joseph Brennan , 1828 - 1857 : 'Young Irelander' Leader . * John Sadleir and William Keogh - 19th Century Irish Turncoats . * July 15th , 1976 ; IRA Prisoners Escape From Dublin's 'Special Court' . * July - December 1921 : Revenge Attacks On Irish Republicans During The 'Truce' . * Philip Grey , 1827 - 1857 : An Irish Military Man . * Martin McDermott , 1823 - 1905 : Young Irelander . * Working Within British 'Law' With A Vow NOT To Use Force Against The British : Daniel O'Connell , 1843 - The Provisionals , 1994 To Date . * 'Tan War' Irish Republican Newspaper - 'An tOglach' , 1918 - 1921 . * July 29th , 1848 - RIC , Firearms , Pikes ; And Five Children . * Ireland , January 15th , 1920 - Elections . * 'The Press' Newspaper : October 1797-March 1798 ; Too Radical For The Radicals .... ? PLEASE NOTE -DO , by all means , feel free to copy or quote from ' 1169... ' if you want to : provided you credit the site ( other than that : do as the sign says! ) - Thanks , Sharon .
* The Boundary Commission , 1921 - 1925 : A British 'sleight-of-hand' which caused a mutiny within British forces in Ireland . * Murder Most Foul : Theobald Wolfe Tone - born June 20th , 1763 ~ died ....... ? * Five days in an IRA Training Camp....... * Censorship - Section 31 of The Broadcasting Act . * The RUC's 'paid perjurer' strategy . * To Westminster And Back - Gerry Fitt . * The GAA And The Hunger-Strikers. * The Long Kesh Escape - Sunday 25th September 1983 . * Fire And Brimstone : The DUP and Civil War ... (from 1985). * Politicos And Paramilitaries : Loyalists prepare for a strike ...(from 1986). * Preparing The Defence Of Ulster (sic) Loyalism - from 1984 . * Chaos In The Gardai - from 1986. * The Inevitability Of Sectarian Collison - George Seawright (DUP) interview , from May 1984 . * The IRA Has To Do What The IRA Has To Do - Danny Morrison (SF) interview , from September 1984 . * 17 Victims Of British Justice - from 1984. * The Interrogation Of Stephen Moore - from 1986. * A Gay View On Kincora - from 1984 . * Hunger-Striking Against Show-Trials -from 1986 . * The Sea Green Incorruptible - Seamus Mallon (SDLP) in Westminster : from 1986. * Na Fianna Eireann - from 'IRIS' magazine , 1981 . * Fianna Fail And The IRA Connection - from 'New Hibernia' magazine , Dec/Jan 1986/1987. * UDR's Rotten Apples - from 'The Phoenix' magazine , March 1984 . * 23 Days In Hell:The Story Of The O'Grady Kidnap - from 'Magill' magazine , May 1988 . * A History of Armagh Jail - from 'Women Behind The Wire' , 1984. * In The Shadow Of A Gunman : Sinn Fein The Workers Party - from 'Magill' magazine , 1982. * "Don't Let Them Break You , Love ... " : Strip-Searches in Armagh Jail - from 'Women Behind The Wire' magazine , 1984. * Where Sinn Fein Stands - Caretaker Executive statement , January 1970 . * Fr. Denis Faul : A Conniving , Treacherous Man... - from November 1981 . * The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement (Hillsborough Treaty) : The Shadow Of The Gunmen - from 'MAGILL' magazine , November 1985. * Entering Leinster House - A Veteran Speaks : statement from Comdt. General Thomas Maguire , 22nd October 1986 . * Informers : The RUC's Psychological War - from March 1983 . * Dublin Council of Trade Unions : Heroic Dublin! - from February 1986 . * Bloody Sunday - from 'Magill' magazine , February 1998 . * Butchers Dozen - Bloody Sunday poem . * The Unbroken Links In The Irish Republican Chain - By Martin Calligan . * 1913 : 75 Years After the Lock-Out ; from 1988. * Plus Ca Change : Haughey and Parnell - from 'MAGILL' magazine , 1998 . * Fianna Fail - The Mask Of De Valera : from 1989 . * The Simple Truth About The Irish Sugar Industry : from 1989 . * All At S.E.A. -A 'skit' on the 'Single European Act' - from 1987 . * Billy Wright , Loyalist Volunteer Force - from 1998 . * Liam Mellows And The Irish Civil War - from 1983 . * On The Take ! - Corrupt politics in the Free State . From 1988 . * The Extradition Sell-Out : from 1987 . * Sean O'Callaghan , Informer - from 1998 . * MacGiollas Guerrillas : The Workers Party and the OIRA - from 1987 . * Garda Gunfire : Who To Believe ? - from 1987. * Orange Judge Executed - from March 1983 . * The 26 Counties : A State But Not A Nation - from 1983. * Eoghan Harris : Out Of The Shadows - from 1997. * Eoghan Harris : Pillars of Society - from 1985. * "We Are All Part Of The Same Struggle" - by Margaret Ward : from 1983. * Republicans And Youth , by Jack Madden : from 'IRIS' magazine , 1983. * Shane Ross : Playing The Orange Card : from 'PHOENIX' magazine , 1984. * The Roman Reich : from 'In Dublin' magazine , October 1987. * The Right To Silence : from 'In Dublin' magazine , February 1987 . * The Rules Of Engagement - Inside The 'Peace' Talks : from 'Magill' magazine , 1997 . * Shoot-to-kill-The Unchanging Face Of Repression : from 'IRIS' magazine , 1983 . * Paddy Cooney's Army : from 'The Phoenix' magazine , 1984 . * The Kerry Garda Crisis : from 'The Phoenix' magazine , 1985. * The Quality of Justice is Strained : from 'New Hibernia' magazine , April 1987. * A Hard 'Oul Station - Life on the Streets : from 'New Hibernia' magazine , March 1987 . * More Questions Than Answers - Death In a Garda Station : from 'In Dublin' magazine , 1987. * Vincent Browne - Pillars Of Society : from 'The Phoenix' magazine , February 1985 . * The Wallace and Holroyd File : from 'New Hibernia' magazine , April 1987 . * The Strange State Killing of Maurice O'Neill : from 'Magill' magazine , 1999 . * The Heavy Hand of The Law : from 'Magill' magazine , 2003. * Lotteries And Other Hold-Ups : from 'New Hibernia' magazine , April 1987 . * The Younger Breed - Tony Gregory : from 'The Phoenix' magazine , February 1985 . * Passports , Please ! : from 'Magill' magazine , March 1999 . * Pillars Of Society - Michael O' Leary : from 'The Phoenix' magazine , April 1986. * Empires Of Dust - The British 'Empire' : from 'Magill' magazine , March 2003 . * Guns to Bread And Butter - The Officials : from 'Fortnight' magazine , October 1983 . * Disarming Martin - McGuinness Interview : from 'Magill' magazine , March 1999 . * The Seeds Of Another Bitter Harvest : from 'Fortnight' magazine , October 1983 . * Beyond Breakouts And Supergrasses : from 'Fortnight' magazine , October 1983 . * Veteran Irish Republican , Lily Moffatt , interviewed : from 'IRIS' magazine , 1982 . * The Provos At The Ballot Box : from 'Magill' magazine , June 1983 . * Sporting Nationalism - The Political Origins Of The GAA : from 'IRIS' magazine , November 1982 . * A People's Army - Women Volunteers In The IRA : from 'IRIS' magazine , November 1982 . * "Comrades , Brothers and Sisters" - Michael O' Riordan , Irish Communist : from 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1983 . * The Seeds Of A Police State : from 'Magill' magazine , September 1983 . * New Departures For Sinn Fein ? : from 'Gralton' magazine , Aug/Sept 1983 . * The World According To Gerry Adams : from 'In Dublin' magazine , August 1985 . * The Accusing Finger Of Raymond Gilmour : from 'Magill' magazine , August 1983 . * A Segregated Jail : from 'Iris' magazine , November 1982 . * Which Way Forward In The Free State ? : from 'Iris' magazine , November 1983 . * Troublesome Business - The British Labour Party And The 'Irish Question' : from 'Iris' magazine , November 1982 . * Glossary Of The Left In Ireland : from 'Gralton' magazine,August/September 1983 . * Young Bloods : Clare Daly - from 'Phoenix' magazine , September 2003 . * Derry : A City Besieged - from 'Fortnight' magazine , 1983 . * Death And Mystery ; John O'Shea , Kerry - from 'Magill' magazine , 2003 . * A Rough Beast ; Charles Haughey - from 'In Dublin' magazine , 1987 . * Out Of The Women's Ghetto - from 'Fortnight' magazine , October 1983 . * A Day At The Rent Court - from 'Gralton' magazine , 1983 . * 'The United Irishman' newspaper , January 1958 . * Sounding off : Comrades And Calculators - from 'Gralton' magazine, August/September 1983. * Crisis, What Crisis? - from 'IN DUBLIN' magazine, 'Election Special' , 1987. * The Prisons Of The Past - from 'MAGILL' magazine August 2003 . * Taking It Handy - from 'In Dublin' magazine Election Special, 1987. * Public Inquiry Into Our Greatest Scandal- from 'MAGILL' magazine, June 1998. * John Dunster At Windscale - from 'MAGILL' magazine , March 1986. * Nicky Kelly : High Court Judgement - from 'MAGILL' magazine , February 1986. * Henry Doherty Is 44 Days On Hunger Strike - from 'MAGILL' magazine , March 1986 . * Kerry Death Mystery - from 'The Phoenix' magazine ,January 2003. * Street Talk : Tony Gregory - from 'USI NEWS' magazine , February 1989. * A Question Of Liberation - from 'IRIS' magazine , November 1983 . * Republican Evictions - from 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1998 . * The Left Behind : The Labour Party - from 'In Dublin' magazine , 1987 . * Economy In Crisis : An Historical Perspective - from 'IRIS' magazine , 1982. * Divis Flats: Building Towards A Demolition Campaign - from 'IRIS' magazine , November 1983. * Prisoners Rights - The Mark Of A Civilised Society : from 'Fourthwrite' magazine, Autumn 2003. * Robert Emmet - The Darling Of Erin : from ''Fourthwrite' magazine, Autumn 2003. * A Portrait Of Ireland - from 'Republican Bulletin/Iris Na Poblachta' , November 1986. * The Eamonn Byrne Case - from 'Phoenix' magazine , 1983 . * King Of The Yuppie Heartland - from 'In Dublin' Election Special magazine,1987. * Toxic Waste In Kill , County Kildare - from 'The Phoenix' magazine , May 1983. * The Politics Of Repression - from 'IRIS' magazine, 1982. * The Catholic Hierarchy : Propping-Up The Orange State - from 'IRIS' magazine , 1983. * Ballymurphy Interview - from 'IRIS' magazine , July/August 1982. * Republican Mourners Defeat RUC - from 'IRIS' magazine , October 1987. * Operational Comments Of A British Army Officer - from 'IRIS' magazine , October 1987. * Ernie O'Malley : Soldier Of Oglaigh na hEireann - from 'IRIS' magazine , July 1983. * Sixty Years Of Repression : An Outline History Of The RUC - from 'IRIS' magazine , July/August 1982.