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Saturday, May 31, 2003

.....on 16th February 1875,the Irish rebel John Mitchel won a seat in the British parliament , representing Tipperary - however , the British House of Commons had other ideas on Mitchel's victory ......

The British declared that Mitchel's election was void as he was a felon,and stated that a new election to fill the Tipperary seat would be held on 11th March , 1875 . John Mitchel , not being in the best of health, canvassed locally and, as the 'ex-MP' , drew huge crowds, while his election team covered the neighbouring counties ; at the Theatre Royal in Cork , for instance,the following statement was read to a packed house on his behalf - "The first and greatest good which I see in that election is , that it was a magnificent pronouncement in favour of the national right of Ireland , and against the usurpation of the British parliament. The people of Tipperary elected me as the most implacable enemy of British tyranny " .
The (2nd) election results were announced on 12th March, 1875 (the day after the election) ; ...... (MORE LATER)>

THE WOMAN CRIED

Six days he fought
midst dying piles of gory mutilated heroes,
And the English cannon roared
Upon the ghosts of Celtic bones,
a nation's blood was poured.

Thousands fell in screaming bloody terror
whilst the informer hid cowering close by,
But there were none left amongst that bloody fray
to hear the woman cry.

------- Bobby Sands.

From 'The Evening Press', 14th November 1986 (a Friday, I think...) , page 3 --

On 13th November, 1986 (possibly a Thursday) Ronald Reagan confirmed he undertook eighteen months of secret diplomacy with Iran and sent over "small amounts" of weapons in order "to improve relations" ie for Iran to exert pressure to ensure that U S citizens were not kidnapped and held hostage in the Lebanon ! And the U S agents that delivered the "small amounts" of weapons travelled on passports issued by the Free State administration in Dublin .....
..... so we had U S agents (probably CIA) delivering weapons to Iran with the aid of Free State passports in an apparent attempt to bribe the authorities in Iran to put pressure on a militia in Lebanon not to kidnap U S citizens !
See - we play on the world stage with the big boys ; no wonder Bertie is the Statesman he so obviously is !

¶ 8:08 AM

Friday, May 30, 2003

.....in July 1874 , John Mitchel returned to Ireland after an enforced absence (by the British) of twenty-six years and stated that he would stand for election to the British Parliament if a vacancy arose , but on one condition - that he would not take his seat , if elected ; he then returned to America .....

Shortly afterwards, a vacancy occurred in Tipperary , and his name was put forward as a candidate - his friend, John Martin, went to print with John Mitchel's election address , which he had left in Ireland for just such an occasion , and which finished with the declaration ; "I am in favour of Home Rule- that is, the sovereign independence of Ireland" (which was not what the British understood by the term!). Because he had been nominated to contest the election (due to take place on 16th February 1875) , John Mitchel again left America for Ireland and landed in Cork ; on his arrival , he was greeted by friends and supporters and was told that the election was over and he had been successful - he was now MP for Tipperary . The English House of Commons, however, had other ideas on Mitchel's victory ..... (MORE LATER)>

THE WOMAN CRIED

Cold black water lashed and splashed
and played around a tattered reed,
By dying embers, to God a woman prayed
that the Gael might but succeed.

The silver nails of a rugged boot
scarred a lonely lifeless stone,
'Cross rambling hill he marched afoot,
to fight along with Tone.

----- by Bobby Sands; final two verses tomorrow.

In October 1986 , Fine Gael's Garret Fitzgerald gave an interview to the 'Belfast Telegraph' , in which he said - "The fact is that, over the past year, Northern Nationalists have seen the judicial system operating in a manner .... that is equitable and fair.They have seen the security forces being even-handed in the way they have handled very difficult problems with great courage and dedication. They have seen progress in the willingness on the part of the British Government to tackle more effectively the problems of discrimination which remain " . Asked about the Dublin administration's 'meddlesome interference in the affairs of another country' (or some such similar 'Telegraph'-loaded question) , the Fine Gael man answered- " We have no desire to be involved in the process of Northern Ireland(sic) any more than is necessary to tackle the problem of the IRA and eliminate it " ! .... NOW, NOW , folks- don't be too harsh on Fitzer; he was only speaking his mind(and that of those in Leinster House.....)

¶ 6:34 AM

Thursday, May 29, 2003

In 1875 , when the results of an election held in Ireland did'nt suit the British Government , they did what they do best - they 'waived the rules' .... and then , within weeks, they done it again ....

In that year , 1875, the 'Young Ireland' leader , John Mitchel, was twice returned as MP for Tipperary - and was twice disenfranchised by the Brits !
When his newspaper 'The United Irishman' was suppressed by the British in May 1848, John Mitchel was arrested and charged with treason felony - he was sentenced to transportation to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) for 14 years but escaped to America in 1853 (see archives). Still viewed by the British as a 'convicted felon' and liable to arrest, he landed in Ireland in July 1874 , after an enforced absence of twenty-six years ! He stated that he would stand for parliament if a vacancy arose , but on one condition - that the electorate be made aware that he would not take his seat in the House of Commons if elected ; he then returned to America . Shortly afterwards , a vacancy occured in Tipperary ...... (MORE LATER)>

THE WOMAN CRIED

From humble home in dead of night
a flitting shadow fled,
The yellow moon caught sharpened pike
where the night shades danced and played.

A bramble clawed at trembling hand
and a night owl watched unseen,
Through bog and glen a United man
marched out to win a dream.

(.... a six-stanza poem by Bobby Sands, published in 1981 : more later).

From 'The Sunday Tribune', 2nd November 1986, page 21 -

After U S Marines invaded Grenada in 1983 , Duane Clarridge, the CIA Organiser of the Contras, drove around Grenada with a car-bumper sticker saying - "Nicaragua Next" ! Clarridge was questioned by a U S Congressional Committee in relation to what he knew about the then situation in Nicaragua , and eventually admitted that - "civilians and Sandinista Officials in the provinces, as well as heads of co-operatives , nurses, doctors and judges " had been killed by the (U S-backed) Contras .
State-sponsored terrorism ; the Brits do it in Ireland , and .......

¶ 6:35 AM

Wednesday, May 28, 2003

....by 1645 , Owen Roe O'Neill had a professional Irish Army of five-thousand men armed , trained and prepared for battle .....

The English Army General , Munroe, issued orders in June 1646 that the three Anglo-Scottish armies in the North of Ireland were to converge - his plan was to march south to invade Leinster ; O'Neill had his own plan .....

He moved his men from Cavan to Benburb in County Tyrone , on the River Blackwater, and positioned his army on a hill , with his flank protected by a bog on one side and the rivers Blackwater and Oona on the other side . When O'Neill heard that Munroe was marching on his position , he sent word for Brian O'Neill and Owen O'Doherty , with their men, to follow Munroe and his Army . On 5th June , 1646, Munroe and his men were facing O'Neills forces and by now must have realised that the other O'Neill and O'Doherty were behind them - they were trapped.
Owen Roe O'Neill gave the order to charge and Munroe's army panicked ; the two groups behind Munroe attacked at the same time and the English forces scattered- some tried to cross the Blackwater , others ran for the River Oona ,but most perished in the marshes nearby .The Irish rebels surged into the remainder of the invaders (from two directions) and won the day - Munroe lost more than three-thousand soldiers while the Irish suffered around seventy dead. 'The Battle of Benburb' was a total triumph for the Irish ; however, the victory was only enjoyed for three short years - in August 1649 , Oliver Cromwell got the revenge that the English craved.

"The concrete floor was so cold that to pace the floor would be impossible in one's bare feet. Three small flimsy blankets and lying upon a damp mattress would not provide enough warmth for escape through sleep. This night will be another night, huddled up in the corner, fighting the intense cold amidst despairing thoughts when pain and depression become almost overwhelming . The wind is rising and growing angry ; it will carry the blankets of falling snow in through the paneless windows. I am very, very cold now. I can stand here and freeze at the window gazing upon this barbed-wire jungle of colour and whiteness , or I can retreat to my little den in the corner of my tomb ...... " (continued tomorrow..) .
----'The Writings of Bobby Sands', April 1981 (first published in 'Republican News', 20th January 1979).

....'loyal' shipyard workers from Harland and Wolff physically prevented a rally for Labour candidates in the May 1921 elections from taking place in the 'Ulster Hall' , terming them "Bolsheviks" . At Stormont , Prime Minister Craig (later Lord Craigavon) moved an amendment saying- " The employment of disloyalists (meaning Catholics, in H+W) is prejudicial to the state and takes jobs away from loyalists" .Between January 1975 and December 1979, British governments paid out £103 million in grants and loans to H+W . The Thatcher administration came to power in 1979 , supposedly committed to strict 'no lame-ducks' criteria and to cuts in public spending - however, H+W went on to receive a total of £291 million from public funds !
In 1980 , a £42.5 million hand-out was partly paid for by a temporary suspension of housing repair work and an extra cut-back in welfare services , hitting the North's unemployed the hardest .
...." a cold house " indeed .

¶ 6:32 AM

Tuesday, May 27, 2003

' The Battle of Benburb ' was fought in County Tyrone, in Ireland, on 5th June, 1646 ; the English lost more than three thousand soldiers- the Irish lost around seventy ......

Two Irish Chiefs, Rory O'More and Phelim O'Neill, recognised an opportunity to strike-out for Irish freedom in 1641 ; in the winter of that year, civil war was imminent in England between King Charles and the English Parliament . O'Neill and his army took control of Ulster , joined up with Rory O'More and his army and marched south into Louth and Meath ; their success was noted and within months uprisings took place in Munster and Connaught .
Owen Roe O'Neill (an Irish Chief) and his men had been exiled by the English , and had served with distinction in the Spanish Army ; in July 1642 , he returned to Ireland with his troops to join in the fight against English domination : he organised the Irish forces in a professional manner and , by the winter of 1645, had established a base of some five thousand trained soldiers in County Cavan ...... (MORE LATER)>

MODERN TIMES

As the bureaucrats, speculators and presidents alike
pin on their dirty, stinking,happy smiles tonight,
The lonely prisoner will cry out from within his tomb,
and tomorrow's wretch will leave its mother's womb !
----- Bobby Sands , 1979 .

(NOTE- there are still Irish Republican prisoners in jails today while so-called republicans meet with the "bureaucrats , speculators and presidents ",in their quest to build a career for themselves).

The Belfast shipyard 'Harland and Wolff' has made the headlines many times since the British partitioned this country (indeed, they not only partitioned the country, but also partitioned Ulster ie from nine counties to six); but the shipyard's 'protestant state for a protestant people'-ethics pre-dates partition :

In 1864 , approximately six-hundred shipyard workers armed with muskets , pistols, axes and other weapons attacked Catholic 'navvies' who were excavating new docks . Neal Fagan, a Catholic, was axed to death. In a similar attack in June 1886, Seamus Curran was murdered. In 1911 , out of a total of 6,809 shipyard workers, only 518 were Catholics , and expulsions were organised to get rid of the Catholics ; in 1912, 1920 , 1935, 1939 , 1969 and 1970 , they were forced to leave . In the May 1921 elections , a massed crowd of "loyal shipyard workers" physically prevented a rally for Labour-party candidates from taking place in the Ulster Hall, terming them "bolsheviks" ....... (MORE LATER)>

¶ 6:32 AM

Monday, May 26, 2003

....the IRA prisoners planning to escape from Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England, had decided on how to escape and passed details of their plan to the IRA leadership in Dublin ; before they were locked-up for the night , the prisoners were allowed out to exercise in a small yard which itself was enclosed by a railings which, in turn , was surrounded by a forty-foot wall ....

On 15th October 1919 , at around 4.30pm , the six IRA prisoners were let out to the exercise yard as usual - but this time they overpowered the warder and climbed over the railings; they then signalled over the forty-foot wall to their comrades on the other side , who then threw over a rope-ladder . The six men were met on the other side of the prison wall by about thirty IRA Volunteers who had placed themselves at both ends of the street and held captive everyone on the street at that time . 'Safe-houses' in Manchester had already been arranged and the six men were lodged in same and left there for a number of days; they were then moved to Liverpool and put on a B+I steamer - all arrived safely in Dublin .
For the second time within a year , the IRA had used practically the same plan to escape from their captors : a fact which compounded British embarrassment .

MODERN TIMES

And while fat dictators sit upon their thrones
young children bury their parents' bones,
And secret police in the dead of night
electrocute the naked women out of sight.

In the gutter lies the black man, dead
and where the oil flows blackest, the street runs red,
And there was He who was born and came to be
but lived and died without liberty.

----- Bobby Sands, 1979 (last verse tomorrow).

Dr. John Austin Baker, the then Anglican Bishop of Salisbury , England, stated (in 1994) - " No British government ought ever to forget that this perilous moment, like many before it, is the outworking of a history for which our country is primarily responsible. Our injustice created the situation ; and by constantly repeating that we will maintain it so long as the majority(sic) wish it , we actively inhibit Protestant and Catholic from working out a new future together. This is the root of violence " .

-----and the "perilous moments" , the "injustice" and the "root of violence" will remain as long as the British claim of jurisdiction over any part of Ireland remains in place . Dr. Baker , and others, must realise that.....

¶ 6:01 AM

Sunday, May 25, 2003

.... Austin Stack contacted IRA GHQ Staff in Dublin and outlined his plan of escape from Strangeways Prison in Manchester , to them - they approved of the plan....

In September 1919 , Rory O'Connor and Peadar Clancy were sent over to England to help organise the break-out . Messages were sent out from inside Strangeways , to O'Connor and Clancy by the IRA prisoners themselves as they were released , and those still inside the prison were kept up to date by messages passed on by visitors and notes concealed in food parcels . By late September 1919 , only six IRA prisoners remained in Strangeways ; Austin Stack , Piarais Beaslai , Dr. Patrick Walsh , Paddy McCarthy , Con Connolly and Sean Doran . The prison routine was common knowledge now with the prisoners and the IRA on the outside - the prisoners were locked-up in their cells for the evening each day between 5pm and 5.30pm ; before being locked-up,however, they were allowed out to exercise in a small yard which itself was enclosed by a railings which , in turn, was surrounded by a forty-foot wall ...... (MORE LATER)>

MODERN TIMES

It is said we live in modern times
in the civilised year of 'seventy-nine,
But when I look around, all I see,
is modern torture, pain and hypocrisy.

In modern times little children die
They starve to death but who dares ask why ?
And little girls without attire,
Run screaming, napalmed, through the night fire.

---- five-stanza poem written by Bobby Sands , 1979.
(more tomorrow....).

As Dublin's Lord Mayor at the time, Sean Haughey (yes-its him; his old man has a shirt fetish)was interviewed by 'Hot Press' magazine (see same,February 23rd,1995, page 24) during which he stated - " And, generally, in Fianna Fail, we're not inclined to perpetuate privilege. It's not what we stand for as a republican party " . What Sean meant was that Fianna Fail will "perpetuate privilege" if they are sitting when the 'Privileged One' calls.....(and don't get me going on the claim to be a "republican party" ....).Anyway , young Sean went on to complain that the noise outside the Mansion House, from traffic, -"kept me awake at night" ! ( or was it the people shouting "resign, you f#*&£r, resign...? and/or (wha?) was it his conscience that kept him awake ?)
He also stated - "I was'nt allowed to go to see 'In The Name Of The Father' , which is a film I'd loved to have seen.(My wife) heard it was distressing so that was that " !
And proper order too ! (NOTE - No sexist comment/ macho drivel here.....).

¶ 8:08 AM

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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.