'THE IRISH PEOPLE' ; an Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 ........
.......Even the 'Establishment' media sat-up and took notice of this Catholic-Church banned Rebel funeral .....
An 'Establishment' newspaper , which had a large and influential readership at the time , the ' Freemans Journal ' , (a 'Castle-Catholic' paper , known to be "constitutionally minded") which , incidentally , had an issue on the streets each week for 161 years - from 1763 to 1924 (!) reported that - " the (funeral) demonstration owed its origins and its magnitude to the cause with which (Terence Bellew) MacManus was identified . "
High praise indeed from an 'Establishment' newspaper - but not good enough for James Stephens , the IRB/Fenian leader . The imagination of the population had been captured by the MacManus incident ; James Stephens , in a move which Terence Bellew MacManus himself would have been proud of , organised a small crew around him and set-off on a recruitment drive throughout Ireland .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
THE FLYING COLUMN .
" The Flying Column in war is as old as war itself . It was used by armies , large and small , all over the earth , from the earliest times to the present day . It travelled on foot , horse or camel in the old days . In modern times it is mechanized and when air borne attains its true literal meaning . Its function remains always the same . In guerrilla warfare , the flying column is the army .
The more columns there are , and the more widely scattered they are , the longer will they last . I am , of course , assuming that the guerrilla forces are small and weak compared with those of their enemies . With such a discrepancy , it would be madness to gather together the forces of the weak and to pit them against those of the strong in one pitched battle . Commonsense would indicate the wisdom of breaking up into small groups , each in its own native area , and , by the judicious use of time and place , wage on the enemy a prolonged and harassing war .
Such wars have been successfully fought ; on such a pattern was fought the guerrilla war in Ireland , which brought about the 'Truce' with Britain in July 1921 ....... "
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(5 of 8).
And why do the people think that the politicians want the lakes ? So that they can allow the fish farming companies to moor cages on them in which the salmon parr will grow until they turn into smolts . The statement by Liam Keilthy of the State-owned salmon hatchery ' Aquahatch ', as reported in the last issue of 'ALPHA' magazine , that it will not be possible to avoid using some of the larger lakes for this if the industry is to expand as projected , has added fuel to the fire .
So the Anti-Rod campaigners have taken it upon themselves to attack fish-farming in every way possible . They have taken RTE (State television and radio broadcaster) to film dead salmon on public tips . They asked the most pointed questions at last fortnight's ' An Taisce' conference on aquaculture and the environment ....
(MORE LATER).
Friday, April 23, 2004
'THE IRISH PEOPLE' ; an Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 ........
....... The 'Irish Republican Brotherhood' organised a 'colour-party' and dozens of uniformed IRB men on horse-back for the funeral of Terence Bellew MacManus ; approximately 20,000 people came out on to the streets to watch the proceedings .......
This huge procession took over Dublin on the day of the funeral , and the coffin containing the remains of Terence Bellew MacManus arrived , eventually, after the cortege had wound its way through Dublin , at Glasnevin Cemetery in the north of the city .
The huge crowd entered the Cemetery and watched as a Catholic Priest (one of the few not willing to be dictated too by his fine-robed bosses) stepped forward and officiated at the graveside . The funeral incident received widespread publicity within Ireland and abroad .
A popular newspaper of the day , the 'Freemans Journal' , which had a large circulation in 'Establishment' circles , gave the MacManus funeral top coverage .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......The work was done and , as usual, a village dance had been organised . It was obvious to me that my presence was not wanted . On my way home , alone, I stopped and turned back ......."
" The dance was being held at Jack Lehane's house . There were three houses in the yard and it was his turn for that year . I reached the door unnoticed ; the kitchen was packed with dancers , and men were standing close together just inside the doorway . The door was open , so I stepped in . After a while the set ( ie- that particular song ) came to an end . There was a pause , then I heard the music and words of an old Rebel song - ' The Rising of The Moon ..... '
Someone with perhaps some latent bit of patriotism ; I moved in , the better to hear that fine old song , which I liked and knew well . 'Aililiu' , as my grandmother used to say , I was seen ! Soon , I had plenty of room for myself - the people left in ones and twos . I was indeed the 'spectre of the feast' .
In a short time I was seated beside Jack at the fire , discussing Ireland's wrongs and rights , with nothing to interrupt us save the crickets . At half-past ten that night I left him and started uphill again for the Cross and home . Alone ."
[END of - ' A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......'].
(Tomorrow - ' The Flying Column '...)
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(4 of 8).
The decision of the court case against Mr. Jim Clancy had damaging implications for others as well . Whereas in the past the water and bed of a lake or river had been considered to be common property , the State High Court had now handed them over to whoever 'owned' the fishing 'rights' . No one else could do anything on , near , with or in the water , at all !
What the anti-rod licence campaigners think the State is trying to do through the licensing mechanism is to take over the fishing 'rights' on the major lakes in the West - including Corrib , Mask , Carra , Conn and Arrow - which are in the public domain .
As a result of that decision , the people of the area , who have fished on the rivers and lakes , swum in them and drawn water from them for generations , will lose their rights to continue unless they have the consent of the State Minister . They are determined not to give those rights up .......
(MORE LATER).
....... The 'Irish Republican Brotherhood' organised a 'colour-party' and dozens of uniformed IRB men on horse-back for the funeral of Terence Bellew MacManus ; approximately 20,000 people came out on to the streets to watch the proceedings .......
This huge procession took over Dublin on the day of the funeral , and the coffin containing the remains of Terence Bellew MacManus arrived , eventually, after the cortege had wound its way through Dublin , at Glasnevin Cemetery in the north of the city .
The huge crowd entered the Cemetery and watched as a Catholic Priest (one of the few not willing to be dictated too by his fine-robed bosses) stepped forward and officiated at the graveside . The funeral incident received widespread publicity within Ireland and abroad .
A popular newspaper of the day , the 'Freemans Journal' , which had a large circulation in 'Establishment' circles , gave the MacManus funeral top coverage .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......The work was done and , as usual, a village dance had been organised . It was obvious to me that my presence was not wanted . On my way home , alone, I stopped and turned back ......."
" The dance was being held at Jack Lehane's house . There were three houses in the yard and it was his turn for that year . I reached the door unnoticed ; the kitchen was packed with dancers , and men were standing close together just inside the doorway . The door was open , so I stepped in . After a while the set ( ie- that particular song ) came to an end . There was a pause , then I heard the music and words of an old Rebel song - ' The Rising of The Moon ..... '
Someone with perhaps some latent bit of patriotism ; I moved in , the better to hear that fine old song , which I liked and knew well . 'Aililiu' , as my grandmother used to say , I was seen ! Soon , I had plenty of room for myself - the people left in ones and twos . I was indeed the 'spectre of the feast' .
In a short time I was seated beside Jack at the fire , discussing Ireland's wrongs and rights , with nothing to interrupt us save the crickets . At half-past ten that night I left him and started uphill again for the Cross and home . Alone ."
[END of - ' A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......'].
(Tomorrow - ' The Flying Column '...)
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(4 of 8).
The decision of the court case against Mr. Jim Clancy had damaging implications for others as well . Whereas in the past the water and bed of a lake or river had been considered to be common property , the State High Court had now handed them over to whoever 'owned' the fishing 'rights' . No one else could do anything on , near , with or in the water , at all !
What the anti-rod licence campaigners think the State is trying to do through the licensing mechanism is to take over the fishing 'rights' on the major lakes in the West - including Corrib , Mask , Carra , Conn and Arrow - which are in the public domain .
As a result of that decision , the people of the area , who have fished on the rivers and lakes , swum in them and drawn water from them for generations , will lose their rights to continue unless they have the consent of the State Minister . They are determined not to give those rights up .......
(MORE LATER).
Thursday, April 22, 2004
'THE IRISH PEOPLE' ; an Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 ........
.......Arrangements were being made in Ireland to bury the remains of Terence Bellew MacManus , who had died in America ; but the Catholic Church intervened .......
The Catholic Church issued statements , and not only from the pulpits , in which they " decried the glorification of a man who had risen in arms in unlawful rebellion " (ie - a "dissident") ; the use of ' Church property ' in MacManus's funeral was forbidden - the Brits were pleased . However , the 'Irish Republican Brotherhood' was prepared for that , and 'Plan B' was put into action .
James Stephens and the IRB used the publicity generated by the refusal of the Catholic Church to their own advantage : a 'colour-party' of Rebels was organised , and IRB members on horse-back , dozens of them , in uniform , all wearing black arm-bands and carrying batons , were mobilised ....
...this military display by the Irish Rebels brought an estimated crowd of twenty-thousand people on to the streets .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......Both lorries passed-by without incident . The farm-workers came out of hiding ......."
" The work was resumed , the day passed , the corn was threshed . At the time I heard , or rather overheard , about the dance . It was discussed in whispers , with furtive glances in my direction . I thoroughly understood . I had fitted badly into the scheme of things in 'Happy Valley'. It was reasonable to assume that distance would considerably improve my relations with its inhabitants . Accordingly , when I announced that I was about to look for my cap to go home , I was forestalled by numerous helpers who not only found my own cap for me , but several other caps as well . Relations had already shown a considerable improvement ...
I walked uphill again , on my own , on the road home . Reaching the first level , I stopped and looked back ; it was dark and I could see nothing . I sat down on a mossy stone and lit a cigarette . I thought on the events of the day and especially on the recent anxiety to get rid of me . Resentment stirred in me ; I got up to face homewards . The strains of music came to my ears : I stopped , and turned around to go back to 'Happy Valley'......."
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(3 of 8).
The court case was heard over five days . The upshot was that Mr. Clancy (the owner of fifty acres of land on the banks of Lough Inagh) was told that neither he , nor any other owner , had the right to take water from a river or lake whether for himself or for his farm animals .
If he put a boat on the lake , swam in the lake , or even crossed over one of the streams that run down the mountainside to the lake , he would be breaking the law ! Walking by the lake was forbidden , since he might disturb the fish ...
Not only did Mr. Clancy lose the action , he had its £80,000 punt costs awarded against him (Euro 101,579) and will pay the last £10,000 punt instalment (Euro 12,697) in June 1989 . The court refrained from ruining him entirely , however -...
- ... a £200,000 punt (Euro 253,947) claim for damage he was alleged to have done to the fishery was struck out .......
(MORE LATER).
.......Arrangements were being made in Ireland to bury the remains of Terence Bellew MacManus , who had died in America ; but the Catholic Church intervened .......
The Catholic Church issued statements , and not only from the pulpits , in which they " decried the glorification of a man who had risen in arms in unlawful rebellion " (ie - a "dissident") ; the use of ' Church property ' in MacManus's funeral was forbidden - the Brits were pleased . However , the 'Irish Republican Brotherhood' was prepared for that , and 'Plan B' was put into action .
James Stephens and the IRB used the publicity generated by the refusal of the Catholic Church to their own advantage : a 'colour-party' of Rebels was organised , and IRB members on horse-back , dozens of them , in uniform , all wearing black arm-bands and carrying batons , were mobilised ....
...this military display by the Irish Rebels brought an estimated crowd of twenty-thousand people on to the streets .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......Both lorries passed-by without incident . The farm-workers came out of hiding ......."
" The work was resumed , the day passed , the corn was threshed . At the time I heard , or rather overheard , about the dance . It was discussed in whispers , with furtive glances in my direction . I thoroughly understood . I had fitted badly into the scheme of things in 'Happy Valley'. It was reasonable to assume that distance would considerably improve my relations with its inhabitants . Accordingly , when I announced that I was about to look for my cap to go home , I was forestalled by numerous helpers who not only found my own cap for me , but several other caps as well . Relations had already shown a considerable improvement ...
I walked uphill again , on my own , on the road home . Reaching the first level , I stopped and looked back ; it was dark and I could see nothing . I sat down on a mossy stone and lit a cigarette . I thought on the events of the day and especially on the recent anxiety to get rid of me . Resentment stirred in me ; I got up to face homewards . The strains of music came to my ears : I stopped , and turned around to go back to 'Happy Valley'......."
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(3 of 8).
The court case was heard over five days . The upshot was that Mr. Clancy (the owner of fifty acres of land on the banks of Lough Inagh) was told that neither he , nor any other owner , had the right to take water from a river or lake whether for himself or for his farm animals .
If he put a boat on the lake , swam in the lake , or even crossed over one of the streams that run down the mountainside to the lake , he would be breaking the law ! Walking by the lake was forbidden , since he might disturb the fish ...
Not only did Mr. Clancy lose the action , he had its £80,000 punt costs awarded against him (Euro 101,579) and will pay the last £10,000 punt instalment (Euro 12,697) in June 1989 . The court refrained from ruining him entirely , however -...
- ... a £200,000 punt (Euro 253,947) claim for damage he was alleged to have done to the fishery was struck out .......
(MORE LATER).
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
'THE IRISH PEOPLE' ; an Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 ........
....... Charles J. Kickham and the ' Irish Republican Brotherhood ' were not only up against the Brits - they also had to contend with the Catholic Church and the 'Establishment' of the day . The 'Propaganda War' , for 'hearts and minds' , was taking place behind the scenes .......
The Irish Catholic Church Hierarchy were , once again , to prove their value to their British 'Society' friends - in 1863 , Terence Bellew MacManus died in San Francisco in America ; he was an old Irish Rebel who had cracked many an English skull in 1848 , when he challenged , with other members of the ' Young Ireland ' Movement , the British 'Empire' .
His comrades in America , apparently in keeping with the man's last request , made preparations to have his remains buried in Ireland and contacted Irish Republican Brotherhood leader James Stephens in relation to burial arrangements for MacManus in Ireland .
However , true to form , the Catholic Church intervened .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
"....... The British Auxiliaries were now only a few feet away from me . I was on my own at the gate . The Brits gave me a good coat of looking-over......."
" The first man nearest the driver raised his hand in salute , while still watching me intently ; I returned the salute . He smiled . Then all the Brits saluted me . The driver raced his engine , and they moved off again . My attention was now drawn from them to the second lorry . Exactly the same thing happened . The change of gears , the stop , the scrutiny , the salute , the smile at my salute , and the general salute from all the men facing me . Then finally the tail of the second lorry disappeared around the corner .
I remained in the gateway , listening . I could tell by their gear changes all the steps and levels of the stair-like road to the top of Ard a' Bhona . Then I turned about to meet the onset of my uncle Patsy who , white-faced , again appeared on the scene . I veered towards the side-car the while I removed my coat . The sight of the guns again restored his speech . " Mighty save us above , " he gasped , " things were not bad enough without going to the gate . What were you going to do if they came in , and what were we all going to do ? "
" Ah , Patsy , " I said , " they would not come in at all . " " And what was to stop them ? " asked uncle Patsy . That finished my diplomacy - " I was to stop them , " I replied sharply . " Did you think or do you think now that I was going to run from that riff-raff ? By the way , where are your own auxiliaries ? Are you going to thresh your corn today ? " I again put my guns in the 'well' with my coat on top , and , running past Patsy , climbed to the top of the haystack . Seizing a pike again , I used it vigorously to add to the heap on my neighbour's stack .
Then , leaning on the pike , I watched with interest the gradual return of those who had " studied their safety in flight ......." "
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(2 of 8).
The first skirmish in the Rod War was fought in the (State) High Court in November 1986 . 'P.J. Carroll and Co. Ltd,' the tobacco manufacturers , were in the early stages of their diversification into fish farming and wanted to buy (!) Lough Inagh and Lough Derryclare as sites for a salmon hatchery .
Jim Clancy , who owns fifty acres on the banks of Lough Inagh and has an outdoor pursuits centre there , had been using the lake to teach canoeing . If Carrolls and Company did not stop him using it before they 'bought' the lakes , he would have acquired the right to continue .
Carrolls therefore got the vendors of the property to seek a court injunction requiring him to stop before they completed the purchase . The case went to court .......
(MORE LATER).
....... Charles J. Kickham and the ' Irish Republican Brotherhood ' were not only up against the Brits - they also had to contend with the Catholic Church and the 'Establishment' of the day . The 'Propaganda War' , for 'hearts and minds' , was taking place behind the scenes .......
The Irish Catholic Church Hierarchy were , once again , to prove their value to their British 'Society' friends - in 1863 , Terence Bellew MacManus died in San Francisco in America ; he was an old Irish Rebel who had cracked many an English skull in 1848 , when he challenged , with other members of the ' Young Ireland ' Movement , the British 'Empire' .
His comrades in America , apparently in keeping with the man's last request , made preparations to have his remains buried in Ireland and contacted Irish Republican Brotherhood leader James Stephens in relation to burial arrangements for MacManus in Ireland .
However , true to form , the Catholic Church intervened .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
"....... The British Auxiliaries were now only a few feet away from me . I was on my own at the gate . The Brits gave me a good coat of looking-over......."
" The first man nearest the driver raised his hand in salute , while still watching me intently ; I returned the salute . He smiled . Then all the Brits saluted me . The driver raced his engine , and they moved off again . My attention was now drawn from them to the second lorry . Exactly the same thing happened . The change of gears , the stop , the scrutiny , the salute , the smile at my salute , and the general salute from all the men facing me . Then finally the tail of the second lorry disappeared around the corner .
I remained in the gateway , listening . I could tell by their gear changes all the steps and levels of the stair-like road to the top of Ard a' Bhona . Then I turned about to meet the onset of my uncle Patsy who , white-faced , again appeared on the scene . I veered towards the side-car the while I removed my coat . The sight of the guns again restored his speech . " Mighty save us above , " he gasped , " things were not bad enough without going to the gate . What were you going to do if they came in , and what were we all going to do ? "
" Ah , Patsy , " I said , " they would not come in at all . " " And what was to stop them ? " asked uncle Patsy . That finished my diplomacy - " I was to stop them , " I replied sharply . " Did you think or do you think now that I was going to run from that riff-raff ? By the way , where are your own auxiliaries ? Are you going to thresh your corn today ? " I again put my guns in the 'well' with my coat on top , and , running past Patsy , climbed to the top of the haystack . Seizing a pike again , I used it vigorously to add to the heap on my neighbour's stack .
Then , leaning on the pike , I watched with interest the gradual return of those who had " studied their safety in flight ......." "
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(2 of 8).
The first skirmish in the Rod War was fought in the (State) High Court in November 1986 . 'P.J. Carroll and Co. Ltd,' the tobacco manufacturers , were in the early stages of their diversification into fish farming and wanted to buy (!) Lough Inagh and Lough Derryclare as sites for a salmon hatchery .
Jim Clancy , who owns fifty acres on the banks of Lough Inagh and has an outdoor pursuits centre there , had been using the lake to teach canoeing . If Carrolls and Company did not stop him using it before they 'bought' the lakes , he would have acquired the right to continue .
Carrolls therefore got the vendors of the property to seek a court injunction requiring him to stop before they completed the purchase . The case went to court .......
(MORE LATER).
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
'THE IRISH PEOPLE' ; an Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 ........
....... Catholic Bishops and Priests - bad politicians and worse Irishmen ! So stated Charles J. Kickham in the 'The Irish People' newspaper - a taste of what was to come .......
Ireland 1863 ; the 'Irish Republican Brotherhood' was five-years young . The British laid claim to jurisdictional control of the island of Ireland , and enforced that illegal and immoral claim through force of arms . As always , the Brits met with opposition from Irish Rebels ( or 'dissidents' , as they were called then as well !). Another war was on-going , behind the scenes - the propaganda war .
It was that 'second war' which prompted the "..... our only hope is revolution .." speech (see yesterday's article , Monday April 19th) from Charles J. Kickham , in the then new ' The Irish People ' newspaper . The Church (in this case , the Catholic one) sided with the 'Establishment' (in this case , the British one) in order , as always, to preserve and ensure their own place in the 'pecking order' - there may well be (and , indeed, in the Irish case , there have been) individual members of religious orders who operate at 'ground-level' and remain in tune with the people .
But , at Hierarchal level , politics rules . As the Brits themselves might say - " One does not secure ones place in Society by making enemies in that Society " ! .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......All the farm-workers were looking at me - the British Auxiliaries were closing fast : I was expected to run for my life ......."
" I would not run . I pushed my pike slowly down through the haystack . I sat down carefully and slipped gracefully to the ground . I walked at a dignified pace to the horse-cart , removed the cushion , the well-cover , and took out my guns . I put them on like a coat and carefully closed the waist-belt . All this I did in an unhurried manner and even delayed with the final adjustment of my coat . I was ready ...
I put back the well-cover and cushion carefully , while my ears kept telling me how near the enemy were . I walked to the gateway and leaned my left shoulder against the pillar ; then I looked around at my fellow workers . It took them an appreciable time to realise that it was time for them to get busy again - that the time had come for them to run . I heard the first change of gears and the increased whine of the leading lorry , then the 'snarl' of the second gear-change . I looked back to see how fared my fellow workers - but could not see them . The bonnet of the leading lorry appeared ; I noticed the sound of its engine failing - then I saw the whole of the lorry .
A 'battery' of eyes were on me ; they drew abreast and , just almost opposite me , the driver made the third gear-change and stopped exactly opposite the gate . The road was narrow . The British Auxiliaries , with their rifles , towered and branched out over my head . Very carefully each man caught and held my eyes in turn ......."
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(1 of 8).
The duck-fly is up on Lough Corrib and every 'Guest House' and 'Bed and Breakfast' in Oughterard , County Galway , ought to be filled with anglers . Instead , although there is an odd boat on the lake , the place has a depressed , deserted air , enlivened only by posters on every telephone pole , protesting against the rod licence .
Pat Higgins , of Sweeney's Hotel , saw his takings drop nine per-cent last year because of the row . His profits were cut even more drastically , forcing him to borrow from the bank for annual repairs . Even so , he believes the anti-licence campaigners are right -
- " I explain the situation to foreign visitors this way , " he says ; " In Ireland , there are three types of fishing rights - private , State-owned and public-domain . This dispute arose because the State is trying to take over the public-domain fisheries surreptitiously . "
(MORE LATER).
....... Catholic Bishops and Priests - bad politicians and worse Irishmen ! So stated Charles J. Kickham in the 'The Irish People' newspaper - a taste of what was to come .......
Ireland 1863 ; the 'Irish Republican Brotherhood' was five-years young . The British laid claim to jurisdictional control of the island of Ireland , and enforced that illegal and immoral claim through force of arms . As always , the Brits met with opposition from Irish Rebels ( or 'dissidents' , as they were called then as well !). Another war was on-going , behind the scenes - the propaganda war .
It was that 'second war' which prompted the "..... our only hope is revolution .." speech (see yesterday's article , Monday April 19th) from Charles J. Kickham , in the then new ' The Irish People ' newspaper . The Church (in this case , the Catholic one) sided with the 'Establishment' (in this case , the British one) in order , as always, to preserve and ensure their own place in the 'pecking order' - there may well be (and , indeed, in the Irish case , there have been) individual members of religious orders who operate at 'ground-level' and remain in tune with the people .
But , at Hierarchal level , politics rules . As the Brits themselves might say - " One does not secure ones place in Society by making enemies in that Society " ! .......
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......All the farm-workers were looking at me - the British Auxiliaries were closing fast : I was expected to run for my life ......."
" I would not run . I pushed my pike slowly down through the haystack . I sat down carefully and slipped gracefully to the ground . I walked at a dignified pace to the horse-cart , removed the cushion , the well-cover , and took out my guns . I put them on like a coat and carefully closed the waist-belt . All this I did in an unhurried manner and even delayed with the final adjustment of my coat . I was ready ...
I put back the well-cover and cushion carefully , while my ears kept telling me how near the enemy were . I walked to the gateway and leaned my left shoulder against the pillar ; then I looked around at my fellow workers . It took them an appreciable time to realise that it was time for them to get busy again - that the time had come for them to run . I heard the first change of gears and the increased whine of the leading lorry , then the 'snarl' of the second gear-change . I looked back to see how fared my fellow workers - but could not see them . The bonnet of the leading lorry appeared ; I noticed the sound of its engine failing - then I saw the whole of the lorry .
A 'battery' of eyes were on me ; they drew abreast and , just almost opposite me , the driver made the third gear-change and stopped exactly opposite the gate . The road was narrow . The British Auxiliaries , with their rifles , towered and branched out over my head . Very carefully each man caught and held my eyes in turn ......."
(MORE LATER).
In this 'FREE' STATE , the 'political elite' in Leinster House have demanded that the taxpayer pay twice to have their household rubbish collected ;
they are now 'flying a kite' to ascertain how the same taxpayer would feel if certain major (minor to follow?) roads were fitted with a toll-bridge -
(- prices to increase each year ? Twice a year ?)... this after said taxpayer has already paid to have the road built in the first place !
....but , in the old days - well , they just wanted to put a tax on lakes , and ponds , and canals .......
ROD LICENCE CAMPAIGN DETERMINED TO RESIST .
By Richard Douthwaite .
(This article was first published in ' ALPHA ' Magazine , 27th April , 1989 , page 7).
Reproduced here in 8 parts .
(1 of 8).
The duck-fly is up on Lough Corrib and every 'Guest House' and 'Bed and Breakfast' in Oughterard , County Galway , ought to be filled with anglers . Instead , although there is an odd boat on the lake , the place has a depressed , deserted air , enlivened only by posters on every telephone pole , protesting against the rod licence .
Pat Higgins , of Sweeney's Hotel , saw his takings drop nine per-cent last year because of the row . His profits were cut even more drastically , forcing him to borrow from the bank for annual repairs . Even so , he believes the anti-licence campaigners are right -
- " I explain the situation to foreign visitors this way , " he says ; " In Ireland , there are three types of fishing rights - private , State-owned and public-domain . This dispute arose because the State is trying to take over the public-domain fisheries surreptitiously . "
(MORE LATER).
Monday, April 19, 2004
'THE IRISH PEOPLE' ; an Irish Rebel Newspaper , 1863 - 1865 .
" Our only hope is in revolution ; but most of the Bishops and many of the Clergy are opposed to revolution . We have over and over declared it was our wish that the people should respect and be guided by their Clergy in spiritual matters .
But when priests turn the altar into a platform , when it is pronounced a "mortal sin" to read the 'The Irish People' newspaper , a "mortal sin" even to wish that Ireland should be free , when Priests actually call upon the people to turn informer , when , in a word , Bishops and Priests are doing the work of the enemy , we believe it is our duty to tell the people that Bishops and Priests are bad politicians and worse Irishmen . "
-- Charles J. Kickham , writing in the 'The Irish People' newspaper .
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
"....... The British Auxiliaries , two lorries of them , were less than three-hundred-yards from the farm-workers and myself . If I ran , the workers would be shot as suspected Rebels ; if I stayed , I could be recognised by the Brits ......."
" One thing was certain , and that was that the haggard and every man in it would be searched . That would be the least misfortune - worse might happen . If a man ran and was seen running , he was shot down . He could possibly be shot , too , for standing still ! That was the order of the day . Nobody doubted it , not even the inhabitants of the ' lost valley '.
I looked at the farm-workers . I knew them all . Most of them had gone to school with me . Not a Volunteer among them . All physically fit , and a good few athletes among them ; no good or harm in them , excepting some who covertly sneered at us . I thought of my comrades who had suffered and died and who were still doing so daily , and made a quick comparison . There was a great difference .
Suddenly I made up my mind - why were the workers watching me ? The time to do something was very short ... Ah , I know - they were waiting for me to run . Of course they were . Now they would see , they thought , this IRA man running out of sight before the British lorries reached the gate . Then the workers would be model industrious citizens in the eyes of John Bull's terrorists , and , after being searched and interrogated , all would be well again .
Very clearly , in their eyes , it was my duty to do the running . They were to be disappointed ......."
(MORE LATER).
THE STALKING OF JOHN STALKER ;
Derek Dunne (journalist) traces the background to the 'STALKER AFFAIR' and details the weekend that JOHN STALKER flew to IRELAND as a hero .
(This article was first published in the 'IN DUBLIN' magazine , on 18th February 1988 , pages 14 , 15 and 16 ; we reproduce it here in 12 parts ....)
[12 of 12].
When the Civil Rights marches started twenty years ago (ie 1968), the six men killed in Armagh would barely have been born . Some were'nt even born . At the '68 Conference' , there was a feeling that very little had changed , that the RUC now were the same as the B-Specials .
The issues now were more complex , but some things were clear - the RUC had killed six unarmed men . John Stalker had come to investigate the RUC . He got co-operation from the relatives of the dead men and Irish nationalists generally . He was stalled by the RUC . Then he was removed from his investigation and silenced .
And then the British Government said that nothing further would take place , that the matter was closed . " What else did you expect ? " asked one man in Coalisland . " The British will never do anything that threatens themselves . How can we expect justice from a British peeler ? "
[END of -' THE STALKING OF JOHN STALKER .....'].
( Tomorrow - from 1989 ; a tax on fishing water ..... ).
" Our only hope is in revolution ; but most of the Bishops and many of the Clergy are opposed to revolution . We have over and over declared it was our wish that the people should respect and be guided by their Clergy in spiritual matters .
But when priests turn the altar into a platform , when it is pronounced a "mortal sin" to read the 'The Irish People' newspaper , a "mortal sin" even to wish that Ireland should be free , when Priests actually call upon the people to turn informer , when , in a word , Bishops and Priests are doing the work of the enemy , we believe it is our duty to tell the people that Bishops and Priests are bad politicians and worse Irishmen . "
-- Charles J. Kickham , writing in the 'The Irish People' newspaper .
(MORE LATER).
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
"....... The British Auxiliaries , two lorries of them , were less than three-hundred-yards from the farm-workers and myself . If I ran , the workers would be shot as suspected Rebels ; if I stayed , I could be recognised by the Brits ......."
" One thing was certain , and that was that the haggard and every man in it would be searched . That would be the least misfortune - worse might happen . If a man ran and was seen running , he was shot down . He could possibly be shot , too , for standing still ! That was the order of the day . Nobody doubted it , not even the inhabitants of the ' lost valley '.
I looked at the farm-workers . I knew them all . Most of them had gone to school with me . Not a Volunteer among them . All physically fit , and a good few athletes among them ; no good or harm in them , excepting some who covertly sneered at us . I thought of my comrades who had suffered and died and who were still doing so daily , and made a quick comparison . There was a great difference .
Suddenly I made up my mind - why were the workers watching me ? The time to do something was very short ... Ah , I know - they were waiting for me to run . Of course they were . Now they would see , they thought , this IRA man running out of sight before the British lorries reached the gate . Then the workers would be model industrious citizens in the eyes of John Bull's terrorists , and , after being searched and interrogated , all would be well again .
Very clearly , in their eyes , it was my duty to do the running . They were to be disappointed ......."
(MORE LATER).
THE STALKING OF JOHN STALKER ;
Derek Dunne (journalist) traces the background to the 'STALKER AFFAIR' and details the weekend that JOHN STALKER flew to IRELAND as a hero .
(This article was first published in the 'IN DUBLIN' magazine , on 18th February 1988 , pages 14 , 15 and 16 ; we reproduce it here in 12 parts ....)
[12 of 12].
When the Civil Rights marches started twenty years ago (ie 1968), the six men killed in Armagh would barely have been born . Some were'nt even born . At the '68 Conference' , there was a feeling that very little had changed , that the RUC now were the same as the B-Specials .
The issues now were more complex , but some things were clear - the RUC had killed six unarmed men . John Stalker had come to investigate the RUC . He got co-operation from the relatives of the dead men and Irish nationalists generally . He was stalled by the RUC . Then he was removed from his investigation and silenced .
And then the British Government said that nothing further would take place , that the matter was closed . " What else did you expect ? " asked one man in Coalisland . " The British will never do anything that threatens themselves . How can we expect justice from a British peeler ? "
[END of -' THE STALKING OF JOHN STALKER .....'].
( Tomorrow - from 1989 ; a tax on fishing water ..... ).
Sunday, April 18, 2004
The Irish-American 'GROWL' ; the 'AARIR'- 'American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic ' .......
....... 1926 - de Valera left the Irish Republican Movement and formed Fianna Fail ; the 'AARIR' , already weakened by the 1921 Treaty of Surrender , was now operating practically in name only , and was but a shadow of its former self .......
The 'AARIR' (the 'GROWL') was an organisation established by Eamon de Valera and others to assist the Irish Republican Cause , but it was to be allowed to drift and die by de Valera because that was the fate he hoped would befall Irish Republicanism - that it would drift and die .
Yet , 84 years after the establishment of the 'AARIR' , and 78 years after it faded , Irish Republicanism still exists . And its objective is the same - a full British military and political withdrawal from Ireland , and the establishment of a true 32-County Federal Democratic Socialist Republic .
Even if it takes another 835 years .......
[ END of - ' The Irish-American 'GROWL' ; the 'AARIR'- 'American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic ' ].
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......I was enjoying the break on my uncle Patsy's farm - a working holiday ! All was going well ... but then silence : all the other workers were looking to the south . The Black-and-Tans were coming ......."
" I knew where to look for them and where they were heading for . There was only one road from the south and that was past the haggard gate . The haggard was on a plateau overlooking the road along which they were coming . They would have to move along in front of us and beneath us for four hundred yards and through a right-angle and come sharply uphill to the haggard gate . There they would be higher than we and from the added height of the lorries would be looking down on us .
I saw the lorries - first one , then the other , fifty yards behind the first . They were coming fast on the level and were less than three-hundred-yards from the corner . The time was short ; I had to make a quick decision . In any other place there would have been only one course for me - I would have slipped off the haystack , run to the horse-cart , torn off the cushion and the cover of the well , taken the guns and perhaps leaving the coat , which had nothing in its pockets , run back through the haystacks to the cover of a fence with a hedge on top . This would safely lead me to rough ground where I would quickly be lost to them .
I took my eyes off the lorries . I had identified the Brits - They were the Auxiliaries from Macroom Castle . A tough crowd ; I knew them well . I had seen them jump walls with their rifles in their hands , hampered by their revolvers and other equipment . They travelled by night and day on bye-roads , and came from totally unexpected directions . I had plenty experience of their physical fitness when I had to run from them on several occasions , and when, were it not for darkness, they would have caught me .
But here - things were different . I looked from the lorries to the men who had been working with me . Now that they were sure , like myself , of the coming of hostile forces , they turned their eyes on me ......."
(MORE LATER).
THE STALKING OF JOHN STALKER ;
Derek Dunne (journalist) traces the background to the 'STALKER AFFAIR' and details the weekend that JOHN STALKER flew to IRELAND as a hero .
(This article was first published in the 'IN DUBLIN' magazine , on 18th February 1988 , pages 14 , 15 and 16 ; we reproduce it here in 12 parts ....)
(11 of 12).
On Sunday , the day after John Stalker flew out of Ireland , there was a meeting in Coalisland , County Tyrone , in St. Patricks Hall ; this meeting was called the '68 Conference'. Bernadette McAliskey chaired it . Twenty years earlier , as Bernie Devlin , she had been involved in civil rights marches . The Civil Rights Movement had asked for reasonable and moderate demands - one man , (sic) one vote ; one man , (sic) one job ; one man , (sic) one house . They were batoned off the streets by the B-Specials .
Twenty years on , the '68 Conference' was called to remember those twenty years and to find out if there was now a way forward . There were 250 people there . Coming from the South of Ireland , cars were stopped at checkpoints by RUC men . At one roadblock , there were between fifteen and twenty RUC men each of whom carried a rifle , always at the ready , and a handgun in a holster by his(sic) side . Cars were stopped , and each person in each car was asked for identification . Each person was asked their home address , their destination , their business at that destination , their date of birth , their occupation , and so on .
There was a palpable air of fear in each car ; people were held up , and felt that it was a deliberate attempt to keep them late for the meeting . Indeed , one RUC man , moving around each car , kept saying - " You'll be late for the meeting at this rate ....... "
(MORE LATER).
....... 1926 - de Valera left the Irish Republican Movement and formed Fianna Fail ; the 'AARIR' , already weakened by the 1921 Treaty of Surrender , was now operating practically in name only , and was but a shadow of its former self .......
The 'AARIR' (the 'GROWL') was an organisation established by Eamon de Valera and others to assist the Irish Republican Cause , but it was to be allowed to drift and die by de Valera because that was the fate he hoped would befall Irish Republicanism - that it would drift and die .
Yet , 84 years after the establishment of the 'AARIR' , and 78 years after it faded , Irish Republicanism still exists . And its objective is the same - a full British military and political withdrawal from Ireland , and the establishment of a true 32-County Federal Democratic Socialist Republic .
Even if it takes another 835 years .......
[ END of - ' The Irish-American 'GROWL' ; the 'AARIR'- 'American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic ' ].
WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN HAVE SOWN :
war and peace in rebel Cork ,
in the turbulent years 1916-21.
By Micheal O'Suilleabhain : published 1965.
A HARVEST DAY IN 1920 .......
".......I was enjoying the break on my uncle Patsy's farm - a working holiday ! All was going well ... but then silence : all the other workers were looking to the south . The Black-and-Tans were coming ......."
" I knew where to look for them and where they were heading for . There was only one road from the south and that was past the haggard gate . The haggard was on a plateau overlooking the road along which they were coming . They would have to move along in front of us and beneath us for four hundred yards and through a right-angle and come sharply uphill to the haggard gate . There they would be higher than we and from the added height of the lorries would be looking down on us .
I saw the lorries - first one , then the other , fifty yards behind the first . They were coming fast on the level and were less than three-hundred-yards from the corner . The time was short ; I had to make a quick decision . In any other place there would have been only one course for me - I would have slipped off the haystack , run to the horse-cart , torn off the cushion and the cover of the well , taken the guns and perhaps leaving the coat , which had nothing in its pockets , run back through the haystacks to the cover of a fence with a hedge on top . This would safely lead me to rough ground where I would quickly be lost to them .
I took my eyes off the lorries . I had identified the Brits - They were the Auxiliaries from Macroom Castle . A tough crowd ; I knew them well . I had seen them jump walls with their rifles in their hands , hampered by their revolvers and other equipment . They travelled by night and day on bye-roads , and came from totally unexpected directions . I had plenty experience of their physical fitness when I had to run from them on several occasions , and when, were it not for darkness, they would have caught me .
But here - things were different . I looked from the lorries to the men who had been working with me . Now that they were sure , like myself , of the coming of hostile forces , they turned their eyes on me ......."
(MORE LATER).
THE STALKING OF JOHN STALKER ;
Derek Dunne (journalist) traces the background to the 'STALKER AFFAIR' and details the weekend that JOHN STALKER flew to IRELAND as a hero .
(This article was first published in the 'IN DUBLIN' magazine , on 18th February 1988 , pages 14 , 15 and 16 ; we reproduce it here in 12 parts ....)
(11 of 12).
On Sunday , the day after John Stalker flew out of Ireland , there was a meeting in Coalisland , County Tyrone , in St. Patricks Hall ; this meeting was called the '68 Conference'. Bernadette McAliskey chaired it . Twenty years earlier , as Bernie Devlin , she had been involved in civil rights marches . The Civil Rights Movement had asked for reasonable and moderate demands - one man , (sic) one vote ; one man , (sic) one job ; one man , (sic) one house . They were batoned off the streets by the B-Specials .
Twenty years on , the '68 Conference' was called to remember those twenty years and to find out if there was now a way forward . There were 250 people there . Coming from the South of Ireland , cars were stopped at checkpoints by RUC men . At one roadblock , there were between fifteen and twenty RUC men each of whom carried a rifle , always at the ready , and a handgun in a holster by his(sic) side . Cars were stopped , and each person in each car was asked for identification . Each person was asked their home address , their destination , their business at that destination , their date of birth , their occupation , and so on .
There was a palpable air of fear in each car ; people were held up , and felt that it was a deliberate attempt to keep them late for the meeting . Indeed , one RUC man , moving around each car , kept saying - " You'll be late for the meeting at this rate ....... "
(MORE LATER).
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