...and we're back!
Almost...
Crazy Christmas and Nuclear New Year : between the three of us, we got to eleven Christmas/New Year parties in houses, pubs and nightclubs, opened seventeen presents that were gifted to us (...won't tell ya how many we gave in return, between us, as this machine would run out of ink!), spent hours talking on screen to all our colleagues, comrades and friends in New York and somehow managed to find a few hours here and there to put something dacent together for ya - but not yet, as we're still working on a post or two.
We'll be here on Wednesday, 10th January 2024, with a fourteen-piece post, included in which will be the following -
In the 1980's, this female Irish republican prisoner received worldwide attention for the plight she was in, including the use of a British 'Royal Prerogative...'
In 1919, there was fierce political comings and goings (!) between Westminster and their 'command structure' in Ireland, to the point that neither side of that particular British 'coin' knew what they were doing, but one of their wily operators managed to trade that which he hadn't got for that which he desired...
From 2002 - marriage V single parenthood, alcohol and young people, primary educators - parents, or the State? - and stay-at-home parents : issues that now, 22 years later, are still being discussed in this State...
In the 1920's, infrastructure used by the State, politically and militarily, from Kildare to Kerry and all points in between and further afield, was recognised by the IRA to be of more value to the Staters than it was to them...
From the early 1920's in Ireland ; semi-official (!) statements from British forces were the equivalent of 'Breaking News/Press Releases' from Leinster House today...
From the late 19th Century - a statement issued by Irish rebels to the working-class people in England...
...and we've more, as stated ; it's a 14-piece post that we're working on for Wednesday, 10th January, 2024.
So add that to your (otherwise failed!) 'New Year Resolution List' - must check-in with the '1169 Crew' on Wednesday, 10th January 2024...!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading : see y'all on the 10th!
Sharon and the team.
