A shocking piece, from the 1920's in Munster, about an IRA Volunteer who was killed on active service, but circumstances at the time dictated that he would be buried by the IRA, with no marker or any other indication of who he was or how he died.
And there the poor man remained, for almost one-hundred years...
That's one of the pieces we'll be writing about on Wednesday, 22nd October 2025.
It'll be a six-part post, comprising about seventeen separate pieces, mostly from the 1920's, including...
...1920's, Westminster - behind-the-scene transcripts and quotes from British political and military figures in relation to the proposed establishment of a paramilitary grouping which was 'to aid the military powers in Ireland' but to do so at a distance - all knowledge of the gang was disavowed, even though it was financed by the British, 'under the counter'...
..and -
..in London, in the 1900's, a high-ranking political/military figure in Westminster wanted it put on the record (on their filing system 'Hansard') that, in Ireland, in a period of less than one year, more than 120 political meetings had been banned, almost two dozen newspapers had been suppressed, over one dozen businesses had been totally wrecked and closed down and almost one dozen other businesses had been either fire damaged or partially torched...
...wanna know more?
Course ya do!
Well, then - don't just give this partial promo piece a quick read over and then forget all about us : give us a shout and a rekkie on Wednesday, 22nd October 2025, and we'll tell ya the rest of the above pieces, and about fourteen others!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - appreciated, seriously - but we'll take that back on the 22nd, if'n yer a no-show...!
Sharon and the team.
