14 ON THE 11 FOR (2nd LAST OF) 24...!
Oh I know..
..I'm not sure about using that graphic either, but - it's Christmas month, and the lads haven't had a proper break (...in the Canary Islands, like..) so I sez to meself ah sure let them away with it, what harm. Just if they pull another stunt like that, they're outta here..!
The translation of it, they tell me, is that we'll be posting 14 pieces on Wednesday, 11th December 2024, and it'll be our second-last post for this year. Yeah, I think the cold might have got to them...
Among the instances we'll be mentioning is one in which, in the 1900's in Ireland, Westminster noted that the natives (!) were not behaving themselves, so one top British politician wrote to another and expressed his concerns that not only were their operatives in Dublin Castle fighting the Irish rebels, politically and militarily, but they were fighting each other, too...
A few paragraphs about Irish republican smuggling operations in the early 1900's, mentioning ports in England, America and Ireland - but what was being smuggled...?
The city centre area of a town in Munster was wrecked by the Crown Forces in the early 1900's, costing literally millions of pounds worth of destruction but, two days later when, unusually, the carnage was raised in Westminster, water-proof fires (!) were mentioned as a possible cause if, indeed, something like that had indeed, actually, happened at all...
This Irish Archbishop wasn't as clever as he thought he was or, indeed, as clever as the British apparently considered him to be - his alter ego/nom de plume and his motives were known about by the IRA but they agreed to meet with him anyway...
...and there'll be at least ten other stories from our political and military past as well.
So, if you're passing this way again on Wednesday, 11th December 2024, drop in and see what we're gonna be on about. And if you're not passing this way - then make a bleedin' detour, don't have us to come lookin' for ya...!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - see yis all on the 11th!
Sharon and the team.
Galway, 1920's - living the good life as 'landlords' in Ireland, residing in a mansion, socialising in all the right places with all the right people (!) and chit-chatting about the more that 15,000 acres they 'owned'.
But then the people's representatives came calling...
...and that's just one of the 15 articles we'll be posting about here on Wednesday, 14th August 2024, in relation to one of the 'Big Houses' that locals and the IRA didn't want to see turned into a base for foreigners (...the more things change..) but the 'cops', the judiciary and the media were firmly on the side of the foreigners (..the more they stay the same!) but a solution of sorts was found and the issue was settled, if not agreed on...
Cork, 1920's - the man of the house was advised to put a stop to some of his daughters being overly friendly with British soldiers from the near-by barracks but to no avail : the romances (or whatever) continued and the man was arrested by the IRA and taken to a safe house. But he made the house 'unsafe' for himself...
London, early 1920's - a 'leaked' letter about the 'Irish Problem' (!) was a kite-flying operation by the higher-ups in Westminster and, after it had been used to stir the pot, the main man in Westminster owned-up as to why it was 'leaked' to the media and the world...
So do, please, give us a shout on the 14th : it gets lonely (sniff!) here with just the three of us, and we could do with your company.
Don't mind what our stats say - sure ya can still get lonely in a BIIGGG crowd, can't ya...?!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading ; hope to see ya again on Wednesday, 14th August 2024!
Sharon and the team.
Meself and the team are working on a 20-piece blog post for Wednesday, 22nd May 2024, but sure we'll probably have another two or three items to add to it between this and then (...that's 'cause they can't shut me up!)
And, as there are local council/corporation and EU elections due to be held in this State on Friday, 7th June 2024, we'll have a few paragraphs-worth to say about that, including - and this is an EXCLUSIVE!!! - (thanks to our combined experience and connections : ya wha', Shar...?!) we'll be telling you who the winners and losers are!
So check-in with us on Wednesday 22nd and then off with ya to the bookies on Thursday 23rd for a 'sure-thing' bet on the outcome of those elections...!
And we'll have other 'sure-fire winners' for you, too -
During this on-going struggle to remove the British military and political presence from Ireland, the Pope in Rome was asked by the British (who had been priming him) to address a few words to the Irish in regards to them having the cheek (!) to fight back against the British.
Well...he did, but Westminster went into a tail-spin when they heard what he said, and spun (!) into action again with a 'PR/Damage Control' operation to try and cover their own political arses...!
Ireland, 1920's - a road that the IRA had dug a trench across, to impede the progress of the British Forces from moving around the country, was filled-in by British troops and, as they presumed the IRA would open it up again, they weren't content to fill it in with just concrete and rubble...
Ireland, 1920's - the representatives of over 700 IRA Volunteers held a meeting to discuss logistics and an issue with their command structure was raised, discussed and voted on - a change was required and agreed on. But the IRA GHQ in Dublin thought otherwise...
From 1955 - The Irish Republican position on the Fianna Fáil grouping was discussed, especially in relation to how the media were playing with the issue...
From the 1850's - this Lady was born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth : wealthy parents, good family 'stock', regular income from 'owning' thousands of acres of land, famous connections and friends...but she wouldn't and didn't hold back when it came to speaking up about the imposed 'tilt' on the 'Scales of Justice'...
...and that's just a few of the pieces we'll be writing about on Wednesday, 22nd May 2024.
So - if for nothing else other than the tips for the bookies - give us a shout on the 22nd.
Thanks for the visit, and for reading : see y'all again, hopefully, mid-week!
Sharon and the team.
