Showing posts with label Irish politics.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish politics.. Show all posts
Friday, November 28, 2025

IRELAND, 1920's - FUNDING THE FIGHT ; MUNITIONS MONEY.

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Ireland, late 19th Century - this astute young girl witnessed the suffering around her, in her family and in her neighbourhood ...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

A 'CAT' TALE FROM IRELAND ABOUT A 'WOLF'...

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Getting back into the swing of things now, after the three of us had a lil' b...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

"ANOTHER FINE MESS..."

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"A pretty mess you're making of the whole thing..." - more or less the words spok...
Saturday, December 14, 2024

IRELAND, 1919 - AN 'AFFAIR OF THE HEART' OR...?

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DROPPING OFF SOME GOODIES ON THE 18TH... ...
Sunday, November 03, 2024

FROM LATE 2024 - TOLD YA IT WAS COMIN'...!

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OCTOBER NOTIFICATION VERIFIED... ..and we did me...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

'STATUS IN SOCIETY' - A DANGER TO OTHERS...

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Friday, October 04, 2024

IRELAND, 1960's - THE 'EMPIRE' ONCE AGAIN NEEDED DEFENDING.

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Sweet 16! ...that's what we'll have ready for Wednesday, 9th October 2024, in our blog post : sixteen pieces, a...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

IRELAND, 1900's - 'NO SHAME WOULD ATTACH TO A REFUSAL...'

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IRELAND, 1900's - VOLUNTEERS HANDPICKED AS ASSASSINS. The IRA leadership were aware that not all...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

DONEGAL, 1920 - THE 'HARD MAN' WITH A TENDER BELLY...

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In the 1920's, this man fought tooth-and-nail for the implementation of an Irish republican ...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY 'HAWKS AND DOVES' IN IRELAND IN THE 1920's.

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And we're back! ...and we were right about the family gig that kept us out of action last Wednesday : it...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

'MAKING A NAME' FOR HIMSELF IN IRELAND, IN 1921...

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We're dottin' the 't's' and a-crossin' the 'i's' or whatever on a 15-part post that we...
Sunday, December 03, 2023

'DORA' WASN'T PRETTY IN IRELAND...

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THE BRITISH 'DORA' IN IRELAND. ...and we're back, after our 'working holiday'! We had an eventful break (!) , and en...
Sunday, November 12, 2023

IRELAND 1923 - DELAYING TACTIC WELCOMED BY BOTH SIDES.

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On Wednesday, 15th November 2023, we'll be putting up a five-piece post which - magically! - will turn into a seven-parter right in f...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

'TAKING THE SOUP' WITH THE MONEY-LENDERS...

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GETTING READY... ..FOR A NINE-PARTER ON THE 18TH! The British presence in Ireland gets its strength from the weakness of the Irish, by...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

FROM 1958 : THREE STRIKES, ALL OUT...!

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The 'score' from this particular sporting occasion was 2 - 0, and it's an 'outing' that is still being talked about in ...
Monday, September 11, 2023

'IRISH WAYS...

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..AND IRISH LAWS'. Ireland, 1930's - this young Irish republican was driven to extremes by the constant evil inflicted on him by t...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

AN OBSERVANT HOTEL WORKER AND THE TURMOIL IN IRELAND.

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BY GUM (!) but we've been busy beavers here in '1169 Towers' over the past week! I'm told that we'll have a 9-part...