Saturday, December 07, 2002

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The British police in the Six Counties (PSNI) have been in the news here recently in connection with their recruitment , as an informer , of...
Friday, December 06, 2002

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'Quickie' on Lloyd George - The man's son once said " Father was sick of the Iri...
Thursday, December 05, 2002

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More on OLIVER CROMWELL ~ He apparently had much to gain , personally , from the invasion of Ireland ; in 1642 , following the passi...
Wednesday, December 04, 2002

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A 'quickie' on Fine Gael-- A woman from Co Down contacted Fine Gael Head Office in Dublin earlier this year and enquired about membe...
Tuesday, December 03, 2002

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The Fine Gael party has been in the news here recently due to the death of one of its Dublin ex-Leinster House members . The party has an in...
Monday, December 02, 2002

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....Austin Stack was sent to Strangeways Prison in Manchester , from where he escaped in October 1919 . During the Black and Tan war , as Mi...
Sunday, December 01, 2002

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Shortly after his election earlier this year to Leinster House , Martin Ferris (PSF) claimed to be the first "Sinn Fein TD" for K...
Saturday, November 30, 2002

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Our old friend Conor Cruise O Brien has been in the news here recently re income tax matters ; apparently , not only was he not paying all t...
Friday, November 29, 2002

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On August 11 , 1986 , U S Army physician Hugo Almeida was granted political asylum in Cuba . Almeida was serving at a U S Army base in Stut...
Thursday, November 28, 2002

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The 'new' British Secretary of State for our Six Counties , Paul 'Spud' Murphy , was'nt always in touch(!) with matters ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2002

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OLIVER CROMWELL - a name from Irish history which even our native 'Brits' in this Free State find hard to excuse ! ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2002

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....the U S Constitutional Convention was all about the issue of slavery -- there would have been no agreement among the 13 colonies unless ...
Monday, November 25, 2002

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Just in passing; a short story which speaks volumes -- In 1781, LUKE COLLINGWOOD , Captain of the British slave ship 'ZONG' ,(fr...
Sunday, November 24, 2002

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A few additional points re 1798 - It is believed that one of that years leaders of the ...
Saturday, November 23, 2002

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More on MYLES BYRNE ,1798 rebel , and a mention for someone from the same historical period who is better known than Myles Byrne but ,in my ...
Friday, November 22, 2002

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When it was first established in 1795 as a militant Protestant organisation dedicated to preserving Protestant 'supremacy' ,the Ora...
Thursday, November 21, 2002

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Many thanks to a Mr Frank Clarke,from Enniscorthy in Co Wexford , who e-mailed me re my comments here on Sunday last ,November 17 , when I m...
Wednesday, November 20, 2002

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14 killed,13 wounded-'BLOODY SUNDAY',January 30,1972:4.09pm--- The Bloody Sunday m...
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

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'NEWSFLASH 2' -- " Nationalists(will not) even begin to contemplate a unionist-dominated Assembly which would have Trimble as ...
Monday, November 18, 2002

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'NEWSFLASH' -- Jim McAllister,former Provo Ard Comhairle(Executive) member stated " The peace process has failed.The party sho...