Saturday, February 22, 2003

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....by 1936 , largely due to the efforts of the I W W U , most employers had conceded a shorter working week , with the working hours being ...
Friday, February 21, 2003

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.....throughout the Black and Tan War ( 1919 - 1921 ) the I W W U played their part in the liberation struggle and were prominent in the ...
Thursday, February 20, 2003

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Within two years of its formation , many of the I W W U members were involved in the Great Lock-Out of August 1913 and , following the endin...
Wednesday, February 19, 2003

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In September 1911 , at a meeting in the Antient Concert Room in Brunswick (now Pearse) Street in Dublin , which was attended by dozens of wo...
Tuesday, February 18, 2003

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Peter Barnes and James McCormick were to be made an example of - the question of guilt or innocence was immaterial as long as English ' ...
Monday, February 17, 2003

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Within hours of the August 25th , 1939 , Coventry explosion ,Peter Barnes was arrested at his lodgings at 176 Westbourne Terrace and three d...
Sunday, February 16, 2003

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Peter Barnes was born in Banagher , County Offaly , in 1907 . At the age of 14 he joined the local slua (group) of Na...
Saturday, February 15, 2003

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.....Thomas Miller Beach (alias Major Henri Le Caron) was privy to the negotiations which led to the 'New Departure' in October 1878...
Friday, February 14, 2003

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......Thomas Miller Beach (alias Henri Le Caron) began his 'career' as an informer in 1866 , when he notified the authorities of a F...
Thursday, February 13, 2003

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A Mr. Thomas Miller Beach , who was born in Colchester , in England, in 1841 , is one man that is well-remembered by Irish Republicans for h...
Wednesday, February 12, 2003

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......Mary Anne McCracken won improvements for poor house women , in the clothing trade and in childrens education - she helped develop the ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2003

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.....Mary Anne MacCracken followed with enthusiastic interest the progress of the American War of Independence and , with her sister-in-law,...
Monday, February 10, 2003

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.....his health never improved and he died in Los Angeles in October 1899 , at the young age of 36 . He was buried in America , but his rema...
Sunday, February 09, 2003

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.....and were of great importance to the Irish Revival Movement . O'Growney assisted Eoin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde in the formation of ...
Saturday, February 08, 2003

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The Catholic Church has , deservedly, had bad press for deeds carried out by it's ' operatives' ; however , not all its members ...
Friday, February 07, 2003

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.... O'Sullivan placed a barrel of explosives on a cart against the outer wall of the prison : the wall crumbled and the rescuers scramb...
Thursday, February 06, 2003

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Jeremiah O'Sullivan , a life-long member of the Fenian movement , was born in Cahirdaniel , County Kerry , in 1845 . At 22 years young ,...
Wednesday, February 05, 2003

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....the IRA Volunteers made their escape despite intense searches on both sides of the border . ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2003

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.....meanwhile , IRA activities continued ~ during the following year , 1959, twenty-seven operations were carried out and , in 1960 , twen...
Monday, February 03, 2003

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The fifth year of the IRA's 'Border Campaign' commenced in 1961 with a decision by the Army Council to organise a final assault ...