Saturday, May 17, 2003

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Yet another Irish rebel not afforded a proper mention in our history books.... A child born at Ballaghadereen , County M...
Friday, May 16, 2003

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...after his death in 1820, it was disclosed that Leonard McNally had been an informer against the 'United Irishmen' and the IRB for...
Thursday, May 15, 2003

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....the informer Leonard McNally , a Dublin man, signed himself 'J W' in all dealings he had with his British paymasters , in a ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2003

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The British , no doubt wary of all their informers and having no respect for any of them anyway, refused to take McNally f...
Tuesday, May 13, 2003

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Informers , double-agents , touts and 'Steak-Knife' ; not a new development , as I have recorded here before and, now, do so again -...
Monday, May 12, 2003

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.....in April 1883, in Green Street Courthouse in Dublin, Judge O'Brien began to hear 'evidence' against thirteen men.... ...
Sunday, May 11, 2003

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....a reward of £1000 was offered by the British for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the assassination of Lord Fr...
Saturday, May 10, 2003

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In November 1881 , a group was formed in Dublin with the objective of "removing all the principal tyrants from the country" ; they...
Friday, May 09, 2003

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...the killing by Robert Emmet's men of the British Lord Chief Justice in Ireland, Lord kilwarden, and Kilwardens nephew, in Thomas Stre...
Thursday, May 08, 2003

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....after returning to Dublin in October 1802 , Robert Emmet made contact with , amongst others, Myles Byrne, Michael Dwyer, Jemmy Hope and ...
Wednesday, May 07, 2003

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.... in 1802, Robert Emmet met Napoleon to seek assistance for a Rising in Ireland .... Emmet quickly became frustr...
Tuesday, May 06, 2003

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In the summer of 1798 , the 'United Irish Rising' collapsed ; one of its best known leaders, Thomas Addis Emmet, had a younger broth...
Monday, May 05, 2003

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....Matt Fitzpatrick, an IRA prisoner in Monaghan County Hospital , was to be rescued from his hospital bed by the IRA ..... ...
Sunday, May 04, 2003

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....the IRA O/C of the Wattlebridge Company, Matt Fitzpatrick, was badly injured in an IRA raid for arms and had been captured by the Britis...
Saturday, May 03, 2003

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In early 1921 , IRA units in the Ulster area carried out many raids for arms on RIC and British Army barracks - in one of these operations ,...
Friday, May 02, 2003

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.....a small group of Irish Republicans left the College of Surgeons during the 1916 Easter Week fighting , to set fire to shops around the ...
Thursday, May 01, 2003

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.....William P.Partridge , born in Ballaghadereen in County Roscommom during the 1880's , a friend and comrade to the Republican Movemen...
Wednesday, April 30, 2003

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A man born in Ballaghadereen in County Roscommon during the 1880's was well known in Republican circles at the time, but history has app...
Tuesday, April 29, 2003

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.....the patrol of Black and Tans and RIC men fired on each other, as the RIC men were reluctant to shoot known Sinn Fein members as per ins...
Monday, April 28, 2003

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.....the ex-RIC man,Daniel Crowley, told the Court of Commission that the RIC men on patrol with the Black and Tans were there to point out ...