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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

1922 - IRA IGNORE POLITICAL DECREE : CIVIL WAR THREE MONTHS AWAY....

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. It was a harmless enough bit of tomfoolery. The people knew it was nonsense. I ...

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

IRELAND 1920 : IRISH CORONER RETURNS A VERDICT OF "WILLFUL MURDER AGAINST DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND."

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. We had been invited to speak in support of a resolution already passed by Clare...

Monday, March 17, 2014

St. PATRICKS DAY (1858) AND THE STRUGGLE FOR IRISH FREEDOM.

ST. PATRICKS DAY 1858 AND THE IRISH STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. Joseph Denieffe (left) , one of the founders of the 'Irish Republican Brother...

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

IRELAND 1923 : IRA MEN SHOT IN LEGS BY STATERS THEN PLACED OVER A LANDMINE.

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Looking back on it now I am of the opinion that the Galway committees were at...

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

'THE ENGLISH MET US WITH SNEERS AND CONTEMPT....'

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The 'Land Annuity' resolution put nothing up to de Valera , but it cl...

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