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"I tell you frankly and truly that no citizen I will be, of this part of 'the Empire', the Free State colony.
And there are thousands with me, who will not eat the leek, but stand by the Republic, proclaimed in Easter Week..."
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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

NEW YORK F***IN' CITY : MY THREE-WEEK HOLIDAY - REMINISCING ALREADY!

NEW YORK : POVERTY IN THE SHADOW OF A ONE-AND-A-HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR BUILDING. This building - 'Yankee Stadium' , in the Bronx, an...

Wednesday, June 04, 2014

LABOUR PAINS AS POLITICAL OPPORTUNISTS VIE FOR A BETTER JUMPING-OFF SPOT.

HOLIDAYS IN A CITY OF CONTRAST - BACK IN EARLY JULY 2014.... ....as mentioned already , we are temporarily closing down the blog until eith...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

BATONS, BALLOTS AND BODENSTOWN.

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. It was largely hesitation to embark on concrete struggles that influenced the I...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

UVF : "WE ARE HEAVILY ARMED PROTESTANTS DEDICATED TO THIS CAUSE...."

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. At the same time our road of approach was a cautious one - we were an unarmed o...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

"I REMAINED FAITHFUL TO WHAT I THOUGHT THE CAUSE OF MY COUNTRY...." - WOLFE TONE.

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. As it became clear that the Free State government had in mind to subject the IR...

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