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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 23, 2014

WESTMINSTER OFFERED £1,200,000 IF THAT PARAMILITARY FORCE WOULD DISBAND. OFFER REFUSED, HOSTAGES TAKEN....

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. Stalking through this period of mass unrest came the great figure of de Valera,...

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

"WE SHOULD OBTAIN THE SERVICES OF THESE LOYALIST PARAMILITARY ORGANISATIONS" - WESTMINSTER.

By Peadar O'Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The only body of opinion in Ireland that moved on the level of the pronouncemen...

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...

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