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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, June 27, 2018

MI5 OFFICER PLACED IN HIGH POSITION IN FREE STATE 'SECURITY' APPARATUS.

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ON THIS DATE (27TH JUNE) 98 YEARS AGO : IRISH MUTINEERS IN INDIA. Irishmen serving with the British Army in India mutinied in protest at t...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

FIANNA FÁIL 'TD' CRITICISES 1916 FIGHTERS AS "FOOLISH REVOLUTIONISTS...POOR DUPES.."

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ON THIS DATE (20TH JUNE) 169 YEARS AGO : TROUBLED IRISH REPUBLICAN POET DIES. ' My Dark Rosaleen ' ; a poem about the authors feel...
Wednesday, June 06, 2018

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ENGLISH AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND AN IRISH 'DISSIDENT' SHOT DEAD BY A BRITISH SOLDIER.

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ON THIS DATE (6TH JUNE) 97 YEARS AGO : "I ORGANISED AN AMBUSH OF EIGHT RIC MEN.." Broad Street, Waterford (pictured) - the scene ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

'FAKE NEWS' FROM AN IRISH BATTLEFIELD, 220 YEARS AGO.

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ON THIS DATE (30TH MAY) 220 YEARS AGO : "INSURGENTS TAKE POSSESSION...". "Nothing can exceed the melancholy aspect of this p...
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