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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 07, 2021

25 WOUNDS INFLICTED BY THE BRITISH, BUT KILLED BY THE STATERS.

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ON THIS DATE (7TH JULY) 99 YEARS AGO : CATHAL BRUGHA DIES FROM FREE STATE-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. On the 18th July, 1874, Thomas Burgess a...
Sunday, July 04, 2021

BRITISH 'SERVICE PROVIDERS' EARN THEIR KEEP : IRELAND, 1922.

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WOUNDED BY THE BRITISH, FINISHED OFF BY THE STATERS... This Irish rebel was on active duty in 1916, and before then. He had some lucky esca...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

FREE STATE COMMITTED "WAR CRIMES" DURING ITS FORMATION.

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ON THIS DATE (30TH JUNE) 99 YEARS AGO : PRO-BRITISH MERCENARIES IN DUBLIN RETAKE THE FOUR COURTS. The Four Courts building in Dublin, locat...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

THE OUTCOME OF THE REVOLUTION IS INEVITABLE.

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IRISH HISTORY SHORTS : FROM REGISTERING YOUR INTERESTS (!) TO PRESSURIED 'COMPASSION' TO A 16-YEAR-OLD... On this date (23rd June...
Wednesday, June 09, 2021

UNSUNG, UNPRAISED AND UNPUBLISHED OPTIMISTS.

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ON THIS DATE (9TH JUNE) 68 YEARS AGO : CINEMATIC 'BLOCKBUSTER' BANNED! The year 1953 started, politically, in Ireland, with Sinn Fé...
Wednesday, June 02, 2021

CONFINING THEMSELF TO A TWEAK RATHER THAN A CHANGE.

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ON THIS DATE (2ND JUNE) 100 YEARS AGO : IRA VICTORY AT CARROWKENNEDY (CEATHRÚ CHINNÉIDE), COUNTY MAYO. 'It was late afternoon of a warm...
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