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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, August 04, 2021

A PEARSE 'TUCKED AWAY' IN THE FS SENATE FOR FUTURE USE.

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ON THIS DATE (4TH AUGUST) 143 YEARS AGO : MARGARET MARY PEARSE BORN. On the 4th of August, 1878, James and Margaret Pearse (nee Brady) , ...
Monday, August 02, 2021

WE FEEL LIKE MILLIONAIRES..!

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OVER ONE MILLION HITS. AND COUNTING...! It has taken us a good few years to get here although, really, we never started this blog with a ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

THE POLITICAL JACKASS DISGUISED AS A LION!

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'THE BREAK OF ARMAGH : A SUGGESTION BY A WORLD-FAMOUS POET'. From 'The United Irishman' newspaper, July, 1954. Dear Sir, ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

EXECUTION OF MI6 OPERATIVE AFTER TWO WEEKS IN HIS NEW DUBLIN PLACEMENT.

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ON THIS DATE (21ST JULY) 45 YEARS AGO : WILLING EMPIRE PAWN ASSASSINATED IN DUBLIN. Christopher Thomas Ewart-Biggs (pictured) , a British ...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

INFORMER SAVED BY A REBEL LEADERSHIP HE LATER INFORMED ON.

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ON THIS DATE (14TH JULY) 223 YEARS AGO : SHEARES BROTHERS MURDERED BY THE CROWN. "Adieu, Julia, my light is out. The approach of darkn...
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...
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