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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, December 07, 2022

IRELAND, 1922 - "THE STATE HAS TAKEN OUT FOUR MEN AND MURDERED THEM..."

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ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 143 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED - AUSTIN STACK. Austin Stack (pictured) was born on ...
Sunday, December 04, 2022

BATS AND BATTLES IN IRELAND, 1920-1940.

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BITS, BATS AND BRITS...! This republican operative was captured by the Staters in 1923 and went on hunger strike for forty-one days before ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

"LOYALTY TO COUNTRY ALWAYS, LOYALTY TO GOVERNMENT WHEN IT DESERVES IT."

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ON THIS DATE (30TH NOVEMBER) 122 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THE IRISH 'GALLEY SLAVE / GOLDEN CHAINS' AUTHOR : OSCAR WILDE. On the 16th Oc...
Sunday, November 27, 2022

8 4 U ON THE 30TH...

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8 4 U ON THE 30TH! We've gone back as far as the 17th century in one of our eight pieces for Wednesday, 30th November 2022, which is th...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

"THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF WHAT I HAVE DONE IN DEFENCE OF MY COUNTRY..."

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ON THIS DATE (23RD NOVEMBER) 146 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF THE BLUFFER BATES. 'Sir' Richard Dawson Bates (pictured) was born in Stran...
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