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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, May 03, 2023

1916 BRITISH BLOODLUST - 15 CIVILIAN BOYS AND MEN BAYONETED/SHOT TO DEATH.

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ON THIS DATE (3RD MAY) 107 YEARS AGO : THREE REPUBLICAN DISSIDENTS EXECUTED BY THE BRITISH. Pictured - Pádraig Pearse, Thomas J Clarke and ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

'SURRENDER DOCUMENT' AND OTHER WRITINGS...

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This 'surrender document' signalled the end of six days of fighting between approximately 20,000 British troops (including, in thei...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

FROM 1955 ; "OUR PSEUDO-'FREEDOM' WAS WRESTED BY FORCE OF ARMS..."

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ON THIS DATE (26TH APRIL) 42 YEARS AGO : "TWENTY THOUSAND MARCHERS..." Mrs. Rosaleen Sands (RIP). Dear Mum Dear Mum, ...
Sunday, April 23, 2023

6 (AT LEAST) 4 (!) THE 26TH!

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In the early 1980's in Ireland, this world-famous Irishman wrote a poem for his mother and became as well-known for his writing skills...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

BRITISH PM - "ENGLAND IS THE CAUSE OF THE MISERY OF IRELAND..."

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ON THIS DATE (19TH APRIL) 83 YEARS AGO : IRA DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY DIES ON HUNGER-STRIKE. IRA man Jack 'Seán' McNeela (pictured) ...
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