1169 And Counting.....

An award-nominated Irish blog.
"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..."

X and Facebook

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

19TH CENTURY IRELAND - FOUR REPUBLICANS PICKED TO INFILTRATE BECOME INFILTRATED...

›
ON THIS DATE (6TH SEPTEMBER) 83 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICANS EXECUTED BY DE VALERA. Tom Harte and Paddy McGrath (pictured) , two Irish republic...
Sunday, September 03, 2023

AFTER TRUCE AND TREATY : THE GROOM TURNED ON HIS BEST MAN...

›
In the 1940's, in Ireland, this Irish republican Volunteer was the 'Best Man' at the wedding of one of his comrades, and all w...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

FROM 1955 - "A 'STATE', WITHIN A STATE, WITHIN A NATION..."

›
ON THIS DATE (30TH AUGUST) 182 YEARS AGO : A NEW NATIONALIST VOICE IS 'PRESSED' INTO ACTION. The front page of the first copy of ...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

IRELAND 1922 - BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIVE LEAVES A PARTY, CAUSES A SCENE...

›
SEARCHING ITS OWN MEMBERSHIP, BUT NOT ITS CONSCIENCE... In the 1900's, this newspaper was closed down (temporarily) by Westminster ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

IRELAND 1870 - 'PAPAL RESCRIPT' AGAINST THE FENIANS ENACTED.

›
ON THIS DATE (23RD AUGUST) 225 YEARS AGO : A FRENCH BATTLECRY ON IRISH SOIL. "UNION, LIBERTY, THE IRISH REPUBLIC!" - the words a...
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.