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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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Saturday, October 14, 2023

'TAKING THE SOUP' WITH THE MONEY-LENDERS...

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GETTING READY... ..FOR A NINE-PARTER ON THE 18TH! The British presence in Ireland gets its strength from the weakness of the Irish, by...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

A FREE STATE PRISON, A GRASS MAT AND A WIRE-CUTTERS...

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ON THIS DATE (27TH SEPTEMBER) 65 YEARS AGO : TWO IRISH REPUBLICAN LEADERS ESCAPE FROM FREE STATE CUSTODY. On Saturday, 27th September 1958...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

FROM 1958 : THREE STRIKES, ALL OUT...!

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The 'score' from this particular sporting occasion was 2 - 0, and it's an 'outing' that is still being talked about in ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

"THE HYPOCRISY AND LAWLESSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES..."

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ON THIS DATE (20TH SEPTEMBER) 220 YEARS AGO : 'DARLING OF ERIN' BUTCHERED BY WESTMINSTER. Robert Emmet was born on the 4th March,...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

IRELAND, LATE 1850's - CLERGY FORCED TO GET OFF THE FENCE...

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1920 - A 'MISHAP' IN AN ENGLISH PRISON. In the 1800's, scientific and weight/measure skills etc had been acquired from abroad...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

"BANE OF BLISS AND SOURCE OF WOE..."

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ON THIS DATE (13TH SEPTEMBER) 87 YEARS AGO : TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD IRISH REPUBLICAN KILLS HIMSELF OVER MENTAL TORTURE BY FREE STATERS. ...
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