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Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:48:12 +0000
March memories
First published in March 2006, reposted to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike, Jim Gibney recalls the events leading up to that fateful anniversary.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:24:59 +0000
From 14 March 1981 – Fearless fighter Francis Hughes joins Hunger Strike
“Most wanted man in the North” – RUC Chief Constable Kenneth Newman

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:14:52 +0000
Six IRA Volunteers executed in Mountjoy Jail 100 years ago
100 years ago the British regime executed six IRA Volunteers in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin.  They were hanged on the morning of 14 March as tens of thousands of people, including their families, gathered outside the prison and as hundreds of thousands o...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:14:52 +0000
Six IRA Volunteers executed in Mountjoy Jail 100 years ago
100 years ago the British regime executed six IRA Volunteers in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin.  They were hanged on the morning of 14 March as tens of thousands of people, including their families, gathered outside the prison and as hundreds of thousands o...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:13:58 +0000
Acknowledgement, Remembering & the Centenary of Partition - Declan Kearney
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney looks ahead at 2021

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:47:49 +0000
Ambush at Selton Hill
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Selton Hill ambush - a significant engagement in the Tan War and a tragic chapter in the story of Co. Leitrim and the struggle for Irish freedom. On Friday, 11th March 1921, the IRA’s Leitrim No. 2 Flyi...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:47:49 +0000
Ambush at Selton Hill
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Selton Hill ambush - a significant engagement in the Tan War and a tragic chapter in the story of Co. Leitrim and the struggle for Irish freedom. On Friday, 11th March 1921, the IRA’s Leitrim No. 2 Flyi...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:24:19 +0000
Good Friday Agreement threats and British Government bad faith
Peadar Whelan considers the implications the withdrawal of support for the Good Friday Agreement by the Loyalist Communities Council, as the British Government unilaterally acted to continue Irish Sea border grace periods

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:04:25 +0000
The Limerick curfew murders
In March 1921 the City and County of Limerick were under martial law. In the City a strict nightly curfew was enforced by the RIC, the Black & Tans, the Auxiliaries and the British Army. People left their homes at their peril. And for Republicans the...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:04:25 +0000
The Limerick curfew murders
In March 1921 the City and County of Limerick were under martial law. In the City a strict nightly curfew was enforced by the RIC, the Black & Tans, the Auxiliaries and the British Army. People left their homes at their peril. And for Republicans the...



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