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Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:26:21 +0100
Bodenstown 1922
This Sunday 19 June 2022 Irish Republicans gather at Wolfe Tone’s grave at Bodenstown as we we have done for many decades. Almost exactly 100 years ago on Tuesday 20 June 1922 Republicans were at Bodenstown just a few days before the Civil War bega...

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:51:02 +0100
Bodenstown – milestones on the journey to Tone’s Republic
Following his death in British custody in the Provost Prison, Arbour Hill, Dublin, on 19 November 1798, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish revolutionary leader, was buried in the family grave in Bodenstown Churchyard, just outside the village of Sallins, Cou...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:14:50 +0100
Government can’t handle President telling them the truth – Mary Lou McDonald
President Michael D Higgins was right to tell the truth and describe the housing crisis as a disaster. They were wise words from an honourable man who felt compelled to give voice to the hard realities faced by those desperately struggling to put an ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:10:39 +0100
June 1922 - the Pact, the Election and British pressure for Civil War
Since the narrow Dáil vote for the Treaty in January 1922 and the split in the IRA in March, there were ongoing efforts to prevent civil war and to find a basis for unity on both a political and military basis.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:10:39 +0100
June 1922 - the Pact, the Election and British pressure for Civil War
Since the narrow Dáil vote for the Treaty in January 1922 and the split in the IRA in March, there were ongoing efforts to prevent civil war and to find a basis for unity on both a political and military basis.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:56:00 +0100
Anti-Irishness has never really gone away in Britain
Joe Dwyer’s uploaded clip of anti-Irish commentary during the Jubilee TV coverage on the BBC has been viewed over a million times. Here he explains why he tweeted the clip and the anti-Irish racism still prevalent in Britain.

Wed, 25 May 2022 14:55:01 +0100
Gabriel Mc Glynn – A tribute
Owen Carron gives a personal tribute for Leitrim republican Gabriel McGlynn, a 40-year Sinn Féin veteran of local political activism, who died recently.

Mon, 23 May 2022 13:22:39 +0100
Remembering Mickey Agnew
Recently deceased North Antrim Republican Mickey Agnew who help build the foundations of Sinn Féin’s organisation in the area is remembered by Gerard Magee.

Fri, 20 May 2022 18:02:26 +0100
Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, 21 May 1981
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day a...

Thu, 19 May 2022 10:07:23 +0100
Centenary of the Special Powers Act 1922
The Special Powers Act, one of the most repressive pieces of legislation ever enacted anywhere, was extensively used for 50 years by the Unionist regime in the Six Counties.



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