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IN APRIL, 1919, THE ISSUE OF SUPPORT FOR THE RIC, THE PRO-BRITISH 'POLICE FORCE' IN IRELAND, WAS BEING DISCUSSED BY THE PUBLIC AND BY THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN (the 32-County) DÁIL ÉIREA...

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'FORM AN ORDERLY QUEUE THERE, PLEASE.. ...AND WE'LL BE OPENING FOR BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY, 24TH APRIL 2024.. ...WITH A 15-PART POST!' WE'RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE 15 FOR THE 2...

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AT MIDNIGHT ON THE 17TH APRIL 75 YEARS AGO - UP THE REPUBLIC... ...UP THE YARD, THAT IS! NOT THAT THIS (OR THIS ) COULDN'T HAPPEN IN A PROPER 'REPUBLIC', JUST THAT INSTANCES LIKE THAT HAPPEN...

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AND HERE'S ANOTHER 'PROCLAMATION' (of sorts!) FOR YA - ON WEDNESDAY, 17TH APRIL 2024, WE'LL BE HERE WITH A 14-PIECE POST COVERING, AS USUAL, IRISH HISTORY AND IRISH POLITICS FROM A TRADITIONA...

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SPOOF, SPIN, AND IGNORANCE IN A PARTIAL EX-COLONY. THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPIN AND MISDIRECTION IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE 1998 ST...

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ES GENIAL ESTAR DE VUELTA CON LOS AMIGOS! IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AMONG FRIENDS! THE WEATHER'S AGAINST ME - THE RAIN, CHILLY WINDS, GLOOMY SKIES - COMPARED TO THE TWO WEEKS I HAD IN LANZAROTE W...

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ON THE 13TH MARCH, 1920, ABOUT SIXTY VOLUNTEERS FROM THE LISTOWEL, BALLYDUFF AND BALLYBUNION COMPANIES OF THE IRA, COUNTY KERRY, ENSURED ALL ROADS LEADING INTO THE TOWN OF BALLYBUNION, FR...

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IN BETWEEN THE MOTHER'S DAY AND THE STATE REFERENDUMS CELEBRATIONS, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT WE'D BE TOO BUSY TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR LIL' CORNER OF THE INTERWEB BUT NO, WE'RE NOT - DEDICATED (or...

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ON THIS DATE (6TH MARCH) 101 YEARS AGO : FIVE FREE STATE SOLDIERS KILLED BY IRA. Paddy O'Daly, pictured ; IRA man-turned Free Stater. ON MARCH 6TH, 1923 (101 years ago on this date), FIVE FREE...

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WE'RE GONNA OUTDO OURSELVES THIS WEDNESDAY, 6TH MARCH, 2024, AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A 27-PART POST IN WHICH LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS WILL FEATURE IN SOME OF THEM - COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MR...

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ON THIS DATE (28TH FEBRUARY) 224 YEARS AGO : "ON THE BRIDGE OF TOOME TODAY..." 'O see the fleet-foot host of men, who march with faces drawn, From farmstead and from fishers' cot, along the ...

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WE'RE DOTTIN' THE 'T'S' AND A-CROSSIN' THE 'I'S' OR WHATEVER ON A 15-PART POST THAT WE'RE GETTING READY FOR WEDNESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2024, WITH ONE PIECE HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE NEWLY-MINTED (!)...

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ON THE 21ST FEBRUARY, 1919, TWO-HUNDRED-AND-TWENTY WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE AT FULTON'S WOOLEN MILL IN CALEDON, COUNTY TYRONE. THE STRIKE WAS LED BY IRISH REPUBLICAN ACTIVIST PEADAR O'DONN...

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WE'RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A 20-PART POST FOR WEDNESDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY 2024, IN WHICH WE'LL BE MENTIONING LOADS OF INTERESTING STUFF (!), INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING... FROM 1922 - T...

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ON THE 14TH FEBRUARY, 1919, WORD BEGAN TO CIRCULATE IN MADDENSTOWN, THE CURRAGH, COUNTY KILDARE, AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, OF A SHOOTING THAT HAD HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS DAY. IT WASN'T LONG BE...

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FROM 1921 - THREE MEMBERS OF THIS EXTENDED FAMILY WERE SHOT BY THE IRA FOR THEIR ANTI-REPUBLICAN ACTIVITY, WHICH LED TO SOME PUBLIC UNEASE IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY LIVED. THEN PAPERWORK CAME TO...

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ON THIS DATE (7TH FEBRUARY) 84 YEARS AGO - WESTMINSTER EXECUTES TWO IRA VOLUNTEERS. James McCormack (aka 'James Richards') was born in Mullingar in County Westmeath in 1910, and he joined a un...

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DIA DHUIT. TÁIMID AR AIS...SAGHAS AR..! HOLA! ¡ESTAMOS DE VUELTA... MÁS O MENOS...! HELLO! WE'RE BACK...SORT OF..! SHIVERING HERE, IN WET AND WINDY 14°C IN IRELAND, COMPARED TO THE SUN-D...

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ON THIS DATE (17TH JANUARY) 52 YEARS AGO - POW DEEP DIVE...! 52 YEARS AGO ON THIS DATE (17th January 1972), SEVEN IRA PRISONERS ESCAPED FROM AN 'ESCAPE PROOF' BRITISH PRISON SHIP, WHICH WAS AN...

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WE'RE WORKING ON A 15-PIECE POST FOR WEDNESDAY, 17TH JANUARY 2024 AND, AS WE'RE ONLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH IT AS I TYPE, I WON'T DELAY YA (or meself!) TOO LONG. AMONG THE PIECES WE'LL BE COVER...

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ON THIS DATE (10TH JANUARY) 43 YEARS AGO - SERIOUSLY ILL FEMALE REPUBLICAN POW "RELEASED ON LICENCE". IN OCTOBER 1980, PROTESTING POW'S IN THE H-BLOCKS OF LONG KESH BEGAN A HUNGER STRIKE FOR P...

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...AND WE'RE BACK! ALMOST... CRAZY CHRISTMAS AND NUCLEAR NEW YEAR : BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE GOT TO ELEVEN CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR PARTIES IN HOUSES, PUBS AND NIGHTCLUBS, OPENED SEVENTEEN PRESEN...

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ON THIS DATE (20TH DECEMBER) 101 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN GAMEKEEPER-TURNED-FREE STATE POACHER SHOT DEAD BY IRA. 'SEAMUS DWYER WAS CHRISTENED JAMES AND TOOK THE IRISH FORM OF HIS NAME IN LATER L...

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WE'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER 17-PART POST FOR WEDNESDAY, 20TH DECEMBER 2023, AND I'M TOLD - DESPITE THE CHRISTMAS DISTRACTIONS - IT'LL BE READY TO GO BY THEN (Ho! Ho! Ho!). Among the 17 occurrance...

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SECOND DAY OF THE 'BORDER CAMPAIGN' OPERATION BEGINS : 13TH DECEMBER 1956. IRA Volunteers, pictured around the time of the Border Campaign. AT THE TIME OF THIS IRA CAMPAIGN, EAMON DE VALERA'S ...

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