Irish Times corrected on burial of hunger striker Frank Stagg
29 March 2024
A serious inaccuracy in the Irish Times concerning the burial of Frank Stagg has been corrected by Danny Morrison. In its obituary of Frank’s brother the late Emmet Stagg, former Labour Party TD, the newspaper omitted the hijacking and burial of Frank’s body by the Fine Gael/Labour government and gave the wrong location for that first burial. Free article
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18 August 2011
I nDíl Chuimhne
1 August 1981: Volunteer Kevin LYNCH (INLA), Long Kesh
2 August 1981: Volunteer Kieran DOHERTY, Long Kesh
3 August 1972: Volunteer Robert McCRUDDEN, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion
3 August 1974: Volunteer Martin SKILLEN, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion
4 August 1985: Volunteer Tony CAMPBELL, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion
6 August 1985: Volunteer Charles... Free article
New plaque unveiled to Fian Tobias Molloy
18 August 2011
A LARGE NUMBER of republicans from Strabane and Lifford gathered at midday on Saturday 16th July at the unveiling of a new memorial plaque to mark the 39th anniversary of the death of Fianna Éireann member Tobias Molloy, killed by a rubber bullet fired by the British Army at the ‘Camel’s Hump’ checkpoint on 16th July 1972.
In a ceremony jointly organised by Ógra Shinn Féin and... Free article
Volunteer Patrick Cannon remembered
18 August 2011
REPUBLICANS from across Ireland gathered in Balgriffin Cemetery in north Dublin on Saturday 16th July to remember IRA Volunteer Patrick Cannon (20), from Edenmore in Raheny, who died in a premature explosion on the Donegal/Tyrone border along with his comrade Volunteer Peter McElcar (19) on 17th July 1976.
Pat’s nephew, Conor O’Moore, read the Dublin Brigade Roll of Honour and... Free article
Le Chéile 2011 - Show your support and solidarity
18 August 2011
LE CHÉILE, the event at which people’s contribution to the struggle for Irish freedom is honoured by the republican family, takes place in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on Saturday 10th September, the weekend of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in the city for the very first time.
A special brochure containing profiles of the six honourees and messages of support and solidarity from their... Free article
Hunger Strike | 30th anniversary events
18 August 2011
Cavan/Monaghan pays tribute to Kieran Doherty TD
THE 30th anniversary Kieran Doherty TD Commemoration was held in Cavan Town on Sunday 31st July by Cavan Sinn Féin Comhairle Ceantair.
Colour parties, bands, elected representatives and supporters made their way through Main Street, College Street and around to the monument at Cavan Courthouse where the Kieran Doherty Sinn Féin... Free article
2011 Poc Fada Stormont
18 August 2011
What a wedding party!
18 August 2011
THERE IS a scene in the ‘Michael Collins’ film where Liam Neeson is pacing a darkened room in brooding silence. Julia Roberts, as Kitty Kiernan, senses that something is up and says to him, “You’ve sent your boys out tonight, haven’t you?”
There were several of us of a similar demeanour at my sister’s wedding in Tullamore last Saturday as 7 o’clock approached and we realised that... Free article
HISTORICAL ENQUIRIES TEAM VERDICT | BILLY McKAVANAGH
18 August 2011
Man shot in back by British Army was ‘innocent’
FOUR DECADES to the day an unarmed Belfast man was shot in the back and killed by the British Army in 1971, the Historical Enquiries Team declared he was “innocent” of any wrongdoing. The British Army had consistently argued that Billy McKavanagh was an armed IRA activist.
British soldiers came upon the 21-year-old Markets man... Free article
TUV leader's 'Terrorfest' youth camp fantasy is traditional fare
17 August 2011
BY MARK MOLONEY
JIM ALLISTER MLA was traditionally ranting and raving this weekend, screaming to the media that an Ógra Shinn Féin youthcamp last weekend was a "Terrorfest".
The well-attended weekend included political debates, lectures, a hunger strike exhibition, a historical tour of south Armagh, a talk on the Basque Country and the National Hunger Strike Commemoration on... Free article
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