Bobby Sands leads new hunger strike
29 February 2024
March 1st marks the 43rd anniversary of the beginning of the 1981 hunger strikes. An Phoblacht will be opening our archives which house a unique repository of articles and photographs from the hunger strike period. In the coming weeks we will be profiling these pieces along with new insights into this critical period in the history of republican struggle. Free article
Henry Joy McCracken - faithful to the last
17 July 2023
17 July is the 225th anniversary of the execution of United Irish leader Henry Joy McCracken. We republish here an article by Aengus Ó Snodaigh first published in 1998. Free article
Martin Hurson — Died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
12 July 2023
THE death of IRA Volunteer Martin Hurson on 13 July 1981, after 46 days on the Hunger Strike, was unexpected. The suddenness of his death, coming only five days after that of Joe McDonnell, came as a shock since two other Hunger Strikers – Kieran Doherty and Kevin Lynch – had been almost a week on hunger strike ahead of Martin. Free article
Unconditional return to power sharing is the only rational decision for the DUP
9 July 2023
Writing for An Phoblacht, Declan Kearney said an unconditional return to power sharing is the only rational decision for the DUP. Free article
Joe McDonnell – Died on July 8th 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
7 July 2023
JOE McDONNELL was the fifth Hunger Striker to die due to the intransigence of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government. Free article
Neil ‘Plunkett’ O’Boyle remembered by Irish republicans in Scotland
29 June 2023
“We are the generation who are going to deliver on what Neil ‘Plunkett’ O’Boyle and so many others gave their lives for”. These were the words of Sinn Féin TD for Donegal Pearse Doherty speaking at a centenary dinner in Motherwell commemorating Donegal and Newmains republican Neil ‘Plunkett’ O’Boyle. Free article
Military neutrality crucial to Ireland’s international roles
27 June 2023
As the coalition government’s controversial and flawed Consultative Forum on International Security Policy finishes its public sessions today, we publish an article from the current issue of An Phoblacht by Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy. He outlines Sinn Féin’s vision for Ireland playing a constructive role in the wider world, committed to diplomacy, humanitarianism, peace building, and cooperation with other states on global challenges. Free article
Tom Dunn: Rostrevor’s revolutionary hedge school master
9 June 2023
Chris Hazzard and Mick Murphy visited the grave of United Irishman Tom Dunn. Chris gives context to importance of Dunn 225 years since the 1798 rebellion. Free article
Watershed election underlines need to prepare for a new future
8 June 2023
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects said the results of the recent council election underlines need to prepare for new future. Free article
“I’ll finish as I started”
7 June 2023
At a recent lecture on Ernie O’Malley by the historian and Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha, I was chatting with Belinda Nugent from the O’Malley/Russell Cumann and I mentioned that my Granda Michael Smyth knew Ernie O’Malley and was instrumental in his famous escape from Kilmainham Gaol in 1921 along with Simon Donnelly and Frank Teeling. Free article
Stunning council election sees Sinn Féin become largest party
26 May 2023
The council elections in the north has seen Sinn Féin become the biggest party in local government for the first time with a record 144 seats. Free article
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