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
Funeral of Óglach Henry ‘Hensey’ McKenna
7 February 2023
Sinn Féin figures from across Ireland, including former Party President Gerry Adams and former Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, joined hundreds of republicans from across the island to honour and remember Óglach Henry ‘Hensey’ McKenna. Free article
Liverpool-Irish patriot remembered 100 years on
6 February 2023
One hundred years ago, the Liverpool-born IRA Volunteer, George King was fatally wounded by Free State forces. On his centenary weekend, Irish republicans from across Ireland and Britain gathered in Liverpool to commemorate his life and sacrifice. Free article
Óglach John Joe Donnelly remembered
2 February 2023
Lifelong republican Óglach John Joe Donnelly died on 15 January. Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly gave the funeral oration at Aughamullan and Brocagh in Tyrone. Free article
A giant among activists Tommy Devereux 1933-2022
26 January 2023
Generations of republicans from across Ireland gathered in December for the funeral of veteran republican Tommy Devereux. The graveside oration was delivered by Martin Ferris. Free article
He died on Christmas Day - a forgotten Republican remembered
24 December 2022
Joseph MacDonagh, dedicated Irish Republican and Sinn Féin TD died on Christmas Day 100 years ago after six years of tireless work for Ireland. Free article
Christmas 1922 - the Republic in ruins
21 December 2022
By Christmas of 1922 it was clear that the Free State Government had all but won the war. They had executed 21 republican prisoners in jails and internment camps. Thousands of prisoners were held in both partition states. In the countryside and the few towns where they still held out, the IRA’s forces were dwindling and in retreat. Free article
Ireland’s future will be shaped by our nation’s rainbow diversity – Declan Kearney
19 December 2022
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney discusses how Irish unity needs to reflect our cultural diversity and offer a new economic and social future for all our people. Free article
Gerry Adams addresses Oireachtas Good Friday Agreement Committee
18 December 2022
Remarks by Iar-Uachtarán Shinn Féin Gerry Adams to the Oireachtas GFA committee meeting. Free article
Two outstanding Republican histories on Longford and Leitrim
17 December 2022
The remarkable father and son story behind two books on the history of republican activism in Leitrim and Longford which have been updated and republished. Free article
Eight Kildare martyrs
14 December 2022
The Curragh Camp in County Kildare was for decades the chief British military base in Ireland. It was handed over to the Free State army in May 1922 but it was shortly the scene of imprisonment and execution of some of the same republicans who had fought the British. Free article
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