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1916 - 2006: Books on the 1916 Rising and related issues (Free article)
13 April 2006
As recommended by An Phoblacht columnist and historian SHANE MacTHOMÁIS
Media View (Free article)
13 April 2006
Quite the most pathetic, half-hearted effort to come to terms with 21st Century Ireland - or should that read 20th Century- was The Irish Times apology for being so bold as to publish a supplement on the 1916 Rising. Announcing the supplement as an independent-minded effort to avoid taking sides, it presented the Rising as either "the founding act…
I nDíl Chuimhne, Comhbhrón agus Beannachtaí (Free article)
20 April 2006
I nDíl Chuimhne 21 Apr.1984 Vol Richard QUIGLEY , Derry Brigade 23 Apr. 1977 Vol Brendan O'CALLAGHAN , Belfast Brigade, 1st Batt 24 Apr. 1974 Jim MURPHY , Sinn Féin 25 Apr. 1979 Vol Billy CARSON , Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion 26 Apr. 1986 Vol Seamus McELWAIN , South Fermanagh Brigade "Whatever I have done I have done…
Easter Lily ban, Shoot-to-kill, 1916 - Pandora's box and Hauliers' arrogance (Free article)
20 April 2006
Easter Lily ban A chara, Over the last twenty years I have done my best to commemorate the Easter Rising in my own small way. This took the form of selling Easter Lilies in my local. Recently the establishment came under new ownership and last week during my collection I met the new proprietor who immediately barred me for…
Resurgent spirit of 1916 (Free article)
20 April 2006
The occasion of the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising has been marked by large, colourful and well attended commemorations right across Ireland. All the annual republican commemorations witnessed an increased turnout this year. Republicans, who have always celebrated the memory of 1916 and the principles of the…
Imeachtaí / Events (Free article)
20 April 2006
• CORK FUNDRAISER:Sinn Féin Fundraiser, featuring Spirit Of Freedom, Ballincollig GAA Club, Ballincollig, Friday 21 April @ 9.30pm, Taille 10.00 FUNCTION: Roof Top Function & BBQ Sun 23 April @ 3.00, Anglers Rest Bar, Lee Road, Cork. Music by Spirit Of Freedom & Lonesome Boatmen. For Tickets please phone 021 487 1167…
International: public unease at US policies (Free article)
20 April 2006
Many point out that it was greed for oil that brought the US and the British governments to occupy Afghanistan, that they wished to build an oil pipe line that would open the rich oil wells of the former soviet republics and Iraq. Many now wonder whether this is also dictating White House policy in relation to news that Iran is developing a…
Fógraí bháis (Free article)
20 April 2006
Over 1,000 people attended the funeral of Siobhán O'Hanlon in Belfast last Friday, the large attendance a testimony to the respect in which she was held.
Reclaiming the spirit of 1916 (Free article)
20 April 2006
Over the Easter weekend hundreds of commemorations were held all over Ireland and abroad to remember the men and women of 1916. This year was notable because of the 90th Anniversary, but Sinn Féin and other republicans commemorate the Rising every year. What was different this year was that the Irish government which had abandoned remembering the…
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