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Capt. Michael McVerry Commemorated (Free article)
7 December 2006
The 33rd Anniversary of Volunteer Capt. Michael, McVerry who was killed in action during an attack on Keady barracks in 1973, was marked on 13 November 2006. Capt. Michael McVerry was born in the Cargie, Cullyhanna and at a young age joined Óglaigh na hÉireann to right the wrongs perpetrated by the British forces on the streets of Ireland.
Iris re-launched (Free article)
7 December 2006
Iris editor Seán Mac Brádaigh, Sinn Féin General Secretary Mitchel Mclaughlin and former political prisoner and current head of Sinn Féin's Roinn an Chlutúir, Séanna Walsh at the official relaunch of Iris, the republican magazine, in Dublin on Saturday, 2 December. The return of Iris has been marked with a special edition dedicated to the memory…
Letter to the Taoiseach By Barry McElduff (Free article)
7 December 2006
I hosted five visitors to Stormont Parliament Buildings last Tuesday, 28 November. It's not really a Parliament but I'll push that issue to the one side for the moment in the interests of 'the big picture'.
Matt Treacy Column (Free article)
7 December 2006
When you are sitting up half the night waiting for the Christmas pudding to be done, you need something to keep you occupied and focused. It also provides plenty of time to think and thus it was that I considered, and rejected, Ciara's proposal that we devote ourselves full time to the production of puddings.
Cabra honours the Hunger Strikers (Free article)
7 December 2006
Members of the original Cabra H-Block/Armagh Action Group from 1981 last weekend unveiled a plaque in memory of the H-Block hunger strike martyrs aswell as hunger strikers Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg who died in 1974 and 1976 respectively. Mick Finnegan, a member of the original action group and of the Caroll/Ashe Cumann, Sinn Féin carried out…
Remembering the Past (Free article)
7 December 2006
December 1986 saw two Irish republicans, Gerry Kelly and Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane - participants in the mass break-out of republican POWs from Long Kesh in 1983 - handed over to the British and extradited from Holland in an RAF helicopter.
Mayo County Council to mark 1981 Hunger Strike (Free article)
7 December 2006
Owen Carron, election agent for Bobby Sands during the Hunger Striker's successful bid for a Westminster seat in 1981 will be the guest speaker of Mayo County Council in Ballina Library this Friday, 8 December.
MEP welcomes Naomh Fionnbarra hurlers to EU Parliament (Free article)
7 December 2006
Last weekend on a field just north of Brussels, close to where Napoleon met his Waterloo, another battle took place when a delegation of hurlers from Naomh Fionnbarra GAA, Cabra played the newly formed Brussels hurling team. The event was organised by Mary Lou McDonald MEP who gingerly threw the sliotar in and the two teams got tore into each…
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