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Centenary of the Belfast Pogrom 1920 (Free article)
21 July 2020
When the Partition of Ireland was first proposed in 1914 James Connolly said that such a scheme would mean “a carnival of reaction both North and South”. In the summer of 1920, as the British government unleashed the Black and Tans, and as it pushed forward legislation to partition the country, the carnival of reaction was seen in its full horror…
Tributes paid following the death of former Sinn Féin MP Tom Mitchell (Free article)
23 July 2020
Tributes have been paid to veteran republican and former Sinn Féin MP Tom Mitchell who died yesterday, aged 88.
The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin (Free article)
25 July 2020
Welcome to The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin where we bring you a flavour of the work and campaigns that we have been engaged in over the past week.
Sinn Féin MP calls for DUP to show leadership on Campbell anti-Irish insults (Free article)
28 July 2020
Arlene Foster and the DUP should ‘show leadership’ and make it clear that there is no room for offensive anti-Irish commentary following a fresh attack on the Irish language by MP Gregory Campbell on social media, a Sinn Féin MP has said.
Remembering the Past – Kevin Lynch and Kieran Doherty laid to rest (Free article)
31 July 2020
This weekend we remember Kevin Lynch and Kieran Doherty, the 7th and 8th 1981 hunger strike martyrs. Kevin Lynch died on August 1st after 71 days on hunger strike. Kieran Doherty died August 2nd after 73 days on hunger strike. Doherty had been elected to the Cavan-Monaghan constituency in the Dáil election of June 1981, while Lynch was a candidate…
The death of Thomas McElwee (Free article)
7 August 2020
THOMAS McELWEE, aged 23, was born in Bellaghy, south Derry, on 30 November 1957. Thomas was arrested following a premature explosion in an IRA operation in October 1976 in which he lost the sight of one eye. His younger brother, Benedict, was arrested in the same incident. Thomas received a 20-year sentence in September 1977.He spent 62 days on…
The death of Michael Devine (Free article)
19 August 2026
August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunger strike. The same day that voters in Fermanagh and South Tyrone elected H-Block candidate Owen…
Seán Russell and the IRA of the 1940s (Free article)
13 August 2020
Eighty years ago on 14th August 1940 Seán Russell died on a German U-Boat and his body was committed to the sea. It was a journey that he began as a founder member of the Irish Volunteers and ended as IRA Chief of Staff attempting to return to Ireland from Germany.
'A day in the Castle - All Ireland Politics in Action' by Declan Kearney (Free article)
13 August 2020
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on the importance of the first meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council in three years.
Sham sandwiches (Free article)
16 August 2020
Cartoons and poetry are rare in An Phoblacht. This weekend we carry both courtesy of Galway Sinn Féin activist Jim Ward.
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