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Drumcree 4 Standoff: Nationalists Will
UIMH 135 JULY — IUIL 1998 50p (USA $1) Drumcree 4 standoff: Nationalists will AS we went to press the Drumcree standoff was climbdown by the British in its fifth day and the Orange Order and loyalists government. were steadily increasing their campaign of The co-ordinated and intimidation and pressure against the nationalist synchronised attack on ten Catholic churches on the night residents in Portadown and throughout the Six of July 1-2 shows that there is Counties. a guiding hand behind the For the fourth year the brought to a standstill in four loyalist protests. Mo Mowlam British government looks set to days and the Major government is fooling nobody when she acts back down in the face of Orange caved in. the innocent and seeks threats as the Tories did in 1995, The ease with which "evidence" of any loyalist death 1996 and Tony Blair and Mo Orangemen are allowed travel squad involvement. Mowlam did (even quicker) in into Drurncree from all over the Six Counties shows the The role of the 1997. constitutional nationalist complicity of the British army Once again the parties sitting in Stormont is consequences of British and RUC in the standoff. worth examining. The SDLP capitulation to Orange thuggery Similarly the Orangemen sought to convince the will have to be paid by the can man roadblocks, intimidate Garvaghy residents to allow a nationalist communities. They motorists and prevent 'token' march through their will be beaten up by British nationalists going to work or to area. This was the 1995 Crown Forces outside their the shops without interference "compromise" which resulted own homes if they protest from British policemen for in Ian Paisley and David against the forcing of Orange several hours. -
SNP Call for Vote on Scottish Independence Briezh
No. 138 Autumn 2007 €4.00 Stg£3.00 SNP call for vote on Scottish Independence Briezh - Election results bode ill for Breton reunification Return of the 'Welsh Not' Irish Immersion Education banned in Republic! Cornish Branch – A target for Police Frustration Questyons Rag Kernow Return the Chronicles Campaign revived in Mann Celtic League AGM 2007 GAELIC NEWS Alba Inverness Gaelic School Opens Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis, Highland Council’s first dedicated Gaelic primary Soraidh Slàn leis a’ Mhòd? school opened in the Highland capital in August 2007. On opening, the purpose-built Chaidh an cèol air feadh na fìdhle anns an dùthchasach a th’ anns a’ mhòr-chuid den school had 100 primary and 45 nursery Lùnastal nuair a thuirt comhairliche cheòl a chluinnear aig a’ Mhòid co-dhiù ach pupils. Gàidhealtach gun robh am Mòd seann- ceòl pop Bhictorianach. Agus ged a tha am Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, Glasgow’s fhastanta, boring agus nach robh e idir Mòd a’ còrdadh ri tòrr dhaoine, tha ceist ann dedicated Gaelic school, has reported an cuideachail don chànain. Thuirt Coinneach mu dè cho fada a mhaireas e mur a tèid cruth increased roll. Pupil numbers at the school MacLeòid, a tha na Comhairliche Lib- na fèise atharrachadh. Tha a’ mhòr-chuid de which comprises nursery, primary and Deamach airson Allt a’ Mhuilinn ann an na daoine a tha a’ dol don Mhòd a’ fàs nas secondary education now stand at 320 which Inbhir Nis, gum bu chòir cur às don Mhòd sine agus chan eil ginealach ùr a’ tighinn ann is up 75 on last year’s figures. -
The Anglo-Irish Truce of 11 July 1921 Which Brought a Formal Conclusion to the Irish War of Independence
University of Limerick Ollscoil Luimnigh The Anglo - Irish Truce: An analysis of its immediate military impact, 8 - 11 July 1921 Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Ph.D. 2014 University of Limerick Ollscoil Luimnigh The Anglo - Irish Truce: An analysis of its immediate military impact, 8 - 11 July 1921 Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Thesis presented to the University of Limerick for the award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Supervisor: Dr. Ruán O’Donnell Submitted to the University of Limerick, September 2014 Abstract This thesis is a study of the dynamics of the Anglo-Irish Truce of 11 July 1921 which brought a formal conclusion to the Irish War of Independence. Although this work explores the origins, character and significance of the agreement, its primary focus is an analysis of the effect the announcement the impending armistice had on the use of lethal violence in the final days and hours of the conflict. It uses empirical data to interrogate existing hypotheses, and test popular theories surrounding the cessation of the Irish Republican Army’s military campaign. Furthermore, it examines in detail the hitherto neglected subject of the reaction and responses of the British forces in Ireland to the agreement. This study also establishes the role the advent of the Truce played in fomenting ‘Belfast’s Bloody Sunday’, one of the most intense outbreaks of sectarian violence in modern Irish history. This thesis addresses key questions which are central to understanding the Truce and the conflict as a whole. The new research presented in this study challenges an established historical narrative. The empirical findings make a useful contribution to the development of a more complex and comprehensive history of the Irish revolutionary period. -
The Land Annuities Agitation in Ireland 1926-32
THE LAND ANNUITIES AGITATION IN IRELAND 1926-32 by DAVID GAHAN THESIS FOR THE DEGREE OF PHD DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: DR JACINTA PRUNTY Supervisor of Research: Prof. Terence Dooley 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements iii List of abbreviations iv Introduction 1 1 Beginning of land annuities agitation 1926 15 2 The agitation continues, O’Donnell works to broaden support base September - December 1926 33 (i) O’Donnell seeks support for non-payment campaign 33 (ii) Government response to non-payment and Ultimate Financial Settlement revealed 47 3 The annuities become a national issue 57 (i) Legal arguments, arrest and trial of O’Donnell 57 (ii) Prelude to General Election, June 1927 69 4 Fianna Fáil, elections and the annuities July – November 1927 79 5 Fianna Fáil, Maurice Moore and alliance with O’Donnell 90 (i) Fianna Fáil pursue position and policy on annuities 90 (ii) Alliance of O’Donnell and Moore 96 6 The ‘No Tribute’ campaign and efforts to build a national movement 104 7 The Anti-Tribute League and local government reaction 122 8 Parliamentary Debates, the Catholic Church, O’Donnell forms closer ties with the Comintern 137 (i) Fianna Fáil’s Dáil motion 137 (ii) Fr Fahy and the annuities 141 (iii) O’Donnell seeks terms with Patrick Hogan 147 (iv) O’Donnell and the European Peasants’ Congress 157 9 Emerging differences within the anti-annuities campaign 164 (i) The agitation under strain 164 (ii) O’Donnell and attempts to radicalise the working farmers, de Valera and elections 173 10 Land annuities and the 1932 General Election 184 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 214 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I express many thanks to Professor Terence Dooley under whose supervision from 2012-16 this thesis was completed. -
Irish Political Review, May 2006
1916 Iraq & Britain 1916 Reality General O'Duffy Philip O'Connor Wilson John Haire Manus O'Riordan page 8 page 11 page 14 IRISH POLITICAL REVIEW May 2006 Vol.21, No.5 ISSN 0790-7672 and Northern Star incorporating Workers' Weekly Vol.20 No.5 ISSN 954-5891 Ahern’s The Psychodrama Of Current Politics Path Of Glory Killing people in war is a good thing. It doesn't matter on which side you do it. It The Taoiseach set out a new scheme of doesn't matter what the object of the Army in which you do it is. Doing it is good in itself. the history of Irish independence in his That is the only meaning to be got from the decision of the Irish Government to speech at the opening of an Exhibition on celebrate the killing done in 1916 both by the Irish Army in Ireland and the British Army the Rising: 1916, 1937, 1972, 1998. And in Ireland, France, Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. he names two statesmen of the develop- . A War of Independence veteran, Dan Keating, is quoted in the Irish Times 1916 ment: Sean Lemass and Jack Lynch. The Supplement (15 April): leader of the Opposition complained that "I regard this thing in Dublin as pure nonsense. It serves nothing… The whole thing this was hijacking the Rising for Fianna is just the Government preparing for an eletion. There has been an Irish Army for more Fail, and listed four other statesmen of the than 80 years, but they haven't regained a single inch of our national territory… I think development, all Fine Gael: W.T. -
Aitheasc an Uachtarán
Republican SINN FÉIN Poblachtach Aitheasc an Uachtarán 103ú Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2007 Presidential Address to Ard-Fheis 2007 from Ruairí Ó Brádaigh A Chathaoirligh, a Theachtaí is a cháirde ar fad. Fearaim Céad Míle Fáilte romhaibh go léir ag an Ard-Fheis seo, an dara ceann is céad de chuid Shinn Féin. You are most welcome to this, the 103rd Ard-Fheis of Sinn Féin. We have just completed another busy year in upholding and promoting the right of the people of Ireland to national independence in the face of a steady campaign to have us accept and normalise British rule in this country. We began the year with highly successful 50th anniversary commemorations in Limerick and in Monaghan of the deaths for Ireland of Sean Sabhat and Fearghal Ó h- Anluain. We had the spectacle of former comrades pretending that they did not die for Irish freedom, that they gave their lives for what is euphemistically called “equality”, that is civil rights under English rule in Ireland. We ended the year with fitting ceremonies for the Edentubber Martyrs in Wexford and at the place of their deaths for Ireland 50 years ago. At New Year, our members in Limerick produced and sold a booklet in memory of Sabhat and Ó h-Anluain, while at year’s end, with help from our members, the staff at Ard-Oifig, brought out a very appropriate Story of the Edentubber Martyrs. The production of such publications is very necessary at this time because of the amount of mis-representation of the high ideals for which our martyrs sacrificed their all. -
Ireland Is a Nation
SEÁN KEENAN COMMEMORATION SUNDAY, MARCH 2 SEÁN KEENAN MEMORIAL BOGSIDE, DERRY 3pm Speaker: UIMH 250 FEABHRA — FEBRUARY 2008 http://saoirse.info 1.50 (£1stg, USA $30 p.a.) Dan Hoban, Mayo British rule is a denial that IRELAND IS A NATION • Final salute: Volunteers of the Continuity IRA fired shots over the grave of Dan Keating in Kiltallagh Cemetery, Co Kerry during January. and therefore cannot be Our country is still divided makes clear: “We do not want people must answer the “IRELAND is one of the most ancient nations in regarded as the ultimate and kept partitioned by to back the Unionists on to a question posed by Terence Europe, and she has preserved her national settlement.” British armed force. cliff-edge politically where MacSwiney: “Whether we integrity, vigorous and intact, through seven In January Volunteers of “There will be no CIRA they will oppose us all the shall in our time merely mark centuries of foreign oppression; she has never the Continuity IRA fired a ceasefire. Instead military more. Neither do we seek to time or write another relinquished her national rights, and throughout volley of shots over the grave operations will be intensified. have them as a permanent and luminous chapter in the the long era of English usurpation she has in every Dan Keating, Patron of The British must declare their disgruntled political minority splendid history of our race.” generation defiantly proclaimed her inalienable Republican Sinn Féin and last intention to withdraw from in one corner of Ireland.” right of nationhood.” and faithful survivor of the Ireland.” This generation of Irish heroic generation of 1913-23, Irish history teaches us that This was the defiant Irish people to exercise their in Kiltallagh Cemetery, Co in every generation there will assertion of the First All- right to national freedom and Kerry. -
Revolutionary Masculinities in the IRA, 1916-1923 Rebecca Mytton
Revolutionary Masculinities in the IRA, 1916-1923 Rebecca Mytton A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sheffield Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department of History January 2020 1 Abstract This thesis examines manly ideals and the experience of masculinity amongst members of the revolutionary Irish Republican Army from the Easter Rising of 1916 to the end of the Irish Civil War in 1923. Whilst the political convictions of these men and the detail of events they participated in have been researched widely, they have not been considered as gendered beings or as inhabitants of sexed bodies. The consistent ideal of martial manliness in the Irish Republican Army has been noted but insufficiently explored by historians, whilst the way that this ideal shaped individual men’s subjectivities, behaviours and experiences has been almost entirely overlooked. This thesis therefore constitutes the first attempt to examine the revolutionary experiences of the Volunteers as men. It firstly explores the consistent norms and ideals of martial manliness which were disseminated across Irish republican discourses, and then considers how those norms and ideals shaped the young revolutionaries’ conceptions, performances and depictions of their masculinity. Specifically, it examines the public presentation of manliness, the regulation and management of emotion, and the experience of brotherhood and male friendship. To do so, the thesis draws primarily on the ego documents – the letters, diaries, memoirs, and other retrospective accounts – of actively engaged Volunteers. These sources are read alongside contemporary public sources in order to ascertain how the pressure to live up to a particular model of military masculinity manifested in the actions, appearances and recollections of IRA soldiers. -
1 Re-Approaching the Social Dimensions of the Irish Civil War
Notes 1 Re-approaching the Social Dimensions of the Irish Civil War 1. Brendan Clifford (1993) The Irish Civil War: the Conflict that Formed the State: a Speech given to the Duhallow Heritage Centre on the 22nd April, 1992 (Cork). 2. Patrick Lynch (1966) ‘The Social Revolution That Never Was’ in Desmond Williams (ed.) The Irish Struggle 1916–1926 (London), pp. 41–54. Francis Costello (2003) The Irish Revolution and its Aftermath, 1916–1923: Years of Revolt (Dublin), p. 285 and passim. R. F. Foster (1988) Modern Ireland, 1600–1972 (London), p. 515. 3. Seán Cronin (1980) Irish Nationalism: a History of its Roots and Ideology (Dublin), p. 219. 4. Richard English (1994) Radicals and the Republic: Socialist Republicanism in the Irish Free State, 1925–1937 (Oxford), pp. 59, 38, 45, and 272. 5. However, the notion of an ‘Irish Revolution’ is not entirely anachronistic. See William O’Brien (1923) The Irish Revolution and How it Came About (Dublin). On the terminological and conceptual issues surrounding the notion of an ‘Irish Revolution’ see the contributions of Charles Townshend, Peter Hart, and Tom Garvin in Joost Augusteijn (ed.) (2002) The Irish Revolution 1913–1923 (Basingstoke). 6. Frank Gallagher (2005 edn) The Four Glorious Years, 1918–1921 (Dublin). 7. On the early ‘conventional’ phase of the fighting see Paul V. Walsh (1998) ‘The Irish Civil War, 1922–1923: a Military Study of the Conventional Phase, 28 June–11 August, 1922’, paper delivered to NYMAS at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York (available online as a NYMAS Fulltext Resource). 8. From de Valera’s famous end-of-war message to the IRA in Maurice Moynihan (ed.) (1980) Speeches and Statements by Éamon de Valera 1917–73 (Dublin), p. -
Kerry Catalogue First Series.Pdf
Irish Life and Lore First Series Kerry Collection NAME: LIAM HANNON Title: Kerry Collection, First Series, CD 1 Subtitle: Recalling the tapes of Fr Cornelius O'Keeffe's accounts of the folklore of the Beale area of north Kerry Recorded by: Maurice O'Keeffe Time: 47.36 Description: While working on the series of 'Kerry Lore' I discovered a collection of tapes once owned by Fr Cornelius O'Keeffe, the editor of the 'Shannonside Annuals' who was also involved in the RTE production 'Radhac'. Many of the tapes contained folklore collected in the 50s and 60s, around the area of Beale in North Kerry. Sadly the sound quality is poor and unsuitable for radio. Liam Hannon, who is the grandson of Bill Hannon whose voice appeared on the early tapes recorded by Fr O'Keeffe, recalls for me the stories as told by his grandfather. NAME: PÁDRAIG Ó CONCUBHÁIR Title: Kerry Collection, First Series, CD 2 Subtitle: Historian on a visit to Carrig Island on the shores of the Shannon Estuary views archaeological sites Recorded by: Maurice O'Keeffe Time: 46.28 Description: Padraig and I met on Carrig Island situated beside Carrigafoyle Castle in North Kerry. The Island is a wonderful magical place, we saw many archaeological sites which old a great sense of history. To find out some of the secrets connected to Carrig Island I toured the island with Padraig. NAME: PADDY HENEGHAN Title: Kerry Collection, First Series, CD 3 Subtitle: Sharing memories of the Dingle Railway Recorded by: Maurice O'Keeffe Time: 50.49 Description: Paddy is a Dublin man from a railway family.