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No. 267 DECEMB ER 1966 CAPTAIN T. O'NEILL DUBLIN! REPLIES TO THE C.A. WHY LEMASS RESIGNED But- he gives little away £APTAIN TERENCE O'NEILL, the six-county Prime Minister, NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED in a letter to Mr. Sean Redmond, General Secretary of the Connolly Association, denies that he lias urged the majority to 'HE long drawn-out in-fighting and horse-trading is over and a Cork man now sits ignore their responsibilities to the minority. as Taoiseach in Leinster House. This is what the Con- genious." He rests his While no great changes of policy are expected, nolly Association charged argument for the retention it is being said that the new Cork man could not him with in a letter sent of partition on the 1925 do much worse than those from other counties who to him on October 26th, agreement which Mr. Cos- have preceded him. which was published in grave signed on behalf of full in the last issue of the the Irish Free State, which The team is substantially and a half, "Posts and Tele- Mr. Lemass's, but re-shuffled. "Irish Democrat." he regards as tripartite. graphs and Transport and Mr. Haughey will no Power," but this may shortly Apart from this he gives In his last paragraph he longer be plagued by the be made one under the title little away. says: "Between your out- militant farmers, as he re- of "Communications." He refuses to accept the look and mine there is places Mr. Lynch as Minis- Mr. Lemass proposed Mr. allegations of "gerryman- evidently an unbridgeable ter for Finance. Mr. Blaney Lynch and Mr. Frank Aiken dering, discrimination and gulf, bat I do not believe becomes responsible for seconded. Mr. Corish was police repression" and there is such a gulf be- Agriculture. Mr. Boland proposed by Mr. James takes local Government, claims the suffrages of the tween my views and those Tully and Mr. Sean Dunne. and Mr. Joseph Brennan And Fine Gael's Mr. population of Northern of many of that 'minority' Social Welfare. Liam Cosgrave was proposed Ireland on the basis of in Northern Ireland for Mr. Childers presides over by Mr. Gerard Sweetman imperial election results. whom you presume to a department with a name and Mr. T, J. O'Higgins. speak." INGENIOUS POLITICAL He describes the Con- The full text of his There is still speculation as to nolly Association's version letter and of the Connolly why Mr. Lemass resigned. It was of the constitutional posi- Association's further reply not, he said, for health reasons, but tion as "complex and in- appears on the back page. for political reasons. These can scarcely have included his accept- ance of a directorship in a company of which his brother Mr. Francis Lemass is chairman. This business M.P. asks about is Messrs. MacDonagh and Boland Ltd, incorporated insurance partition brokers of 51 Dame Street, Dublin. Opinion in Dublin inclines to the Monday, November 14th Mr. v theory that Mr. Lemass's departure Arnold Shaw, M.P., asked the links up with possible develop- Prime Minister In Parliament if he ments at Phoenix Park. While Mr. would "take steps to initiate nego- De Valera's health does not give tiations for the unification of Ire- rise to acute anxiety, at the same land." time it would be rash to assume The Prime Minister replied: "It is that Fianna Fail might be con- not, I think, for me to initiate such fronted with a fresh presidential discussions." election at any time. It is a sad commentary that when The success of Mr. O'Higgins last Mr. Lemass made one of his rare year would favour Fine Gael. It is efforts to raise the issue of parti- taken for granted that If Mr. De tion by asking the British Govern- Valera could only Just manage to ment if they would place obstacles worst O'Higgins, nobody else in In the way of unity negotiations if Pianna Fail would stand an earthly begun on Irish initiative, Sir Alec chance . . . unless Mr. Lemass. Douglas Home had not even the But just at the moment Lenaass's courtesy to reply. name is mud among the Dublin The present Prime Minister's workers. If he were to wait till coyness when looking west at such an election came on, the dirt British handiwork across the Irish would still be clinging to him. sea, contrasts oddly with his deter Mr. Lemass, the arch-opportunist, ruination to maintain a role "East knows that public memories are of 8IMZ." short, and that a period kissing Mr. Arnold, who was born in 1909, babies, paying compliments all was a schoolteacher before being round, and taking care to say pleoted to Parliament, and was nothing of consequence, could educated at the University College quickly cast him in the role of of Southampton. He was born In "elder statesman" and thus secure London. the succession. Gerry Fitt to DONAL O'CALLAGHAN, LORD MAYOR OF CORK THE EDITOR open conference A historical ploture of the man who replaoed Terence MacSwiney. rpHE "Irish Democrat" Conference SEE ARTICLE ON FAMOUS CORKMEN—Page five WISHES which was announced for January 21st in the last Issue of the "Irish Democrat" has been post- ALL READERS poned to February 25th so as to A SERIOUS WORD TO ALL OUR READERS give more time for organisations rPHERE is a serious atmos- The loss has been to some extent mises fund in October/November to elect delegates who do not hold a phere of alarm in the off-set by readers' donations. Many would have raised only odd, A December meeting. "Irish Democrat" office. And a man gives us a shilling for it, and against t h e September^October level of £31. And this £31 was The conference will be opened this voluntary subscription helps why? Because everything we miles below what we need. MERRY CHRISTMAS] by Mr. Oerard Pitt, M.P., one of very much. pay for seems to be shooting up What are we to do? Please think the most vigorous fighters for the in price, and while the price at Irish who has sat in the British But Just now we are faced with it over and send In your contribu- and House of Commons since the time which we sell the "Democrat" the considerable expenditure of tion. of Parnell. remains the same, other income moving into new premises. To do Our beet thanks tot B. F. £3. Q. The venue is the Conway Hall, is beginning to drop. that we wanted to raise £500 on Pill £1, New York Supporters £M, PROSPEROUS lied Lion Square, London W.O.I. The "Irish Democrat" Is not pub- top of our usual donations. But in- W. W. £5, C. Sullivan £1, t. H. 0. £1, Liam Campion £1, C. Cwnnin*- The conference is sponsored by lished for profit-making purpoees. stead of getting an extra boost, NEW YEAR Members of the Lords and Com- But at the same time It cannot con- what we have got in November is ham £3, J. H. £1, CoMwtion Box mons belonging to four political tinue at a loss, and that is the way a sad falling ofT in donations. But £«T 8s. 3d. This brine* the gnmd parties. things have been this year. for our Amerirnn friends the pre- total to mid November £1tt M. 3dL December 1966 2 THE tRISH DEMOCRAT December 1966 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 3 WORLD COMMENTARY IRISH by PAT DEVINE GOVERNMENT POLICY SHOULD BE DEMOCRAT Editor: AIKEN AT U.N.O., TALKS OF CHINA IRISH CONFERENCE IN WEST LONDON C. DESMOND GREAVES ^ S 1966 draws to a close some might contemplate an attack upon about the very attack their govern- I proposed that we should endea- r the running down of jobs that ua- CHANGED " of the most dangerous poli- them. ments fear." J^HERE was considerable criti- not notifying them, so that those Associate Editor: vour to negotiate an agreed settle- cism of the current econo- who raised prices can snap their taking place there would be a tical questions, threatening the MR. AIKEN He may well be right. But surely ment of the problem of the repre- SEAN REDMOND "The most urgent need which con- mic policy of the Labour Gov- fingers at the Act. Rent rises are severe recession after Christmas THE following resolution was passed at the evening conference peace of the world, have taken to concede that is to give the right sentation of China and I quote and it was doubtful whether the fronts this organisation today," of way to the aggressor and leave ernment at a conference called allowed without the necessity of ' called by the "Irish Democrat," in conjunction with the West the centre of the stage, and are "that the Secretary General of the notification. Government would be able to con- London branch of the Connolly Association and Irish Self- 374 Grays Inn Road, set for discussion, one way or said Mr. Aiken to the Assembly, "is other powers at their mercy. four nuclear powers in the Security by the "Irish Democrat" in trol it even if they wished to do so. to stop the further dissemination of The Government was now saying Determination League to discuss what action should be taken by London, W.C.I another. The war in Vietnam, where Council should be asked to negotiate conjunction with West London nuclear weapons; to prevent their America, the giant atomic-bomb with Peking and Taiwan between that it would like to keep at least The chairman, Mr. Desmond It is encouraging that at the Connolly Association i n Irish immigrants in view of the wage-freeze and credit "squeeze" spread to countries not now pos- producer, is brutally bombing inno- now and the next session to find two per cent, of the population Greaves, said he had thought of a * By post 12/- a year twenty-first session of the General Hammersmith Town Hall on initiated by Mr. Harold Wilson's Government. sessing them, and the endless mul- cent peoples without the formality out whether agreement could be ar- unemployed after the so-called re- number of points raised by the Assembly of the United Nations, on tiplication of stockpiles in the of a declaration of war is not likely rived at on the following basis: that Wednesday, November 16th. deployment was over. speakers which particularly affected October 10th, 1966, Mr, Prank Aiken, nuclear states." to give any nation confidence in Taiwan would take a seat in the R. JOHN HOSTETTLER, the Irish, and to help the discussion Deputy Prime Minister and Minister R. MICHAEL COOLEY, mem- RESOLUTION What a pity he did not make a American allegiance to the U.N. or Assembly and that Peking would as- who explained the legal as- which he was now inviting, he for External • Affairs of Ireland M M ber of the Executive Commit- HAT this conference, mainly composed of Irish people in the Labour forthright demand for the banning legality. sume the position of a permanent pects of the prices and incomes would briefly enumerate them. COMMON should deal with these questions in tee of D.A.T.A., and also a member T and trade union movements, appreciates tbe necessity of encouraging his most important speech. of nuclear bombs and the destruc- CHINA AND U.N.O. member of the Security Council, Act. said that this piece of legisla- of the Executive Council of the First there was the obvious fact to the utmost the participation of Irish workers in the struggle to defend tion of all existing stockpiles. The accepting to be bound by the tion had nothing to do ' with that all workers in this country In that part of his speech dealing Connolly Association, said he was trade union rights and praotices and to change the policy of the Labour NUCLEAR WEAPONS achieving of that aim would bring Purposes and Principles of the Socialism, but resembled that were in this, so all must stand to- with China and U.N.O., Mr. Aiken expressing his union's policy Government so that it favours the working class rather than the employers, MARKET Undoubtedly the Chinese success more solace and happiness to the said: "Mr. President, in 1961 I urged Charter, by a non-dissemination which established the Italian Cor- gether. The Irish could obviously which coincided with his own views. and suggests that the following points should be drawn to their attention: in developing the atomic bomb and people of the world than a million that the United Nations should agreement and by an agreement porate state, in other words only lose by standing alone. That HE new Taoiseach, Mr. Jack He described the system being (1) That Britain's economic- difficulties arise from the fact that Britain experimenting with a guided missile pious speeches and resolutions. Mr. enter into negotiations in the Far that all other nuclear states would Fascism. gave them only one option, and Lynch is reported to be seek- introduced by the Labour Govern- has troops in 27 countries (including north of Ireland) and expends T to accomplish the delivery of the Aiken of course wants to ban the East for the purpose of securing go to the assistance of a non-nuclear that was to participate in the ing an early meeting with Mr. bomb, has once again pushed this It was untrue that It had not ment as "planned Toryism." We annually £2,300 million on foreign military purposes. bomb ultimately. peace between Peking and Taiwan state attacked by a nuclear power. labour and trade union movement Harold Wi*son. This soetns de- •problem into the forefront of world been introduced into other English- knew what Toryism was and that it (2) That Irish citizens in Britain have by virtue of their employment It should be remembered that and settling the question of the and defend their interests in an pressing^ like the first act of every politics. speaking countries. It has been was anarchic. Now we were being West Germany, has just elected "In present circumstances it organised way. the common status of all British workers and should therefore seek new British Premier, which is to representation of both countries in tried by a Labour Government in given the same thing but co-ordi- No longer is the bomb the exclu- eight Nazis to the Hesse State Par- might be more fruitful to have tbe to solve their problems in unity with all other workers in this country go to Washington for his orders, the United Nations—indeed a some- Australia and they lost the next nated and planned. This was the The speakers had all indicated irrespective of nationality, colour or creed, through the agency of sive preserve of the major powers, liament, at a time when the what similar suggestion was made question of the representation of and we hope that Mr. Lynch will China and Taiwan explored by the election to the Tories, who then opposite of socialism. that the ultimate solution was the working-class movement. America and Russia and Great Federal Government is in disarray, by the distinguished representative think very seriously before setting Secretary General and I am sure it used it twice as severely. Two per cent of the taxpayers of political, and involved a complete (3) That Irish workers should be warned against attempting personal Britain. Not so long ago they were with the resignation of Erhard as of Italy. Mr. Bosco, in the General - i foot in the mine-field where so would be generally agreed that the this country owned 50 per cent, of change in Government policy. He or individualist short outs, such as acceptance of contract or self- joined by Prance; and now by Chancellor, and when the talk of Debate last year. Under the Act trade unions must many Irish hopes have been blown China, who state they will never responsibility for the difficult nego- the wealth. Seven per cent, of the would add that there must be no employed status, and should avoid any praotices which In the long allowing the West Germans to have "I felt then and I feel now that notify a wage increase to the Prices to bits. use it for attack. tiations involved could not be taxpayers owned 84 per cent, of the question of returning to the Tories. run result In loss of sick, unemployed or ether social benefits, as access to nuclear weapons is grow- if an independent Taiwan became and Incomes Board. The Board can Mr. Lemass, that ineffectual and placed in better hands." wealth—the remaining 93 per cent, The Tories would simply use the these prove beneficial ultimately only to the employers. This Chinese success in a great ing. She is also increasing her a member of the Assembly of the then call for any documents it unlamented figure, is on his slow had only the remaining sixth of Labour legislation in a more vicious (4) That sinoe no section of tin papulation is lesa afftoted by raoial nation, which for so long was under demands for the return of those United Nations in her own right likes. There is ample machinery for way to the Park. Now is the op- From the above one would con- the country's wealth to divide way. And despite the barrage of or colour prejudice than the irWH every effort should be made to the heel of imperialism, and of areas which she lost at the end of and left the China seat to be filled long delay. Failure to comply in- propaganda against trade unionism, portunity to scruntlnise his clude that the propositions made among the whole lot of them. This refute propaganda to the effeot that Irish man and women aw whose people, so caHed enlightend the war. by the Peking Government, the volves a fine of £50. Particularly any petulant tearing up of union policies and steer another course. were simple, clear and satisfactory. is the situation the Government involved In recent acts of prejudice against their African or Asiatic political commentators, have been Mr. Aiken referred to a number establishment of an area of peace shocking is the provision by which The reason Mr. Lemass acted as ought to be tackling. It. could cards or with-holding political levy, arrogantly contemptuous, is a high of wise men who "realise that the in South East Asia, guaranteed by But it is not so. trade union minute books can be colleagues. a kind of reverse Midas, all the hardly be said that the country would only weaken the struggle for tribute to the capacity of the attempt by a non-nuclear state to the United Nations and the nuclear hauled before the Board and gold he touched turning to stone was in difficulties because the a change in Labour policy. Chinese Government and its people produce, or otherwise acquire a few powers might be more acceptable. Taiwan is not a nation as such. scrutinised by the enemies of trade and turf, was that he never under- and a signal warning to any who It is an artificially-created fake workers, were getting too big a He would warn against attempts R. JOE O'CONNOR of Earls of those present from the business atomic bombs might well bring "In the General Debate of 1964 unionism. stood what Countries like Ireland "nation" brought into being and share. to find personal escape routes Court Rails said he heartily in hand. But there need be no fear If the workers get tired of wait- M are now fighting. Instead of the maintained by the United States as He pointed out that Britain was along the lines of contracting or concurred with those who had that this would be repeated. ing and a strike supervenes, then king's horses and the king's men, a war base in the Far East tc paying £2,300000,000 on foreign self-employment, which he believed traced Britain's difficulties to an not only those who strike can be R. SEAN REDMOND said he it is something invisible, but a threaten China proper and the military expenditure every year. would afford only temporary relief. attempt to maintain imperialism. imprisoned, but anybody who ad- M was looking round the room thousand timeG more powerful and ARE UNIONISTS REFORMING? other South East Asian countries vocates strike action. This colossal sum would modernise Likewise it needed little intelli- He agreed with what the speakers and almost everybody present insidious. It is the embattled striving for self determination. Whereas there is provision for the industry ten times over. One gence to see that attempts to shift had said. seemed to belong to a trade which powsr of the imperial millions, J^ MINOR miracle occurred tion with the assertion that "the at last to give some financial as- notification of price increases un- blatant example was the the blame on to other immigrant Taiwan has no right to be in the R. LEN SQUIRES said he was had an unsatisfied wage-claim in sufficient to bribe almost anyone, at Stormont in November. A Government's assessment of the sistance to the Mater Hospital in der the Act, there is no penalty for £1,000,000,000 borrowed from the groupings would be of no avail. need for reform" would determine United Nations. She is an integral M a full-time official of the the pipe-line. Btot It dieted seem to purchase almost anything, and by Unionist M.P., for the first time Belfast. But it emerged that foreign bankers in return for which progress—not demands from non- part of China proper which should He was glad to see the Irish were T. & G.W.U. and could say the affect Prince Charles. Ho^fcought sheer reiteration to remake cul- in history, got up and-deciared neither the Unionist Parliamentary Mr. Wilson promised the present Unionists. 1 have the seat on the Assembly and virtually free of colour prejudice, Irish were playing their part. One that too much stress could not be tures, brainwash and turn people Party nor the Cabinet itself was "squeeze." that the Unionist dictatorship the Security Council. but unscrupulous newspapers were into other people. As for abuses in local govern- prepared even to grant this sop. This is the exact cost of buying of his branches was 90 per cent. put on the importance of increas- in Derry City was all wrong trying to pretend that they were ment, he blandly held up the ex- The "Belfast Telegraph" com- American war-planes. Every penny Irish. It had 400 members, and ing the membership of the Con- The Common Market is the and ought to be done away IT IS LIKE GIVING THE SIX not. There must be a constant fight ample of a Local Government Bill mented angrily: "This is another of the loan to keep Britain sol- there were never less than 200 at nolly Association and the circula- apotheosis of big imperial finanoe. with. COUNTIES A U.N.O. SEAT IN- against all forma of discrimination. now before the House—a measure example of the still tangled and vent was squandered buying mili- a branch meeting. tion of the "Irtsh Democrat." After pummelling the British pubilo STEAD OF ENDING PARTITION. into a mood when it will acoept Mr. Nat Minford, M.P. for An- merely to f^ilit&te "voluntary thorny state of politics that makes tary equipment abroad. And this at Perhaps he shouttl also add that At the same time he would Say And more than distributing the should jom anything, the great poiiti«ai trim, said: "In my opinion, it is mergers" of small councils. an absurdity of all pretensions of a time when an old age pensioner while a man could only be jailed that though the Irish were indus- "Democrat," he would like to see mostly hear-say. Dark whispers in chameleon in Downing Street has wrong that a city like Derry, which goodwill. towards the minority.' Tp VERY Irishman and woman gets £200 a year—and, he might in connection with a strike on trially very militant, they had not reporting to it. The paper had one Repeatedly, Mr. William Craig, private ears by British Government blundered Into plunging them to is two-thirds Catholic and. one- What the Minister of Health, should obviously be in a add, a military police dog in Singa- wages, most strikes took place on yet all found their feet in the poli- full-time worker The Connolly now Minister of Home Affairs, has spokesmen, etc. their ruin, for the greater glory of third Protestant, should be con- Mr. Morgan, had said in Parlia- pore gets £1,200 a year. There were issues of recognition, conditions of icals of his country, and he would Association was the same. Round rejected demands for a local om- trade union. But as- well every- the same financiers and monopo- trolled by Protestants." ment, the paper pointed out was There is probably a degree of few people in the room as well paid labour and such things as safety. like to see them in meetings like them was a magnificent apparatus budsman on the ground that it is one of them should be in the lists. Let us hope he thinks again, Grant Mr. Minford a flash of "just the same" as what Mr. truth in them. There's no doubt as a police dog. It was most important that the this where the political implications of voluntary helpers. He wanted wrong to suggest that there are Connolly Association. or De Gaulle preserves him from inspired truth. But, however William Grant, then Minister, said Wilson wants it to be thought be Like Mr. Hostettler he considered existence of legislation against of industrial developments were that apparatus extended on to any injustices which call for one. his folly. genuine the spirit which moved in 1947. is helping things along. But how The work the Association does strikes should not be allowed to being discussed. every job so that the "Democrat- Those looking hopefully for signs, the present measures as a deliber- him, his protest evokes more Recently Capt. O'Neill went to far? More cautious colonials win in- relation to the rights, working intimidate workers whose particular He referred to productivity agree- could fully reflect the daily in- E economic argument is very however, might be inclined to read ate assault on the fabric of trade wonder about its timing than about Derry to make a "major policy consider how adept Mr. Wilson is and.' living conditions of the Irish unionism. The planned unemploy- struggle at any moment might be ments. The B.Q.C. one was a case terests of the Irish in Britain and rsimple. Big business wants a some augury into last month's in pulling the wool over the eyes its boldness. Why just now? speech" to Unionists there—but in Britain is not always apprecia- ment was designed to break the on some of the other issues. There in point, and he had had a hand their workmates of other nationali- bigger market go ad protection categorical announcement that the of the natives, who are permitted The Derry gerrymander has been dropped no word of warning about ted. But it is an important part of wages fabric of those who remained was evidence that employers were in negotiating it. It meant shorter ties. mutt be withdrawn from omaW busi- four university seats at Stormont to take much more out of "uno- a disgrace for nearly two genera- changes to come. Even the common our operations. No one could claim in work. It was a far cry from the trying to bring about such a posi- hours, boosted output and reduced ness so that big business can figtrt are definitely to be abolished. fficial leaks" than can later be After further contributions the tions. It was as bad ten or twenty platitude about "adapting our- that the wage freeze has hit the "modernisation" promises with tion. overheads. But the Government it out In a clear field. It Is ail about They return two Unionists and sustained. chairman read out a resolution years ago. How come that a selves to changing conditions" was Irish and no one else. But in some which Mr. Wilson won the election. Finally he warned against the banned it This illustrated Mr. profit for financiers and about two opposition members, as a rule which he had been drafting as the Unionist—albeit a lone wolf—should missed. Did Wilson really insist on de- ways the Irish are more badly hit. Low wages could never help danger of making the sole attack Cooley's point that present poli- nothing else whatever, except inr —so that this "reform" would leave various points were made, and this, discover it to be "wrong" precisely •ir ft ft mocracy for Derry in his confron- They tend to be in industries which modernisation. on the Labour Government, and cies were the contrary of moderni- so far as the protocaon of that us quits if there were no doubts was proposed by Mr. O'Connor and In this Autumn of 1968T SOMETHING special must have tation with ONeill in Downing are more vulnerable, especially the The American employer paid forgetting the basic enemy was sation profit entails ooionlal Wars, or at- about the new distribution of the seconded by Mr. Colm Power. Something has definitely changed. ^ stung Mr. Minford to make his Street—or was it just a pleasant building trade. There are therefore dearly for his labour and used it still the employers. tempts across the borders of the vacant four. R. COLM POWER spoke of The answer js unmistakably in the daring declaration. The smell of chat over luncheon, as 0"Nei> special features which make it im- economically. The British employer After it had been passed unani- Capt. O'Neill has stated that the I|AW> J. FITZGERALD said that M atmosphere. The sweet smell of Reform clearly does not emanate claims? perative for the Irish to be on their wanted cheap labour as many of the closing of E.N.V. He and mously it waa decided to' convene Tbe British farmers will be four will be added to the number there was a high proportldn Reform—with a capital R—.per- from Stormont, where the majo- toes. ,, them knew only how to waste it. his colleagues had been "re- the conXerence again in the New beggared. But they are expandable. of Belfast constituencies, and it Hints of an impending big re- vades the Six-County scene. Some rity of noses still do not even de- The Irish should play their part High wages and high productivity of Irishmen on the North London deployed" from a well-organised Year, to see whether in view of Are we so sure U» Irish faamen would taken no artist in gerry- form from O'Neill are suspiciously noses are more sensitive to it than tect it. It comes from elsewhere. wtth the British workers in op- went together. District Committee of the A.KU. factory into non-union sweat-shops experience gained there was any will gain so muob? The BrltWti mandering to re-draw the bound- unspeeffle. Did O'Neill not explain and they certainly did not intend others, and Mr. Minford's is one Two sources are commonly men- to Wilson that if be surrendered posing cuts in their standard of Mr. Cooley concluded by saying some of which had since closed reason for offering any farther ad- worker will pay up to 20 per cent aries to put the Unionist Party One of the more so. tioned. First,, a considerable weight Derry he would stand naked tor lltthg. But they need also to have that the root cause of Britain's to be Intimidated. down and put them on the dole. vice to the Irish community. more for Ms food. Of hours* be Up. TWtence the odour wafts Is, how- is being placed on rumours that what Paisley says he is—a their own organisation to make sore problem was that her Government There was no doubt that re- has too much money to apend anar ever, another question. IT Reform A ft Mr. Wilson has given Capt. O'Neill "Lundy"? that the problems of the Irish im- was afraid to break with deployment did react against trade way. Small industrialists, inohid- looms large, and if there is an un- / yNE fact alone gives rise to some his orders and that Westminster is migrant are brought to the atten- Imperialism. In the olden days unionism. In* the JrMi. will ba eliminated. Hopes should be confirmed, or doubted sense of the impending In ^ optimistic expeot&tions of re- insisting on a radical and dramatic tion* of the movement as a whole. when Britain had troops in India Mr. Charles Cunningham re- But why didn't they hand over shattered on December 13th, when THE C.A. RJND the political air, it would he form emanating from Stormont clean-up of Six-County politics. The Connelly Association is air she charged them to the Indian i called the time when he and Mr. THE DEBATS their Mairnme to the Ml Mp the Queen's Speech is delivered at reasonable to expect some indica- That is the information, released Second, and much more tangible, ready doing this job. You will read budget. She could not get away "O mZRtlDHO you do costs you Squires had been fellow shop- wan ago? "Devodoplng Ceuatries" the opening of the new session at tion of intention from the powers offlolally, that the departments con- is the evidence of an unprecedented a neport in this issue of the West with that in the modern world, and money, well nearly everything. stewards at Kjrda. There ware many wfD faoe a stona-waH buyers' price- Stormont. THAT WASNT that he In the Government cerned are "engaged in a compre- build-up of pressure, of a more Laridea conference. But we oaed was crippling herself in pursuit of Nobedy will say "that doesn't Uriah than. His mind vent oat to ring When fhey offer their primary Forthcoming Government So far, no flowers have been hensive and far-reaching survey of unanimous character than ever a anvMh bigger organisation. The hopeless dreams of world dominion. apply to me." Unfortunately we the Irish in the dx counties. The TIT HAT happened to the mucfe- products Tar sale. But aren't they sures to be announced then will m- 1 noticed in the Stormont garden every aspect of local government." seen before, among all democratic riooortatiMi is the only Irish or- am not in the happy position of Government * blunt weapon hit all publicised and talked-about used to starvation? And If Irish veal how much substance there is to exude such scented promise. opposition groups in the Six ganisation in Britain which ]» help- R. JOHN GOULD said that being able to say "that doesn't indiscriminately. The last time debate on partition at London Uni- industry goes to the Mall, Ireland Here will be found, eventually, in the "progressive" stance of the Nary a hint has come from a Counties itself, and the British ing to secure Irish national de- M the preceding speakers had apply to the Connolly Association" there waa a squeeze unemployment versity Union, motion that Britain Should never have had any any- the proof of the pudding. It is Six-County Premier—and how muflti Cabinet Minister to suggest that Labour rank and file. mands, simultaneously with assist- made most of the points he had Because it does, and how! Every- went up to 11 per cent. He read should gat out of Br el and? way, All this has been oomoMn- ooTrvmon knowledge that Unionist trust can be placed in the in- 1 the Unionist regime has any plans Of the two sources, the second in® the Irish In this country to win intended to make, and. therefore thing we do eosta us money. about closures in Derry, and threats The charming young fedy at the ptaoe of Tory-lmperlaBst "thought" Party headquarters In Glengall fluence of Old Perfidious. j, to make a radical reduction in the is the only one we have proof of. aad maintain a d«Xnt standard of he would cut his speech short to The people who understand this to the shipyards. If only for the Unioo/s Matet Street headquarters, for a generation. The anty novelty Street are also engaged as busily A miracle like Minford might number of abuses it enjoys at the The only real signs of the Inevita- lMhg. give more time for discussion. He show It in a practical way—they effict Mi was having in Ireland, the told the "Irish Democrat" that it Is that It Js now espoused by a and deeply in surveying the same happen, but all the pointers at the moment. bility of reform are to be found in lHirther details of how to Join will himself, and his colleagnes in the send us donations. Bat the trouble Oovenuaent's present mistaken had to be cancelled. "They ram into Labour Government problem. Hopes for great things are moment are that the struggle for public opinion, here and ki Britain. b« sent if you fill in the form building trade, had had direct ex- is that far too few people under- policy should be opposed. political trouble," she added with For Britain the whole thing may ft ft ft being tempered with suspicions of a reform will become the more urgent There is no ml.staking the In- bAv, It is not enough to say "I perience of unemployment caused stand that an organisation Is like R. J. LOWE of the London a mischievous laugh. prove a ftasoa Tor Ireland It may new gerrymander. responsibility of democratic forces /~\N the contrary, repeated efforts sistent nature of the mounting thftk I'U fill in that form/' Sit by the squeeae. an individual, like yourself and M Branch ef the Sheet Metal prove a disaster. British Industry, The results of this survey when within the Six Counties. It was to have been Captain Orr " by opposition members of the popular demand. It is reflected not d<2rn straight away and do it! What he leaned was that with everyone else. It needs hard cash Workers' Union suggested that hisotoutfy feathertodrfed for 1M —if ever—they are presented to versus Gerry Fit*. But suddenly it Stormont assembly to elicit in- merely in resolutions of political to stay alive. So if you think the those present should urge their years does not yet know what Parliament will constitute the test occurred, to Captain Orr that the formation about the Government's parties, trade unions and civil work of the Connolly Association is organisations to be represented at Matts of competition Its effete aii- of the Government's vaunted "pro- "constitutional position" "was not intentions have met with tradi- rights associations, etc., but In Important why not help with a a conference at the Beaver Hall, stoeratlo managements are to face. gressive policies" (whatever, at the JOIN THE CONNOMT ASSOCIATION a subject for debate." This was tional truculence and denials that speeches at many non-political PAISLEY'S DEGREE donation? London on December 3rd. This was Who seriously believes It can oom- moment, they might be). thought good in reference to the anything Is so seriously wrong as bodies such as the Irish Associa- fill m-nmromff We are grateful for the following called by the Liaison Committee pste? H may help Germany to Derry city will be the crux, sym- UEADLINE on the "Prtfc most debated subject in Ireland. to require major reform. tion"" donations reoelved: M. Malone to/-, for the Defence of trade unionism MmMb out Franoa, but win It stand bolic as it is of the dirty work done Then followed frantic efforts to "Progressive" Premier O'Neill re- testant Taitgrapk" Please send me full particulars of how I can join the F. Kearney «1, P. Cronln £2, Nora of which Mr. Clive Jenkins was a up to the heimaneT Much more in local government throughout the Even Queen's University Llterific find somebody psepared to face Mr. cently parried an opposition ques- Society overwhelmingly passed a edited by Ian PaMay tke Connolly Association. Kennedy »/-, T. Grahame io/-, W. prominent sponsor. The secretary Fltt, who already had Mr. Frank ithMy Britain will booome an off- area. Any re-drawing of local Belfast ProtooUuU extre- was Mr. J. Hiles. 1 Teynton Ter- government constituencies which motion demanding a British Gov- Lenihan 10/-, M. B raft nan £4 5a, McCabe In lighting form to back shore Island whore European mono- mist: issue «f Novamfeer ; J. J. Daly £1, P. Mo Malty «/3, Miss race. N.17. poly ticks over Its tpare oapadty, Far bettor a policy of Sinn would leave the monstrous Derry ernment inquiry into the state of Name ... him up Nobody could be found affairs in the Six Counties, McKay l/e, L O'Dohorty 8/6, Anon. There was a 5s. fee which en- -^-.a-i-a- . ij i i.|Li>ii Tlmra. sail I > ol *uUcttnc mo homa rmlwn with gerrymander intact would be a 5th: 'Boh Jones «Mv«nity till the British Empire Loyalist* ff WfMft r0qltvnNBi I nwu win ft ft ft 16/4, Sooth London readers £2 9s. titled an organisation to four dele- offered to fill the breach. native oopital aad labour, and scandal of flabbergasting magni- confers D.O. Address irony (hat Britain should ti • iMiia i^Hi ika imIuvIa hmuMI Ihi> tude. \ S for reports of Mr. Wilson's 3d., KUburn readers £1 ss. 3d., VWI- gates. On a previous occasion the Ms. Pitt thought this too much, • . . mAt. ana .1UIIM1 9 wl ifi \f™ wimo WWW wnw Editor." The "Bah — m ** "interference" (In violation of lesdan readers £1, Camden Town hall had been Oiled by Tiotskyltes .10 he went to speak to the Siough. mo position Ira ownnm la aaawd to trad* in return* That Just last month Stormont had University" Is in readers l/e, Wast London reader* and other people with no real in- ILabour Party. "But we hope to hold, for intend; but should intend 4mmM *o Mr. Lynohl path. IM an opportunity of making a minor the Government of Ireland Act, Carolina. Cut out and post to 374 Grays Inn Road, London, W.C.I. £1 148. 9d., Holloway Road 11/1. terest in trade unionism who had It next term," said the debonnalre tften become the off-shore off-shore us hopo he wUI take It. "progressive" gesture by agreeing incidentally), these have been Total £11 14s. 3d. succcedcd in diverting the attention student spokesman. island? 3 THE tRISH DEMOCRAT December 1966 December 1966 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 3

LIFFEY LIGHTS by ANTHONY COUGHLAN Take it to court, huh? CORK'S REBEL TRADITIONS ( 'ORK is long known as then Lord Mayor of Cork. that lie would take no food O'Connor, Seam O'Hegariy. s^INCE legislation to promote WHAT THE FARMERS ARE FIGHTING FOR the rebel city. Whether I NTO his place stepped an from then on, and dead or and above all Liam Lynch. 1 religious discrimination is even more famous figure, vas during the night. It was icily changing crowd around the With two bye-elections pending the velopment of agriculture as of in- it is still that or not, it is aliVP he would be free in a Liam Lynch was born in the U/HAT is it like to be sitting if that is possible, Terence cold in Merrion Street and after farmers. Government had to make peace, dustry. forbidden in Northern Ireland certainly a city with an month. townlands of Barnagurraha 011 for three weeks in the MacSwiney. He was born in midnight only an occasional passer- "We have got the sympathy of and negotiations are now going on irTiHE Meat Marketing Board has under the 1920 Act, anybody atmosphere of its own. Its Next day he was taken out the western slopes of the Gal- gutter of a Dublin street —in Cork City in 1879 and edu- by or motor car paused for a while the city people,'' said Cathal, "and about the Meat Marketing Board as its aim to ensure that the who thinks he is discriminated fool council have destroyed of Ireland by force and tee Mountains. the middle of autumn, at all cated by the Christian lodged in Brixton jail London. to take in the scene, the huddle that is something the Government and the Small Farm Plan the people who have the maximum in- against can take the matter up This is a few miles north of times of the day and night? the once splendid Mar- Brothers at the North Monas- It was hoped that deprived ol of men under the bleak electric can't ignore. Besides too, every farmers have been demanding. terest in getting a good price for Mitchelstown on the borders in the courts. dyke, and allowed cheap tery Schools. His family cir- the support of his fellow- Only the nine N.F.A. men who light and the squad of policemen day we are sitting here the Govern- "It will be worth it all if we get Irish livestock and meat should of the most revolutionary area Such was Sir Alec Douglas Home's surburban houses to mar cumstances prevented his townsmen he would lose his picketed the Department of shifting wearily on the steps of the ment is losing farmers' votes all those two demands," said Cathal, have control over their marketing of Tipperary. He was of a bland assumption when challenged the north-western sky-line, availing of scholarships which determination. But a cam- Agriculture in this way could Department of Agriculture. over the country. Suppose one of "It would give new hope to the —and these people are the farmers. younger generation than Mac- by the Nationalists. would have taken him to the paign for his release gathered Cathal Quinn was only up to the picket got seriously ill, the farmers, and show that the com- At present the marketing abroad and the speculative vul- Swiney, being born in 1893. He tell us —the men who suc- According to a new brochure by University and he worked as a throughout the world. Early in join his comrades for one night. Government could not resist the munity as a whole oared. The tures from England are took charge of flying columns ceeded for the first time in of our main export—store cattle to the "Campaign for Social Justice," clerk for 17 years. August, 1920 30,000 English He was one of the many farmers clamour.'' spirit everyone has shown has been settling one by one in its during the war of indepen- years in bringing home to the Britain—is in the hands of jobbers Mr. McHugh was born and lived all workers demonstrated for his who came from every part of Ire- TTE was right. The farmers may terrific. A year ago the N.F.A. central streets. But for the With MacCurtain he joined dence, and like O'Callaghan masses of the frish people the and dealers. his life in Dungannon, but recently release. He died 011 the 75th land to share the vigil of the nine not have brought down the could not have been got moving in the I.R.B. and participated in took the Republican side in The jobber and dealer makes his had to go outside the boundary to moment it is still Cork. day of his hunger-strike in the problems and demands of the original members of the picket. It \he way it has now. But the mem- all branches of the Irish- the Civil war. Government, but they almost cer- money on a margin. That is, he is get a house. His accommodation And now there is a Cork presence of the great Repub- country's small farmers. was the long endless hours before bers have been pressing from below, Ireland movement. Like him tainly contributed to Mr. Lemass's interested in getting a price for the was then damp'and rat-infested and man as Taoiseach what will lican priest Father Dominic. The tragic story of that Cathal Quinn is a staunch mem- dawn that were the worst, he told and all hell wHl break loose If we too he became a leader of the sudden retirement from the poli- cattle he brings to England that is he had been on the Council's wait- happen. Will he remember the well-fought but ill-decided ber of the N.F.A. from County me, when sleep was difficult for the don't got what we are fighting for." Volunteers and was bitterly / 1ORK was still able to pro- tical scene. His going has given a certain percentage above the ing list for eight years. He had traditions of his native place? struggle has been told by Mr. Mayo. He was well wrapped up likes of him who wasn't as used to disappointed at the failure of vide men to step into the rise to another re-shuffle of mini- HAT are they fighting for? price he paid for them rather than been proposed by the Independent Or will he do to Cork what Florence O'Donoghue, the bio- for the night when I met him. it as the others. The daytime was Cork to make its planned con- place that MacSwiney had so sterial jobs under Mr, Jack Lynch, W in getting the maximum possible councillors sixteen times in two Mr. Lemass did to his native grapher of Thomas MacCur- Wellington booted, heavy-overcoated, different. Then there were con- Of the total of 210,000 farmers tributions to the Rising in nobly vacated. The next and in the process Mr. Haughey— price. In other words, a dealer can years. In that period the Dungan- Dublin, where derelict streets tain. Suffice it to say that with and bulging in a way that indi- tinual comings and goings as the in Ireland there are 150,000 who 1916. Though all were ready Mayor was Donal., O'Calla- bete noir of the farmers of Ireland make as much profit by buying a non Council had allocated houses and mean modern buildings Lynch's death in the Knock- cated there were several pullovers 'itizens of Dublin came to look at have less than 50 acres of land only Galway and Wexford ghan. who had also been ac- —has moved elsewhere. A compro- cow at £60 and selling it in to newly-wed'Protestants who lived increasingly meet the eyes of mealdown mountains on April underneath. Even with the hot the picket and show their soli- and could be classed as small were able to do much outside tive in Sinn Fein and the mise was come to over the men in England at £70 as by buying it at 40 miles away and others who were those who once saw one of the 10th, 1923, the hopes of Irish soup and coffee available from the darity. Many thousands signed th? farmers. The average incomes of Dublin, and MacSwiney felt I.R.B. Despite the risks en- Merrion Street. The picket was £70 and selling it at £80. In fact not even on the council's waiting- architectural glories of Europe. republicanism were dashed for nearby N.F.A. caravan and the visitors' book and it went con- this almost personally. tailed he continued the affairs withdrawn and the Minister met these farmers is less than £7 a high prices for meat in England list at all. That remains to be seen. a generation. sheltering of the overhanging can- tinually from hand to hand in the When MacCurtain was mur- of his important office as con- the farmers almost simultaneously. week. It doesn't come in weekly may cut down the dealers' profits. But if he has a memory there T) Y, means of gerrymandering the dered he readily took his place. scientiously and efficiently as Republicanism has had its either, but spread out over the is much to remember. Take for ups and downs since then. year very often, whenever the The farmer who produces the Unionists control two-thirds of It was not an easy office. Re- his two great predecessors. animal originally is the only man the seats on the Dungannon Coun- example the three great Lord peatedly there were rumours There have been many weary farmer sells a few cows or calves. Mayors of the days of the Under the Sinn Fein ad- years and many disappoint- The incomes of farmers are low interested in getting the maximum cil. that he had been sent the way price, and he can qnly do it if troubles. The oldest was ministration Cork City became ments. because much of their land is under Anyway, Mr. McHugh was en- of MacCurtain. He was indeed Play B.B.C. banned for Belfast marketing is in the hands of a Thomas MacCurtain, born in arrested while performing his a paragon of clean healthy But the young people are stocked, their farms under capi- couraged by Sir Alec Douglas 1884 at Ballyknockane, 14 drawing from the political game board with strong farmer control. duties in the Town Hall, the municipal administra tion. turning back to the traditional WHEN Sam Thompson's play tion must be fought my way or I talised. The Small Farm Plan put Home's assurances to sue the coun- miles north of the city. There was not one financial allegiance. The question for as he is threatened with exposure won't stand," he tells his father, Such a Meat Marketing Board authorities having discovered "Cemented With Love" is forward by the N.F.A. proposes cil. And of course since this was He came to live in the city scandal or accusation of cor- Mr. Jack Lynch, the new over some housing speculation. He a ranting fierce old man, magnifi- would be able to plan the market- that prominent I.R.A. officers put on in Belfast, it will be that every farmer taking part a test case, and Mr. McHugh and at the age of 13 and was ruption. For the first time "it Taoiseach, and the first Cork calls his son John home from cently played by Ray McAnally. The ing of meat and livestock and other happened to be in the build- better than a stream of pam- would have to draw up a three to the Campaign were both lacking in active in the Gaelic League was not whom you knew, but man to hold that office, and Canada to step into his seat. The young man fights .it his way. We meat products over a long period. ing at the same time. This phlets or a whole flood of five year plan in consultation with means, it was decided to ask for and I.R.B., afterwards helping what you knew.' at an age young enough to play opens in the Orange Hall are shown the public speech It could buy in bulk from the was the cover for arresting his local agricultural instructor, so legal aid. to found the Cork Branch of O'Callaghan was lucky make him responsive to the speeches in teaching politics to where the young Kerr gets the making of the candidates—and farmers and plan sales abroad in the Lord Mayor. that capital would be allocated to It was refused. Arthur Griffith's Cumann na enough to survive the 'tan war. feelings of youth, is whether the people. For this play on an nomination, although his plea for there is a Liberal thrown in for good the most efficient way. It would the most productive enterprise on So if you have a few thousand nGael, forerunner of Sinn Then came the civil war where he will continue the cheap election in a Six County town tolerance towards catholics leaves measure who antagonises both have a research unit which could He was tried on trumped-up that particular farm. The Govern- foresee trends in demand in a way spare you can take up the dis- Fein. charges with faked evidence, he lived up to MacSwiney's economic utilitarianism of the shows the political and religious the Orange bigots cold. There is sides. At first the people are non- ment would need to assist with a criminators and have a chance of much trumpeting of the "Sash" that is impossible now. His part in the struggle for some of which might have tradition and fought as did old opportunist who now re- set-up in the North with a plussed by the policy of tolerance sliding scale of grants to enable forcing them to give you a council and "Dolly's Brae." Then we independence has become a been legitimately used against MacSwiney's sisters, on the tires, or will he infuse into the realism and depth only a top- and co-operation of the young farmers build up cow numbers, Such a Meat Board would have house. But it would be less chancy shift to the Hibernian Hall, where a legend. Never once did he hesi- other prisoners. He refused to Republican side. Ireland of today something of Unionist; then they warm to him, pigs, improve grassland and build- been able to foresee a year ago the to spend the few thousand on a rank dramatist could command. young priest introduces the Natio- tate until he was murdered recognise the military court And apart from the three the spirit of his great fellow- particularly the young people. This ings. The grants would be so ar- present gltit of beef on the British house. townsmen? -If he does the It is an indictment of Unionism, nalist contender. "Kevin Barry" is is something new and he gets a by the police at 1.15 a.m. on which he declared was illegal, Lord Mayors Cork can be ranged as to particularly help the market due to the Common Market In this story lies the core of latter he, will find a responsive an exposure' of Hibernianism, dolefully rendered. Arrangements wave of support. The British papers March 20th, 1920, the morning and when sentenced to two proud of many a great inde- smaller man. The maximum grant shutting down on beef imports, and British imperialist hypocrisy. nation. P.J.L. and a call to the new generation are made to get out the Catholic hail the new young hope of of his 36th birthday. He was years' imprisonment declared pendence fighter, like Joe for any individual farmer would be could have taken measures in time of young people to find a way vote. A Republican says the gun Unionism who is standing for to seek alternative outlets rather less than £350, which is only one is the only solution, and then sets Drumtory. than have Irish farmers with out of a situation which only third of the cost of providing a benefits the vicious and the to work to help the Nationalist thousands of cattle on their hands UNEMPLOYMENT IN IRELAND when he isn't listened to. Then the truth comes out. The man with a job in manufacturing stupid in their midst. which they cannot sell except at r corresponding figures for other cities mENSION rises in the town. Mud young man's wife, whom he has not industry. LAW PROFESSOR SAYS, pHE October issue of "Trade ruinous prices. were: Cork City 6.4 per cent, Dun This was the play the B.B.C. did and slander fly. Orange and brought back with him from If half the small farmers partici- Union information" con- -She Government has already ac- Lao're 3.4 per cent, Limerick City not dare put on television in the Green crowds pass one another Canafla, is a Catfcqffe 'This is dis- pated—say, 78,000—and topk 4he tains an article analysing unem- cepted the idea of such a Board; 5.8 per cent, Waterford City 5.8 per North. Not surprisingly. To have tensely in the street. A taunt is covered by tile Nationalist and maximum amount of grarits pro- but the cattle traders are up in ployment in the 26 counties. It cent, Galway City 3.8 per cent, Dun- such political dynamite brought flung and there follows the best given to Kerr's political enemies posed, the total Government in- CONVENTION' IS BALONEY is serious, but not rocketing as arms against interference with the dalk 9,3 per cent, Drogheda 10.4 per into the homes of thousands of staged riot an Irish theatre has among the Unionists. There is con- vestment, spread out over a num- "traditional freedom" of the trade. A FTER the Connolly Association he has announced that he is writing to the subject. it is in the British-occupied six cent, Sligo 5.5 per cent, Bray 5.1 per viewers could not have been tolera- seen for years. sternation; the Unionist vote is ber of years, would be £22 million The farmers fear that a Board with ^ had got it generally known a book about the Constitution of "In legislation, the supposition is counties. cent, Wexford 6.5 per cent, Tralee ted by Unionism. Adapted for the split and the Nationalist gets in. and the farmers themselves would small farmer representation and that under section 75 of the Govern- "Northern Ireland." On November that Northern Ireland is in the The average figure for 1965 was 7.3 per cent, Clonmel 6.6 per cent, stage by Thomas MacAnna, the But the young Unionist candidate But young Kerr still gets 10,000 have to invest £103, mainly j in little real power will be foisted on ment of Ireland Act, 1920, the 15th he said that the supposition position of self-governing dominions 49.700 of which only 7,900 were Kilkenny 6.0 per cent. Athlone 2.1 play gripped packed audiences in rocks the Party boat. During his votes, attracting them from borrowed capital. The N.FA. claim them. British Government could intervene that there was a convention pre- like Canada, Australia and New women. Of the 40,300 unemployed per cent, Carlow 4.7 per cent, Tulla- the Gaiety for weeks. years in Canada he had learned to Catholics and Protestants. He will that investment in agriculture of to stop gerrymandering and dis- venting the discussion of Ulster Zealand, which is a fallacy," he at the lowest point in June 1965 more 3.2 per cent, Killarney 2.4 per look at things differently from the stand as an Independent next time, this order would lead to increased But, as Cathal Quinn said, "We John Kerr, unionist M.P. for Orangemen. He wants none of the crimination in the six counties, the affairs at Westminster was based on added. 18.200 were in the towns and 22,100 cent, Ennis 2.6 per cent. Thurles 3 4 and there is the promise in the play output of over £150 million a year mean to see this through to the Drumtory for thirty years, is with- mud-slinging and hatred. "The elec- same policy was continued under a a fallacy. "In the case of Northern Ireland, in rural areas. Of the 63,700 at the per cent, Mullingar 3.1 per cent. that when he does the best ele- in time. end. The farmers of Ireland have ments from both sides will ralTy to had the rawest deal of any and new excuse. His name is Harry Calvert. He is there is Section 75 of the Govern- peak in December 1965, 24,300 were Of the total average unemployed The Small Farm Plan would lead senior lecturer in law at Queens ment of Ireland Act which says that in the towns and 39,400 in the him. they are determined to see a The British Government said, in of 49.700, 18,700 were in agricultural to as concentrated attention being University, and this is what he Westminster sovereignty remains country. The seasonal nature of change." effect, that while it was now ad- occupations, 8.800 in manufacturing. BUILDERS' MAKE paid by the Government to the de- said:— undiminished. much country employment is thus ELECTRICITY These are the bare bones of the mitted that they had the power to 3.600 in building, civil engineering "In respect of questions, there is "Non-interference is a matter of illustrated. plot and give no idea of the rich- intervene, there was a "convention" 4,600, distributive trades 3,500, trans- a Speaker's practice of refusing courtesy and comity, and not a ness of characterisation, the wit of by which they did not do so. The Dublin has an average unemploy- port 3,200, personal services 2,400, BREAKTHROUGH OVER BORDER questions where there is no minis- binding convention." language and the grasp of political NO LOVE FOR LANGUAGE Association pointed out that this ment rate of 4.4 per cent over the public administration 1,100. terial responsibility," he said. The difficulty would be that if INTERCONNECTION of the trends shown by the author. Sam merely meant that they declined to year, just'twice what Mr. Wilson is Thus agricultural workers covered JRISH building workers have "But there is overriding minis- the present position were altered, electricity supply systems Thompson had the making of a LEMASS said to the in the past year. Are we "integrat- use their powers. "Conventions are trying td create in Britain. The 54 per cent of the unemployed. made a big breakthrough terial responsibility at Westminster, a British Minister, possibly the north and south of the Border dramatist of genius and his death journalists at his last press ing" ourselves into a house where merely congealed policies" the As- t for the trade union movement and it's merely a question of phras- Home Secretary, might find himself is technically practicable and has been a bad blow to the theatre conference that he was going the cupboard is bare? sociation replied. as a whole in the agreement and to Irish political life. ing the question properly. in the role of an ambassador pre- for political rather than for "JTHE flow of foreign capital into they have just negotiated with economically desirable, reports Now a Queens University don. of "In debates, the question is senting the case of the Northern "/CEMENTED WITH LOVE" health reasons. He did not Ireland, mainly from Britain, MR. LYNCH ON SIX COUNTIES the Builders, Contractors and a committee set up by the Mini- has dried up compared with the impeccable academic and legal whether or not there is a proper Ireland Government on a number of shows us the political pro- elaborate what the political r Allied Employers Federation. stries in charge of Power in the past years. The Fianna Fail standing, and a member of the motion to enable Northern Ireland Issues. pHE new Taoiseach, Mr. Jack On discrimination he said: "I be- Twenty Six and Six Counties. blem in the North; it does not pur- reasons were, but the farmers Protestant community, has blown matters to be discussed. Yon. are It is doubtful whether he would Lynch, has announced that lieve there was discrimination. I port to resolve it. Thompson shows Government has relied primarily on The Agreement states that all In the early years of interconnec- battering on his door was pro- all these pretensions sky-high. And out of order if you are not speaking relish this additional responsibility. he wants . to meet Captain do not know to what extent It still the young Unionist candidate try- this to create new jobs in the Irish building workers in the State—over tion there would be a net saving on bably one of them. There are economy. Just before he left office Terence O'Neill early in the new exists. I am told there Is some die- ing to bridge the gap between proportionate representation In oer- 50.000 of them—will have to receive generating capacity of £200,000 a no doubt others. Mr. Lemass proposed a solution Orange and Green with appeals to year. "I believfe him to be a taln areas and Derry hat been trade union rates of pay and con- year; there would be additional which he and his colleagues had humanity and common sense. "We It Is widely recognised these days fair-minded man," he stated at mentioned and this has been aired ditions of employment, whether savings estimated at £164,000 a that Pianfia Fail as a party Is in a been jeering at for years, namely Labour presses Wilson on Ireland they are members of unions or not. year from the use of larger generate are all human beings," he is say- a press conference in Dublin on in the British Pari lament recently. ing. "We are all Irish. Why should very tricky position, and not many the repatriation of our external ^N November 15th there took could ask questions about direct Ireland is the completely undemo- November 17th. As a result of that I am aire that The Agreement will be registered ing sets earlier than would other- are confident that the new Taoi- assets. He said ". . . repatriation we rend one another." The senti- building schemes In Salford, yet cratic electoral system, allied to the He criticised the National M.P.'s whatever discrimination is left Is with the Labour Court and this wise be possible. seach, Mr. Lynch, will be as subtle for employment in Ireland of place another of the dis- ments are admirable and they at- British members could not ask vicious gerrymandering of Derry put methods and expressed the fast disappearing." means it will have the force of law. The report states: "The total de- in negotiating his Party's way out capital resources now invested else- cussions on Ireland which are tract the young and the enthusi- about discrimination in housing in City." Would the Prime Minister hope that they would take a more mand for electricity on the inter- of danger as Mr. Lemass. Fiahna where by Irish citizens is a course becoming a regular feature of About 15.000 building workers are astic; but sentiment does not con- his constituency. impress this on Captain O'Neill. "rational approach." What makes him so sure? connected systems would be sub- Fall, the quondam "republican which would benefit both the British House of Commons life. estimated to be still unorganised stitute a policy. We are not told r When he has been Taoiseach a stantially greater than the de- party," has committed the Twenty PHE Prime Minister conceded While the basic perspective of a in Ireland; and many of them are whether the play's hero is for or country and the Individuals con- Initiative came from three mem- iTO this Mr. Wilson was charac- united Ireland would be retained, little longer he will learn to weigh mand on either separate system, Six Counties to economic union *- that therfl was "certainly illogi- teristlcally non-committal. He working at rates of pay well below agalast the Border—though he is cerned." This emasculated version bers from widely separated con- he said, it was proposed to con- his words more carefully. Mean- and since there are considerable with Britain. At present there is cality here." But this was "part of was sure that Capt. O'Njeill was well those negotiated by the unions. in favour of hands across the of Sinn Fein comes very late In stituencies, Mr. Kevin McNamara tinue to co-operate with the while it Is to be hoped somebody in economies of scale in nuclear free movement of labour and capi- the long-standing agreement be- aware of the facts brought out from Now these will be entitled to the Border—or what his attitude to the day, now that the Government (Hull). Mr. William Hamilton (West Unionists. the North gives him a few facts. negotiated rates and conditions. power plants, the interconnection tal between the two countries. By has thrown in its lot with the Fife) and Mr. William Hamling tween the two countries." Strange time to time. There was an inter- could advance the day when a per- Britain is. Indeed his liberalism is 1975, when the Free Trade Agree- how a British Act of Parliament im- ruption at this point, possibly from The building Industry Is one of crisis-ridden British economy. (Woolwich 1. missible nuclear installation would shown to have the approval of the ment is fully in force, there will be posed on Ireland becomes over the people who believed Captain O'Neill the biggest employers In Ireland, Messrs McNamara and Hamilton be economical in Ireland." cross-Channel press. free movement of goods as well, Mr. Lynch will continue with the years transmuted into a "long- had not shown much evidence of SOUTH LONDON CONNOLLY ASSOCIATION and this type of agreement sets a were mainly concerned to find out "In general, it can be said that His liberalism is essentially that and the country will be back to Lemass policies, but may well be standing agreement"! such awareness. Mr. Wilson tipped headline for workers in other areas. what the Prime Minister was up to present in the opinion of the Committee of the "progressive" Unionists or the position it was in during the less strong and less open to new hard, and ran for cover. He was In other industries too there are in his boudoir sessions with Cap- To Mr. Hamilton's suggestion the interconnection and co-ordina- of the Northern Ireland Labour Act of Union period. ideas. He was supported for Taoi- sure Captain O'Neill was aware of thousands of workers unorganised. tain O'Neill. The Captain had re- that a Royal Commission should en- ted operation of the two .systems Party to which Thompson himself seach by Mr. Lemass himself, it is them. He was well aware of the The agreement for the building But already the Free Trade fused to disclose what was discussed quire into the whole problem Mr. "THE DAWN" could introduce a greater degree belonged. Whether it is a genuine reliably reported, and by Mr. complaints "made on both sides." trade shows what workers who are Agreement has lost its gilding. Far even to his own cabinet, let alone Wilson referred to Captain O'Neill's of flexibility in the use of existing alternative to either Unionism or Haughey, Mr. Lemass's son-in-law, But he didn't like to say anything in trade unions can do to help their from getting prices for the farmers' Stormont. Kites were flown on all great courage in standing up to famous classic film of the fight against the plants, and in freedom of selection Nationalism is doubtful. who was himself a strong contender to O'Neill this year when he faced unorganised workmates. cattle—the main poiVit on which it sides, but no wind blew. some of the most reprehensible ac- Black-and-Tan in Kerry of hew plants, than would be pos- But this is to deal with the ques- was sold to the country—the bot- for the post for a time. Indeed tivity. . . . all the opposition. ' • Mr. Lynch has seemingly become The Prime Minister was no more One can be sure it will be some sible in the separate systems." tions Thompson poses outside the tom has dropped out of the cattle "There is a long way to go," in- Taolseach with reluctance, as a communicative. He had had talks, time yet before the building unions The Stormont and Dublin context of the play. What Thomp- trade. The Irish Government terrupted Ml\ Hamilton. It should be noted that Captain compromise between Messrs wouldn't tell the House about Songs by PAUL LENIHAN In Britain can have trade union Governments have accepted the re- son does show is that thousands guaranteed under the Agreement to O'Neill's Government runs an elec- (BBC, ITV, Recording artist* Haughey and Oolley, to prevent the them, find was going to have more This the Prime Minister con- rates and conditions binding in law port in principle and have invited of people are longing to break away supply Britain with 638,000 cattle ceded. toral system by which in Derry and for all building workers. The build- Fianna Fail party being deeply but wouldn't say when. But he dis- the electricity undertakings 011 from the two locked poles of sec- a year; but Britain gave no After one or two further inter- other places a Catholic majority is FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 8 p.m. ing workers in Ireland have set a split. As it is, many in Fianna. Fail closed that they had been "useful." t both sides of the Border to work tarian Unionism and sectarian guarantee to buy them if they were changes Mr. Gerard Fitt came In. represented by a Unionist council 1 > standard for other trade unionists regard Mr. Lynch as the nominee Mr. McNamara then asked if the LAMBETH TOWN HALL, out in detail how the technical Nationalism in the North. In thl.s available. Moreover Britain's eco- He asked if the Prime Minister was There is NOT ONE OA8E where the in Ireland, nnd for their colleagues of the Haughey faction in the Prime Minister was aware that and commercial recommendations his art Is fully true to life; it is nomy Is in crisis, with the demand aware "that the greatest single reverse Is true. Mr. Wilson speaks Brixton, S.W.2 abroad could be implemented both good art and sound politics. there was concern that Mr. Chi- for Irish goods drastically fallen off (Continued on page six) chester-Clark. member fOT Derry. cause of discontent in Northern of "complaints on both sides." 6 THE tRISH DEMOCRAT December 1966 December 1966 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 3 THE VALLEY OF KNOCKANURE

OU may sing and speak about Easter Week and the heroes of 'Ninety-eight, Y Of the Fenian men who roamed the glen, in victory or defeat; BOOKS IT'S A BOOK CHRISTMAS! Their names on history's page are told, their memory will endure— Not a song was sung of our darling sons in the Valley of Knockanure. Edited by THIS year we have the freeh- SO HERE'S OUR FULL LIST THE HISTORY OF THE IRISH OLD IRELAND FREE ONCE MORE There was Walsh and Lyons and Dalton, boys, they were young and in their prime, and the squeeze and we CITIZEN ARMY, by R M. Fox, They made their way to a lonely spot where the Black-and-Tans did hide; don't know how long it will be 8. 6d„ postage 1 -. be there'll be cutting down on the "Hold Your Hour and Have The Republic bold they did uphold, though outlawed on the moor, I AST night I had a happy dream, though restless where i be: Gerard Curran before we get the "ease," or more expensive presents. Another," original price 21 '-. our THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS And side by side they fought and died in the Valley of Knockanure. I thought again brave Irishmen had set old Ireland free. how effective that will be And that means, it will be a price 10 6d.. postage 1 lid. IN IRELAND (1784-1841) by Brian Attd how excited I became when I heard the cannon's roar— Twas on a neighbouring hillside, we listened with dismay, Shops are reporting the qu-.etest BOOK Christmas. A book is the ANTRIM'S PATRIOT DEAD," Inglis. In new condition—reduced 0 gradh mo chroidtie, I long to see Old Ireland free once more. In every house m the whole townland a maiden knelt to pray; September and October in years, one gift that is always welcome. It 1797-1953, edited by Seamus Steele, to 7 6d., postage 1 3d. They're closing in around them now with rifle-fire so sure, and though Christmas showed its is inexpensive relatively, yet goes on 3 6d., post 1 -. Ireland's ABBEY THEATRE, * • horns early, they weren't very long And Lyons is dead and Dalton's down in the Valley of Knockanure. Radio on Ireland giving pleasure ... and can be LOUIE BENNETT, HER LIFE 1899-1951, by Lennox Robinson, ones. Not a tirrve for buying new "Two Centuries of Irish History," handed from one to another in the AND TIMES, by R. M. Fox. The original price 30 -, our price 10/6d., They took them then beside a fence to where the furze did bloom, washing machines, or vacuum It's true we had brave Irishmen as everyone must own, B.B.C. Publication, 12s. 6d. family. life of one of Ireland's sreat woman postage 1 3d. Like brothers so they faced the foe to meet their dreadful doom; cleaners, or motor-cars. And may- O'Neill, 0*Donnell, Sarsfield true, Lord Edward and Wolfe Tone, ^PHE conditioning of people's So here is the full book list. Ail Trade Union leaders. 2 5d., postage TRAGEDIES OF KERRY, by When Sal ton spoke his voice it broke with a passion proud and pure; And also Robert Emmet who till death did not give o'er— J- minds, that Partition had these titles are in stock in the "Irish 1'-, hard back. Dorothy MacArdle, 1 6d., postage "For our land we die as we face the sky in the Valley of Knockanurs." 6d. 0 gradh mo chroidhe, I long to see Old Ireland free once more. .solved the Irish question, has Democrat" office. Send price and THE TEACHINGS OF PADRAIG LEINSTER, MUNSTER & CON- • * But e'er the guns could seal- his fate Con D. had broken through, caused the educational authorities postage with your order, and they PEARSE, by A. Rafterv, 6d., postage NAUGHT, by Frank O'Connor, 10 '-, With a prayer to God he spurned the sod as against the hill he flew; .some problems. The school text will be sent to you at once. 4d. Aran story postage l/3d. Till the bullets tore his flesh in two he surprised the Tans I'm sure books in the 26 Counties end with And to make it easy for those who Now we can't forget the former years, they're kept in memory still, "THE SEA WALL," by Eiiis Dillon. THE MYSTERY OF THE CASE- LEINSTER AND THE CITY OF As he made his dash for liberty in the Valley of Knockanure. the Treaty, while in the Six, the are lucky enough to live in London, MENT SHIP, by Karl Spinder rthe Of the Wexford men of *98 who fought on Vinegar Hill, Faber and Faber, 16s. DUBLIN, by Richard Mayward. textbooks are modelled on the we are having a two-day book sale ship's commander), 3'6d., postage With Father Murphy by their side and the green Hag waving o'er— The evening sun is setting now behind the feale and lea, 10 -, postage 1 /3d. English system giving the Estab- I^AR beyond the Aran Islands at 374 Grays Inn Road, where there 9d. 0 gradh mo chroidhe, I long to see Old Ireland free once more. The ptfle, pale moon is rising far out beyond Tratee, THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE lishment's point of view. This ex- lies Inisharcain. To old Sally will be both new books of Irish in- The dismal stars and ctouds afar are darkening o'er the moor. LEADERS AND WORKERS, COLLEEN BAWN, 3 6d„ postage 9d. * * plains why many of Mr. Paisley's the "big wave" that inundated the terest, which you can look at, and And the tomsttee cried where our heroes died in the Valley of Knockanure. edited by J. W. Boyle, Radio WRITINGS OF PEADAR O'DON- .followers are' young people. island 29 years ago had wreaked its second-hand bargains on all man- ner of subjects. So book the dates, Eireann lectures on nine Labour NELL:— Allen, O'Brien and Larkin died, their country to set free, While Walsh and Lyons and DaJton are resting in the clay toll but yesterday, but she was only Prom an early age they have December 3rd and 4th, on the Satur- leaders, including Connolly, Larkin, "There will be Another Day," 6'-, And some day yet brave Irishmen will make the Saxon flee; We have true men yet in tretand to man the gap today; too aware that the years and the been brainwashed with anti-catho- day from 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Davitt, Lalor, Fergus O'Connor, etc., postage 9d. Both day and night they'll always fight, until (death they'll ne'er give o'er While grass Is green in Ireland your memory will endure lic and imperialist ideas. The fact tides had torn away the strength 5'-, postage 9d. "The Gates Flew Open," a story of the sea-wall which had then on the Sunday afternoon from 1 0 gradh mo chroidhe, I long to see Old Ireland free once more. God guard and keep the place you sleep in the Valley of KnocfcatMtre. that the apprentice Boys of Derry p.m. to 5 p.m. DUBLIN CASTLE AND THE 1916 of Mountjoy Prison during the Civil spoke Gaelic and that the founders been built to protect the land. RISING, 6/-, postage 9d. War, 5'-, postage 9d. of Irish Republicanism were The islanders, busy about their Here's a chance to get a few THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS 1913- "Islanders," story of the Islanders Northern non-Catholics are tricky fishing and subsistence farming, handy Christmas presents, and 1915, edited by F. X. Martin, Docu- of the Donegal coast, 5'-, postage questions, but then the educational did not want to listen to her prog- reading for yourself at one fell ments and Recollections, 12'6d., 9d. SOLDIER OF THE JOLLY AH DRA1GHNEAN DONN system does not encourage the nostications, and the only allies she swoop, postage l/3d. WHERE MOUNTAINY MEN critical examination of the history found were two schoolboys, her THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, THE IRISH STRUGGLE, 1916- HAVE SOWN, by Michael O'Sulleab- (The Ballad of Tommy Williams, aged 19, hanged in UAIRES feirin la aonaigh o bhuachaill deas, they were taught. grandson Pat, and his friend. To- by Edmund Curtis, considered to be 1926, edited by Desmond Williams. han, 3 6d„ postage 9d. gether the three of them draft a Belfast Jail, September 19th, 1942) PLOUGHBOY F Agus cead rud nach e sin o rogha na bhfear. The minority in the Six Coun- the best single-volume history of 30/-, postage l/3d. THE CLANKING OF CHAINS, Sgala oleibh ar an te adearfadh nach tu mo shearc, ties have always got their history letter to the County Council in Ireland available, 12/6d., postage MALACHI-STILT-JACK, a study Brindsley MacNamara, 3 6, postage Air: The Blue Hills of Antrim H, I am a jolly ploughboy A bhuachaill ghleigil is breath i n-Eirinn's go n-ealoinn leat! from "under the counter" but the Galway, asking for the wall to be l/6d. of W. B. Yeats and his work, by 9d. O repaired, but when the engineer THE RISING, by Desmond Ryan, Brian Farrington, 2/-, postage 6d. ROBERT EMMET'S SPEECH HE blue hills of Antrim are soft 'gainst the sky, And I ploughed the fields all Slleann cead fear gur leo fein me nuair olaim llonn, authorities segregated schools just arrives, accompanied by the in- the best account of the 1916 rising., ALL OUR CHILDREN, a study of FROM THE DOCK, 1/-, postage 6d. T But young Thomas Williams this morning must die. day N1 airim iad nuair a smaoinim ar a chomhra liom. as they welcome and carry out -segregated housing and electoral sincere County Councillor who re- 16s., postage 1/-. the residential care of deprived THE GLENCOLUMCILkE He has fought freedom's fight, but his land is unfree, Till a sudden thought came to my Cum is mine na an sioda t'ar Shliabh na nBan Fionn, wards. The B.B.C. must then be presents the people of Inisharcain, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF children in Ireland, published by STORY, by Father McDyer, 2,-, And his life must be laid on the high gallows tree. mind 'S to mo ghra mar bhlath na n-airne ar an draighnean donn. congratulated in publishing this the islanders send them back to the JAMES CONNOLLY, by Desmond London Tuairim, 2 '6d., postage 6d. postage 6d. That I should roam away. In the green fields of Antrim, face to face with the foe, Is glaise suil e na fear is drucht air 's na duilllur na gcrann, small collection of what were or- mainland without further ado. Greaves, 35/-, postage l/3d. THE WORLD OF BRENDAN THE IRISH REPUBLICAN Dt<- For I've always hated slavery GEST, book 1, featuring the rising His comrade, O'Callaghan, fell two days ago; Is gile taobh e na sneaohta seite ar Shliabh Ui Fhloinn— iginally Home Service Lectures on But the big wave prophesied by JAMES CONNOLLY'S WRIT- BEHAN, first-hand reminiscences Since the day that I was born, of 1916, 2/6d„ postage 6d. So the old spirit lives where there's many a slave, Sneachta seite is e dha shior — chur no 'tuitim go mall, Two Centuries of Irish History. old Sally does materialise and does INGS:— edited by Sean McCann, 3 Od., And I'm off to join the I.R.A. And the old cause still calls to the noble and brave. '8 go bhfuill mo ghra-sa mar bhlath na n-airne ar an draighnean donn. Perhaps, bearing in mind the old much damage to the homes of the "Labour in Irish History," 2/6d.. postage 9d. FIERY CROSS — THE STORY And I'm off tomorrow morn. OF JIM LARKIN, by Joseph Deasy, Wtth the faithful -and fearless who fell in th« fray— A oganaigh an chuil dualigh agus e cas o n-a bharr, saying "fools rush in . . ." these islanders, although fortunately, as postage 6d. TERENCE MACSWINEY, by Chorus: l/3d., postage 6d. With Neilson and Barry we will plaoe him today; Nil spuarc air on tsluasaid na mairg on ramhan. lectures are introduced with the on the previous occasion, no lives "Labour, Nationality and Reli- Moirin Chavasse. 7'6d., postage Oh we're off to Dublin in the WOLFE TONE AND THE IRISH With the Martyrs of Manchester, deathless in fame, A Dhia ta thuas, coireas fuacht agus teas ins a la, words "... a book, on Northern are lost. gion," l/6d., postage 6d. 1 '3d. Green* in the Green* Ireland is seldom a commercially JIM LARKIN AND THE DUBLIN HURLING, by Tony Wall. 6/-, NATION, by Desmond Greaves, And with Barnes and MacCormick we link his proud name. Ban me i n-uaigneasna cottie dualgai, go nguilfinn mo shaith! But still the men oi the island Where the helmets glisten in attractive proposition for a pub- LOCK-OUT, 1913, published by the postage 9d., a book about technique 2/8d., postage 6d. With Harte and MoGrath, and with Plant and with Goss, Is fear gan cheill bhios a'drehn leis an gcrann a btWos art), will take no action about the sea the sun. lisher, even less so when the pos- Workers' Union of Ireland, illus- of hurling. FREEMANTLE MISSION, by We will sing him tonight in our pride and our loss; Is go blrfuiodh crann beag le n-a thaobh dheanas reldh ar a laimh. wall—it was 29 years between the Whore the bayonets flash and sible readership is halved as soon trated, 5/-, postage 8d. SONG BOOKS:— Sean O'Luing, the story of tho Co gur ard e an crann caorthainn bionn se searbh in-a bharr, two waves, it will be another 29 When the slaves of an empire lie buried in shame, the rifles crash as the name of the author is dis- DUBLIN INSURRECTION, by "Songs of the Irish Republic," rescue of the Fenian prisoners in years before the next one strikes! The memory of Williams shall flash to a flame. To the echo of a Thompson 'S go bhfasann smeir is siibha carotoh ar a'gcrann is isle Math. closed." Yet they appear to have James Stephens, 6/-, postage 1/-. 2 6d.. postage 9d. Australia, 3/6d., postage 9d. But the second wave had done even gtm. Shaoil me fein nach 'ceasaofit spre orm a bheadh gra mo chroi. done their job with as much im- K.EY.IM OH4GGINS, by Terence "Waltons Treasury of Irish Songs SPIES IN IRELAND, by Enno The RepubHc of Ireland has fought 'gainst the hate more serious damage to the wall, Of England's Crown Colony and England's "Free State"; t . 'S nach bhfaigeadh se 'n*a dhelgh me mar gheall ar mhaeln; partiality as the B.B.C. allows for, de Vere White, his life and myster- and Ballads" (260 songs), 5,6d., Stephen, German espionage during I'll leave behind my old grey coat, and Sally and the boys decide on Th*y have slaughtered our bravest and slandered their name, Fo-rior gear nach bhfuilim fein is an teud a chraidh mo chroi as public reaction to the series was ious death, 5/-, postage lOd. postage 9d. the last war, 3/6d., postage 9d. I'll leave behind my plough, more drastic action But the end of the tyrant is hatred and shame. I ngleanntan sieibhe i bhfad o einneachis an druoht in a hti! favourable. THE POLITICAL WRITINGS "The Soldiers' Song Book," 9d., ROGER CASEMENT —The truth I'll leave behind my horse and yoke The May Fair is held in Galway about the Forged Diaries, by Her- rpuKRE are 11 chapters by six AND' SPEECHES OF PADRAIG postage 5d. The blue hHls of Antrim will shine in the sun, For no more I'll need them now. Cebe arab oth leis e, molfa mise gra mo chroi, at the end of the month, and the bert Mackey, 4/6d., postage 9d. historians, "The Social Back- PEARSE, 15/-, postage l/6d. "The Fenian Song Book," 9d.. When the despot is down and our freedom is won. But I'M take my short revolver Cebe arab oth leis e, strife mise le n-a thaotbh; County Council will meet on the ROGER CASEMENT — The ground," "The United Irishmen," EAMON DE VALEflA, by M. J. postage 9d. When the right stands triumphant o'er falsehood and wrong, And my bandolier of lead, An te lerab oth leis e, mHe osna tre lar a chroi— first of June. The boys manage Secret History of the Forged "Daniel O'Conneli," "The Famine," McManus, 12/6d., postage l/6d. "The 1916 Song Book." 9d„ Wo will honour our martyrs in story and song. For live or die, I oan but try A realt a' tsoluis, I mbeal gach phobail is tue chraidh mo chroi: to get taken to the city for the Diaries, by Herbert Mackey, 7/6d., "The industrial Revolution," "Par- LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD, postage 5d. To avenge my country's dead, Fair, and to stay behind when the postage 1/-. Cod rest all our dead in the peace of His home! A Dhe dhilts! goid e dheanas me ma imionn tu inlm? neil and Gladstone," "The Fenians by Patrick Byrne, 5/-, postage l/3d., "The '98 Song Book," 9d„ postage boats return to the island. They WITH THE I.R.A. IN THE FIGHT fiMl guide alt our soldiers, wherever they roam! There's one I leave behind me Nil eolas 'un do thighe agam, 'un do theme no 'un do ohuil. and Sinn Fein," "Ulster will Fight," hard cover. 5d. lobby the county council meeting, FOR. FREEDOM, various authors, Sod strengthen and Mess them, that soon we may see She's the one that I adore, Ta m'athair faoi leatruim is me mhathair go duoh, "The Easter Rising," "The Troubles" DOWN DUBLIN STRECTS, by "The Tri-Colour Song Book," 9d., and gain the support of the chair- 2/6d., postage 9d. The Republic of Ireland victorious and free! And I wonder if (he'll think of mo Fir a bhaile seo go mor i bhfeirg liom, is mo ghra i bhfad uaim! and "Northern Ireland." Eamon MacThomais, concerns the postage 5d. man and the engineer. MY FIGHT FOR IRISH FREE- When she hears the cannon roar. A chead shearc, ha treig misear airgead no ar or, 1916 Rising, 6/-, postage lOd. THE 1916 PROCLAMATION, BRIAN NA BANBAN. Once again the latter takes the DOM, by Dan Breen, 3/0d., postage And when the war is over S s. chead shearc, na trelg mise ar mhoran stoir, They were written as presented WRITINGS OF BRENDAN Facsimile of the original, 2/-, p. & p. and of course their style is some- Pilot Boat to the island, and his 9d. And poor old Ireland's free A chead shearc na treig mise *r mhacha brea ho, BEHAN.— 6d. what visual, the text interrupted offer of help is rejected by the "Borstal Boy." 5/-, postage l/0d. THE IRISH QUESTION AND KEVIN BARRY, by Sean Cronin, I'll take her to the church 'to S gur tu an ohead Vhear *ar leig me leis mo run go h-og! NO LOVE FOR LANGUAGE And a rebel's wMe she'Hhe. by contemporary quotations and by islanders. But this time old Sally "Brendan Behan's Island," 5/-, THE BRITISH PEOPLE, by Des- 3/6d., postage 1/-. (Continued from page four) Mr. Lynch's election as Taoiseach Beh leat me — 's nil alrgead na or agam, verses of songs and poetry. The rallies the womenfolk to the defence postage l/6d. mond Greaves, 2 6d., postage 6d. (Continued on page eight) was naturally very popular hi Cork, Beir leat me —'s nil ba boga ar mholnn agam, effect is dramatic and it must have of their homes, and he is allowed Party and Interpret Mr. Lynch'.s on whose team the new Taoiseach Belr leat me — s nil babAinln og faohn ohrtos, been even more so to some listeners grudgingly to stay and put the appointment as a victory for that played in orer half a dozen All- No muna mbeirir ni mhalrim-se bliain o 'nht! in certain quarters in Belfast to work in motion. One by one the group. For the first time In ^lanna lr elands. He has none of the Wolfe Tone be told "The law does not suppose men take interest in what the en- CATTLE RAID OF COOLEY Fall, Mr. Aiken and Mr. McEntes. stature of Mr. De vaiera or even of any such person to exist as an gineer is about, and when he proves within the Party as to who sfaeuid Mr. Lemaas, however, so far as Trish Roman Catholic." This himself as good a singer of Irish "DEIRDRE" by James Stephens. Race" Stephens was living imagi- and the sons of Uisneai and oi be Tftwiseach—Mr. Lynch getting 52 the mass of the people are con- symposium A song of cumann Na mBAN "Penal Code as it was called de- songs as the next man he wins his A Signet Classic, 5s. natively, as Walter Starkie writes Fergus are defending the Hostel 10(68 and "Mr. George CoUey 1ft. r cerned. Mr. Celley would have been (Air: The Men of the West) grades the majority of the Irish battle. A third big wave approaches - PHE cycle of legends known col- in the Afterword to the book, "in of the Red Branch against Contu- Iflt OOLLBY was supported by the man to have enabled Fianna population" and later on The over the ocean; and the people of -*- lectively as the "Tain Bo the lonely glens and raths haunted chur's men the architecture of tha * the ''old guard" of Planna Pail to refurbish its old republican on farmers HEN you honour In song and Would die ere 'twas ever hauled Orange Order, a somewhat dis- Inisharcain watch it without fear Cuailgne" stands at the very be- by the "shee," the ghostly descen- building is made clear without ior Mfe, MT. Aiken and Mr. McEntees. tn story dents of the ancient heroes of the terrupting the jubilant account o£ "image." It will be difficult for it " ^fyTHY Townspeople should W down. reputable body up until then was as it rushes at the island, and is ginning of the literature of modern Us fe ltfgMy thought off personally to do this now. /<' 1 The fighters ttfwtfiouldered a .gun, And into our tanks came the given a new importance by Lord turned back by the new sea wall. Europe. They had been written Gaels." Stephens was himself a the action. In the same way on* support the Kamners' was kind of magician. His poetry is is made aware through imperccp» as a matt of integrity, and he Is a 4s Fianna Fail leads Ireland, And Nafta* net -*at Be*** mm Randolph Churchill's remark . . . ""PHIS is a novel for children—the down more than a century before the title of a sympflsfomi he!d in part of the minstrelsy of an age tible hints of the loveliness of the Irish language supporter. under an unknown leader, into the shouM reach them, Like 1h« women ef Limerick of old, 'Tho Orange Card' is the one to two main characters are the the earliest romances of chivalry, 1 remote from the Irish Renaissance, countryside of Emania or the not likely to be much love era of the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Dublin in November by the If so Ireland's freedom was won. And their smites made the weakest play . . ." two boys—but it has a dignity Uiat either Welsh or Continental, ap- appeals to all ages. The Islanders peared. In the filigree of themes his "Crock of Gold" and "The Char- cragginess of Scotland. JMt oh the Irish language among Agreement, there win be many Wolfe Tone Society, at which Forget not the women of Ireland a hero- rrtHE value of the book is that are stubborn, but this is merely an that make up the cycle none has woman's Daughter" belong to no ttase who supported his main op- pecgile waiting in the political wings the following resolution was Who stood without terror or dread Write Their fame, boys, in letters 1 it puts the national struggle expression of their independence. been so richly and so variously age at all. A RISING as it did from man's ponent. to see how the people react. passed;— Beside those who battled so bravely or gokf. of the Irish people into its per- Civilisation, through the County interpreted as the story of Deirdre, need to explain the society In National feeling is bound to grow 'Mid sheltflre and deluge of lead. spective as being'a soctel and demo- "T~\EIRDRE" is without doubt a "This meeting of Dublin citizens Council, has given them little that princess of peerless beauty which he lived, ancient legend pie- as the consequences of integration cratic one against alien rule. When work of genius. The rhap- held under the auspices of the Ohoruee Though our fight In the old G.P.O.,. enough; they do not want to risk who, like Argive Helen, forsook a supposed a force working ttaroenfit with Britain become more and more it comes closer to events today its sodic prose, flawlessly sustained Dublin Wolfe Tone Society recog- Then here's to the women at boys, coming under the eye of, bure&ur king to flee abroad with her lover, men's lives and shaping events. obvious and more and more un- Impartiality begins to slip and the from beginning to end, woos the nises that agriculture Is the most Ireland Came to grief as its flames touched cracy. Today is the struggle to and thereby unleashed passions This chain of inevitability links all - IJETTEE palatable. How this will show It- case for a separate state in reader Into a "willing suspension important single industry In Ireland Who marched without fear in the sky, wrest a living from the sea and the that changed the world. Her the episodes of Stephens' version. self on the political stage remains northern Ireland is attempted by of disbelief so that a dream-like and declares that the people In the the van; We lit there a fire that will blaze* boggy land; what happened yester- tragedy had inspired Gaelic poets The springs of the action, namely ¥ COMMEND your sympathetic to be seen. But it-would not seem the usual arguments of separate barbaric world of demi-gods and towns and cities of Ireland have a Qld I round is proud of her day or may happen tomorrow they for centuries before A. E., Yaats the tremulous love of the virglni report of the "Save the West" rash to forecast that the days of distinctive development. One could cataclysmic events become recog- Vital interest in the establishment daughters— Till the power of the Saxon shair have not time to consider. and Synge gave their dramatic Dieirdre for Naoise and itis ecstatl® film '"Hie Last Chance" and the Fianna Fail's hegemony over the go on enlisting points of disagree- nlsably human. Elemental passions, addresses by the Very Revd. of a prosperous and' contented Hurrah for brave Cumann na die. • versions of it such as young love, pride of de- consummation, and ageing despot's, national movement in Ireland are ment la the- book like the apologist The location of the action, al- Father Dore and Mr. Desmond Pay. farming community, which would mBan! And we'll cherish forever the story, scent, loyalty to a leader, lust for jealousy of youth and comellii—( over. The palm is about to be be a firm basis for a strong and quotations from Carter and Berritt though all-Important, is so well Of all the modern embodiments the bond of the "geasa," the war- The Save the West Committee In While fhe pases ef hlst'ry we scan, power and the pursuit o£ honour, passed to others. secure home demand for the pro- Our tricolour flew on the breezes, which it ends on. However, the drawn that It flavours impercep- o£ the Deirdre tale however, only rior's contempt for death, and tlte London, led by talented people like Of those valiant daughters of are portrayed in characters that ducts of Irish industry. Proclaiming o'er Oobhn i old town overall effect is good because it tibly; children do not need un- that of James Stephens, in exact stern adherence to a chlyalrlc code, Pr. Dore and Mr. Pay, and helped Erin- one must love, or fear, or hate. It That the men of the nation, ripens-up for qu^tkmlng what the familiar customs spelt out letter by detail the Red Branch stories as these are seen as Instruments of with advice from Fr. McDyer and Hurrah, boys, for Cumann na Is thus, we feel, that human des- "It pledges its support for the awakened. Unionists declare Is a dogma—the letter—they absorb atmosphere un- they were composed by an, unknown doom controlling the destiny of Mr. Peadar O'Donnell and others In Postponed mBan! tiny has always worked Itself out. campaign of the National Farmers' permanency of thetr power. This consciously. Helping greatly In bard and recorded in the Boole, of Eire. To this the book owejr M* Ireland, will I forecast snowball o Association to bring the critical history of Northern Ireland did not creating this atmosphere are the Lelnster In the twelfth century. Our old Irish poets favoured the grandeur and its unity. into the biggest act* of mutual situation In agriculture and the begin 1» 1M0 and- the more the Ardizzone-1 i k e illustrations of When this work gained him the fleeting allusion over the explicit patriotism the exiled Irish have THE CONFERENCE fact of declining farm incomes to WEEKEND BOOK SALE children in the schools there are Richard Kennedy; the double page Prize for Literature at the Tail- reference. They preferred sugges- But its uniqueness lies in ttMl ever in history experienced. the attention of the Irish public. teann games of 1924 Stephens, the tion to description- For them the skill which Stephens has subordina- advertised allowed to study the past develop- spread on pages 92-3 could be no- Could you please amend your re- It oalls on the Government to in- 374 Grays Inn Road, London, W.C.I ment and- changes of their country where but a fair in an Irish pro- gnome-like Shanachle oi the up- emotion was the thing. James ted treatment to subject matter. port and record that I am not a for JANUARY 21st, 1967 stitute, in consultation with the rather than Absorb the "Kings and vincial town. stairs room la the Irish. National Stephens has the same gift of One looka directly through tfa* prominent organiser but an ordi- N.F.A., a comprehensive and Gallery had spent a dacftde In the glancing sideways at significant wordb on the page to a world at Queens" and dtrim at Imperialist I cannot but thoroughly recom- nary member of the committee. thorough plan to raise the produc- Saturday, December 3—10.30 a.m. - 4 p.m. study of ancient Irish texts. During details without relaxing the pace personified Ideas, a world craUaft has been postponed to battles, the better for breaking mend thUr novel for older children tivity and inoomes of farmers, the years when T. W. Rolleston or the narrative or lowering Its by those old bards of iffus* JACK FITZGERALD down dfer barriers Of the minds and and their parents, English or Rlah; FEBRUARY 25th, 1957 Sunday, December 4— 2.00 p.m. - 5 was collecting and editing his emotional pitch. Thus, at the Stephens is a true successor. Kew, Surrey (Continued on page eight) the ghettoes. it is a Joyous experience "Myths and Legends of the Celtic climax of the story, when Deirdre 8.T. T.R. L.G.8. 8 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT December 1966 CAPTAIN TERENCE ONEILL'S LETTER were three parties to an Agreement AND OUR FURTHER at that time. Each was the lawfully- constituted Government within its STORMONT CASTLE, own territory. These parties came REPLY to a .settlement, knowing full well BELFAST, 4. what they were doing. You may regard such Agreements as mere 8th November, 1966 scraps of paper which can be dis- honoured at will. That is not my concept of public morality, and I will never accept it. Finally, you say that I have urged people "to ignore the respon- sibilities of the majority." Where, may I ask, have I said this? What I have done is to declare that the by the Government of Ireland Act, CAPTAIN O'NEILL THANK you for your letter of they were found to be almost wholly minority have responsibilities too, 26th October about my re- without foundation. No doubt your I was entertained to read your under what I described at Bally- cent speech at Ballycastle. I organisation, in carrying out its complex and ingenious version of castle as "the unwritten compact or self-appointed task of informing our constitutional status. It com- understanding which should exist fear, however, that you have the British public about Irish LONDON NOTES not—possibly because of the pletely fails to take account of the between the State and its citizens." affairs, will wish to take this fact I pointed out that there is all the abbreviated nature of Press re- fact that constitutional questions 'THERE was "great gas" at the into account. within the British Commonwealth difference in the world between Conway Hall at the meet- ports—appreciated the point As you say, we do indeed "claim have a conventional as well as a legitimate political • arguments as ing on Sean O'Casey on Novem- which I was trying to make. the suffrages of the people of the legislative basis. The theoretical to how the State should conduct its In asking me to "state clearly area today," and we feel we can power of Parliament is, of course, affairs, and unceasing attempts by ber 11th, with shouts of whether you refuse to entertain " "rubbish" flung up from floor to do so with complete justification unlimited, but the conventions of every means from propaganda to establishing a democratic regime in since at the last democratic test— the constitution are founded on outright violence to subvert the speakers, and betimes back the Northern Ireland," you are, if I the United Kingdom General Elec- commonsense, and they include a constitution and destroy the fabric other way. may say so, begging the question tion — 11 out of 12 Unionist can- very long-standing convention of that State. The reason? At all times people in a way which I could not possibly didates were elected, under elec- about the position of subordinate Between your outlook and mine grow more excited about aesthetic accept for a moment. It is very toral laws and conditions identical legislatures. there is evidently an unbridgeable problems than over the fate of easy to make generalised allega- with those prevailing elsewhere in gulf, but I do not believe that there nations. And among writers tions of "gerrymandering, discrimi- the United Kingdom. I am frankly unable to follow is such a gulf between my views O'Casey is among the most con- nation and police repression" with- You ignore also the fact that in your complicated argument about troversial of our age. out offering one shred of evidence the events of 1925. The facts seem and those of many of that the case of elections to the Nor- "minority" in Northern Ireland for The meeting began with a for them. to me to be quite simple. There thern Ireland Parliament the whom you presume to speak. paper which was read by Mr. When, for instance, we appointed Unionist majority today is not Gerard Curran. This aroused no an eminent Q.C. to undertake a markedly different from what it opposition — it was mostly factual most expensive, lengthy and was when such elections took place and the audience were not warmed searching enquiry into allegations on the basis of proportional repre- up. against the police mounted by an sentation which ™u3 in operation up Ronald Ayling who had come Opposition Member of Parliament, to 1929 in consistencies laid down I from Bristol made a thoughtful examination of the autobiographies and replied to some of the more I CAtWt, OIL If •foolish things that have been written recently about O'Casey's ftewi Captain V'Metfi, land under "electoral laws and con- early life. Mr. Ayling is O'Casey's ditions identical with those pre- Northern Ireland to co-operate in literary executor and may yet vailing elsewhere in the United the working of the Government of J PLACED your letter of Nov. in Dungannon to bring the whole Ireland Act, for example in relation write the definitive biography. 8th before my committee, question to a test in the courts. Kingdom." We agree about the laws, but dispute the identity of to the Boundary Commission. We E was followed by the Dublin and they asked me to thank you This attempt was suggested by the H playwright Mr, Kevin Casey, the conditions. On August 8th, do not accept that it was a fair for it, to express appreciation late British Prime Minister, Sir agreement freely arrived at. whose contribution to the re- Alec Douglas Home. It is alleged 1966, Mr. Gerard Fitt, M.P., asked Reference to Commonwealth con- cently published "World of Sean of your courtesy in replying at that the Dungannon Urban Dis- the Minister of State: "Why has vention is of course irrelevant since O'Casey" has aroused so much such length, and to make the trict Council has contravened one the returning officer . . . delibe- Northern Ireland is an integral favourable comment. He was more following reply:— of the provisions of the Government rately sited polling stations in my constituency In favour of the Union- part of the United Kingdom. As critical of Sean O'Casey than Mr. We gather that you decline to of Ireland Act (1920) by offering ist candidates?" There was no for "conventions" within the United Ayling, and posed a number of answer our question as to whether housing accommodation to Protest- denial except that the Home Sec- Kingdom a prominent expert in artistic questions which he sug- you make the establishment of a ants not on their list in preference retary was responsible. constitutional law, the senior lec- gested showed that during the last democratic regime in Northern Ire- to a Catholic, Mr. Patrick McHugh, period of his life he was less in turer in law at Queen's University, land conditional on the National- who has been waiting for some Clearly there is a prima facie case touch with the practicalities of the Belfast, has only recently pointed ists' withdrawing their opposition years. that gerrymandering, discrimination theatre than he had been pre- out that the doctrine that West- to partition, on the grounds that We cannot pre-judge the issue, and police repression exist in viously. There was some dissent at minster is limited in its power over you do not admit that the regime but draw your attention to the Northern Ireland, and we cannot this. Northern Ireland through a sup- as at present conducted is less than fact that Mr. McHugh has been de- understand why, believing as you posed convention is founded on a But it was Dublin actor and pro- fully democratic, and you assert terred from pursuing his case, appear to do that this case is easily fallacy. ducer Jim Fitzgerald who .set the that we have not produced a "shred which is in the nature of a test answered, you do not urge H.M. The conclusion is thus that the cat among the pigeons in a witty of evidence" to support "generalised case arising from the challenge of Government to set up an impartial hard-hitting speech defending the allegations" of "gerrymandering, a British Prime Minister, on account enquiry into the whole situation. Northern Ireland Government is responsible to the Westminster Par- opinion generally accepted in Ire- discrimination and police repres- of the refusal of the authorities to Such an enquiry has-been specifi- liament in all respects and must land that O'Casey's three Irish sion." provide him with legal aid. Per- cally requested by every opposition justify itself to that assembly. We plays are his greatest, and that T*7"E could of course have provided haps you will use your good offices party of importance in Northern do not need to inform you that there was something in the view * * ample evidence, but we to alter this situation, now that the Ireland, and yet for some reason there is widespread disquiet over that he lost touch with Ireland. judged this unnecessary. In the facts have been drawn to your at- the Unionist Party seems to lack Mr. Fitzgerald said that as a House of Commons at Westminster tention. confidence in the probable result. the allegations of undemocratic practices in Northern Ireland, not young actor and active socialist he on November 15th, Mr. Harold Wil- You state that Westminster elec- If as you state in your last para- only in Parliament but among the had sought O'Casey's help at a son showed that he too was under tions are conducted in Northern Ire- graph you hope to narrow the gulf time when black reaction reigned in this impression when he said: "I which divides you from many of entire British public. Ireland, but the old playwright am sure that Captain O'Neill is the "minority," we can conceive As you say, there seems an un- could not understand the needs of well aware of the facts brought out of no better initial step that the bridgeable gulf between your views the younger generation, and gave from time to time by my Hon. reference of their long-standing and ours. We can only hope there- the impression that the progress Friend (Mr. Gerard Fitt)." Mr. Christmas books complaints to an impartial external fore that the course of experience sive movement fighting back did Fitt had just concluded references (Continued from page seven) tribunal where all the facts can be will convince you that the interests not exist. He would of course have to the "Vicious gerrymandering" of fearlessly probed and remedies of the people of Northern Ireland, been pleased to see the present Derry City and it is noteworthy THE GREAT HUNGER, by Cecil recommended. both Protestant and Catholic, are vastly improved position, but he best served by the most thorough- that the Prime Minister used the Woodham-Smith, the story of the Such a step on your part would did not understand the forces be- word "fact." 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