I have been an active Irish Republican for over 30 years. Politics, history and Kildare GAA are my passions.
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Delighted to have Village carry my article on the 60th anniversary of the 1962 IRA Ceasefire and the lessons for today villagemagazine.ie/the-1962-…
A wonderful day of commemoration with the National Graves Association.
Started with the annual Mass for all those who died for Irish Freedom at the historic St Mary's of the Angels Capuchin Churct on Church St in Dublin.
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This is the church from which Fathers Albert and Dominic were to minister to the 1916 leaders in Kilmainham Gaol.
Following this a very fitting commemoration was held at the Hunger Strike Cereotaph in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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I gcuimhne mhná uasal Máire Drumm. Fifty years ago on October 28 outgoing Vice President of Sinn Féin and life-long republican activist Maire Drumm was murdered by a British-backed loyalist death squad as she recovered from eye surgery in Belfast's Mater Hospital.
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Maire joined Sinn Féin in 1940. She was a tireless campaigner for Republican prisoners which is how she met her husband Jimmy Drumm who was a Republican prisoner in Crumlin Road Prison in Belfast. They married in 1947.
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During the H Block prison protests and hunger strikes of the late 1970s and early 1980s, while others flew for cover, Donal, along with his life- long friend Christy Moore were resolute in their support for the "Blamket men and women" of Long Kesh and Armagh Jail.
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From 'The Rakes of Kildare' through "Emmet Spicleand", "Planxty", "The Bothy Band", to "Moving Hearts" Donal Lunny's craft and brilliance brought Irish traditional music to new audiences without ever compromising its integrity.
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Des Dalton retweeted
GOVT MISINFORMATION ALERT - If Ireland deploys DF to proposed ‘EU Support Mission’ to Lebanon without Triple Lock -It will NOT be a Blue Helmet Peacekeeping Mission -It will be an EU (Von Der Leyen ‘We Stand With Israel’) Peace Enforcement Mission to Disarm Hezbollah -A CIVIL WAR
Nine years since we said goodbye to my Mam. The gap you left has not been filled nor ever will but the love you gave us and ours for you is no less than it ever was❤️
Honoured to give the oration at the National Graves Association centenary commemoration at the Republican Plot at St Corban's Cemetery in Naas, Co Kildare. Great turnout and maith sibh to the Prosperous Heritage Group for an excellent display.
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Honoured to have been asked to deliver the oration at the National Graves Association centenary commemoration at the Republican Plot in St Corban's Cemetery, Naas Co Kildare on Sunday, October 11 at 2pm.
The analysis of @SJAMcBride @BenLowry2 and @StephenNolan of the fallout of the current Garvaghy Road protest is based on the premise that the Six-County State is a normal democratic state.
This is a false premise as the legitimacy of state has always been contested..
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This has been the case since the Six-County State was founded in 1920/21 and the current events on the Garavaghy Road only underline this reality.
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Des Dalton retweeted
This is Rosemary Nelson’s son giving a very powerful and moving explanation of why this march is a total disaster. Add to that the sight of Marie-Therese Murray holding an image of her son Darren who died during the same time it’s crystal clear why this march must be banned
The decision of a British Court in the early hours of this morning and the events that have unfolded on the Garvaghy Road are a sharp reminder that despite 28 years of normalising British rule in Ireland nothing fundamentally changes.
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Yet again the British State and its various institutions, its courts and police, combine in an attempt to force a sectarian and triumphalist Orange march on nationslist people, effectively imprisoning them within their own communities.
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