‘The Typist with the Webley’ – Winifred Carney to be remembered in Belfast 1916 Rising volunteer Winifred Carney is to be commemorated in Belfast this week with a gathering at Milltown Cemetery on Saturday at 1PM. The Irish Citizen Army ...
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Margaret Skinnider remembered in Dublin and Coatbridge on 50th Anniversary Margaret Skinnider remembered on her 50th anniversary by Lasair Dhearg in Dublin and Coatbridge.Skinnider was veteran of the 1916 Rising, a suffragette, a republican, a socialist, trade unionist and a ...
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Annual FIBI Sliabh Fea commemoration honours the late Eddie O’Neill By Pádraic MacCoitir “I can’t remember exactly when I became aware of the Spanish Civil War but it was years ago. I’d read bits and pieces about IRA volunteers who ...
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Winifred Carney to be remembered in Belfast ‘The Typist with the Webley’ – Winifred Carney was a suffragist, a teacher and a trade unionist, a member of Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she stood alongside James Connolly ...
Read MoreMary Ann McCracken remembered in Belfast Today marks the 251st anniversary of the birth of Belfast woman Mary Ann McCracken, a titan in Republican politics; a feminist, abolitionist and social reformer. Unable to gather at her grave to mark the ...
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We make bread not profits – The Limerick Soviet Written by author and Friend to Lasair Dhearg – David Swanson As Ireland once again moves to commemorate another anniversary of the 1919-1921 War of Independence, we have a collective duty ...
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Lasair Dhearg 1916 Rising Commemoration 2021 The following address was delivered by Ciarán O’Brien, Lasair Dhearg Belfast, with contributions from Alána Ní Dochartaigh, Lasair Dhearg Derry, Dave Walsh, Lasair Dhearg Dublin and members of Lasair Dhearg Supporter’s Network. Ciarán O’Brien: ...
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Lasair Dhearg New Year Statement, 2021 At the beginning of another new year, Ireland’s six most north-eastern counties remain under the grip of a foreign power. At present, there are more than 20,000 security personnel maintaining Britain’s occupation of Ireland. ...
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Lasair Dhearg to commemorate the 1981 Hunger Strike in its 40th anniversary year. The Socialist Republican organisation Lasair Dhearg has announced that it plans to commemorate the 1981 hunger strike in its 40th anniversary year, 2021. Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic ...
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The O’Rahilly Home – Hotels over Heritage. Yesterday at dawn, Dublin property developers demolished another of the city’s historical Republican landmarks to make way for a hotel and apartment complex. The former home of 1916 leader Michael Joseph O’Rahilly and ...
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James Connolly – We Will Rise Again (1916) James Connolly, Workers’ Republic, 25 March 1916. The celebrations of the past week in Ireland are a welcome reminder of the indestructible nature of the spirit of freedom. Who would have thought ...
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#OTD 1970 – The Battle of St. Matthew’s The following piece has been provided by Lasair Dhearg’s Pádraic MacCoitir. “Growing up in Belfast in the late 60s and early 70s I was hearing a lot of shooting and bombing and ...
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‘Bobby Sands Street’ – Belfast City Centre Streets renamed as part of anti-colonial campaign. Street signs honouring deceased Republican martyrs including the late Máire Drumm, IRA Hungerstriker Bobby Sands and 1916 Rising leader James Connolly were erected across Belfast yesterday ...
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Che Guevara – the intervening years. Che Guevara. Is there any other revolutionary held in higher esteem across the international freedom struggle? Having found immortality in martyrdom, the Argentine’s contribution to Cuba, and indeed International Socialism, cannot be questioned. Che’s ...
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I nDíl Chuimhne Oglach Michael Gaughan On June 3rd 1974 the death of IRA volunteer Micheal Gaughan took place in Parkhurst Prison, England. He had been on hunger strike for 64 days and during that time he had been force-fed ...
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