http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com An award-nominated Irish blog on Irish history and Irish politics - from today and yesterday : all 32 Counties ! Fri, 02 May 2008 15:23:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BOBBY SANDS 1954-1981. Between the years 1917 and 1981 , twenty-two Irish men died on hunger-strike in our on-going fight for Irish freedom - Thomas Ashe, Kerry, 5 days, 25 September 1917(force fed by tube , died as a result). Terence McSwiney, Cork, 74 days, 25 October 1920. Michael Fitzgerald, Cork, 67 ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/bobby-sands-commemoration-2008/ Ernie O’Malley, pictured during his arrest in Dublin Castle in 1921 . He was using the alias ‘Bernard Stewart’ . ERNIE O’MALLEY : SOLDIER OF OGLAIGH na hEIREANN ……. Following the recent publication of O’Malley’s third book ‘Raids And Rallies’, on the Tan ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/30/ernie-o-malley-sixty-years-of-repression-operational-comments-6/ American soldiers in Shannon , British Navy in Dublin… British HMS Tyne, a ‘River Class Patrol Vessel’ , pictured , docked in Dublin , Sunday April 27th 2008. A reader of this blog , driving along the Dublin Quays today , noticed a small crowd gathered in the one spot ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/27/pirates-docked-at-dublin-quay/ Two Irish athletes protest over the political nature of the Olympics : Peter O’Connor ,Waterford (or Wicklow or England?) , and Limerick man Con Leahy staged a highly visible political protest on the claims that they were part of the ‘United Kingdom’ or ‘Great Britain’ team - they ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/25/irish-athletes-physically-protest-the-olympics/ Ernie O’Malley, pictured during his arrest in Dublin Castle in 1921 . He was using the alias ‘Bernard Stewart’ . ERNIE O’MALLEY : SOLDIER OF OGLAIGH na hEIREANN ……. Following the recent publication of O’Malley’s third book ‘Raids And Rallies’, on the Tan ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/23/ernie-o-malley-sixty-years-of-repression-operational-comments-5/ ” Oh, a sleeping drunkard Up in the Phoenix Park, And a crawling businessman In the Point Depot dark, And a Free State politician, And a British queen — All fit together In the same machine. Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice — So many different people In the same device….” (With apologises to the source!) COMING ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/22/royalty-a-big-empty-space/ (For ‘Brit Queen Poster’ article, click here) Those in attendance marched the short distance from the corner of Collins Avenue/Gracepark Road to the Commemorative Stone , where they were welcomed by the Chairperson , John Horan . After a short speech , John called for one minutes silence and then asked ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/20/captain-martan-o-hogain-script-pics-and-links-to-more/ YIELD TO A BRITISH MONARCH! The above poster - all seventy foot of it - was recently erected on the side of a building in Dublin which hires itself out for functions/gigs etc. No doubt in an effort to secure free publicity for some upcoming event or other , the ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/20/not-appreciated/ 85th Anniversary of Poulacapple killing .* 20 April, 1923 : Frank Aiken is elected IRA Chief of Staff. 22 April, 1923 : Free State troops surround Frank Aiken, Paidrag Quinn and Sean Quinn, the leaders of the Anti-Treaty forces in the Dundalk area, ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/ira-captain-martin-hogan-april-1923-3/ Ernie O’Malley, pictured during his arrest in Dublin Castle in 1921 . He was using the alias ‘Bernard Stewart’ . ERNIE O’MALLEY : SOLDIER OF OGLAIGH na hEIREANN ……. Following the recent publication of O’Malley’s third book ‘Raids And Rallies’, on the Tan ... http://11sixtynine.blogsome.com/2008/04/16/ernie-o-malley-sixty-years-of-repression-operational-comments-4/