ON THIS DATE (2ND AUGUST) 101 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF "AN INFLUENTIAL AND FORMIDABLE" IRISH REPUBLICAN SOLDIER.Henry James 'Harry' Boland (27th April 1887 – 2nd August 1922). "I rise to s… Read More

EASTER 2023.Easter 1916 Timeline -'07.55hrs - Sackville Street being blown to pieces. The centre of Dublin is unrecognisable this morning. Rubble is strewn everywhere. Burnt-out cars, trams… Read More

ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 143 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED - AUSTIN STACK.Austin Stack (pictured) was born on the 7th December, 1879 - 143 years ago on this date… Read More

ON THIS DATE (19TH OCTOBER) 277 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THE MAN WHO URGED THE IRISH "TO BURN EVERYTHING ENGLISH EXCEPT THEIR COAL"."Burn everything English but their coal" - the 'Hibernian Pa… Read More

ON THIS DATE (27TH APRIL) 93 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED - AUSTIN STACK.Austin Stack (pictured) was born on the 7th December, 1879, in Ballymullen, Tralee, County… Read More

(Left: Limavady, Middle: McConnell’s Irish Whisky, Right: GlendaloughIf it seems like more and more Irish whiskeys are popping up on your bar and bodegas shelves, you’re not craz… Read More

ON THIS DATE (4TH MAY) 49 YEARS AGO : BRITISH ATTORNEY GENERAL INTERFERES WITH 'BLOODY SUNDAY' INQUEST.'CONFIDENTIAL.(To) The Chief Crown Solicitor,Royal Court of Justice (Ulster),BELFAST, B… Read More

ON THIS DATE (12TH JANUARY) 83 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATUM DELIVERED TO WESTMINSTER.An ultimatum from the Government of the Irish Republic was delivered to the then British F… Read More

ON THIS DATE 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A PARTY PERSON.Pádraic Ó Máille (pictured), one of the founders (in 1906) of the Sinn Féin organisation and of the Conradh na… Read More

14TH APRIL, 1923 : FOUR DAYS AFTER AN IRA STRATEGIST IS SHOT DEAD BY THE STATERS, THE IRA DEPUTY-CHIEF OF STAFF IS ARRESTED BY THEM."FULL INDEPENDENCE AND NOTHING SHORT OF IT" - Austin Stac… Read More

ON THIS DATE (12TH MAY) 105 YEARS AGO - NO PLACE AT THAT TABLE FOR THIS CHAIR.If we had more time, we would give a brief history and/or mention of all those Irish men and women for whom this… Read More

ON THIS DATE (6TH JANUARY) 34 YEARS AGO : IRA OTR CAPTURED BY FS SPECIAL BRANCH.On Easter Sunday morning, 1978, seven Donegal Provo recruits crossed the border to Derry City ; they had been… Read More

Belfast boasts a long heritage of culture and a thriving new social scene. Together, these two sides of the city build a village-like environment in a wide section of the capital, suitable f… Read More

History can seem a little dull when we’re taught it in school, but when we travel, we can learn that it’s actually the most fascinating subject of them all. Traveling to new dest… Read More

RSF EASTER COMMEMORATIONS, DUBLIN, 2018.The main RSF Easter Commemoration in Dublin will be held on Easter Monday, 2nd April 2018 : we will be assembling at the Garden of Remembrance at 1.45… Read More

Anthony McIntyre reviews a book on life for Republicans in Crumlin Road Prison and Long Kesh in the 1980s. If there is one criticism to be levelled at Dominic Adams for his book Faoi Ghla… Read More

PROSE AND CONS.By prisoners from E1 Landing, Portlaoise Prison, 1999.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :Grateful thanks to the following for their help, support, assistance and encouragement, and all those wh… Read More

EASTER MONDAY (28TH MARCH) 2016 IN DUBLIN.'Here's to the men who, Easter Week, in the glorious year '16, flying out the folds of Freedom's Flag - the orange, white and green. Here's to the m… Read More

.…..Devon, Cornwall, The Dales and Scotland. There are so many other places in the UK that you can travel to which you may not think of immediately! Even if it means taking a short… Read More