Kevin lynch warrenpoint 18 gave me his lighter in the crum, for the sake of Honour I can’t post details of discussions and historical fact we discussed and invoke my right to free speech and fifth amendment, awareness doesn’t prove involvement, he trusted my ear, ps, trolls? hate the message, don’t shoot the messenger. #RIP Francis Hughes and James Connolly.
With many thanks to: Geard Meehan – Chairde ar an Arm Náisiúa Fuascailte na hÉireann.
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Fearless son’s of Éireann
Seán Mac Diarmada
James Cononlly
Frank Hughes Died May 12th 1916 and 1981
Mise Éire:
Sine mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra
Mise Éire:
Uaigní mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra
Mór mo ghlóir:
Mé a rug Cú Chulainn cróga.
Mór mo náir:
Mo chlann féin a dhíol a máthair.
Mór mo bhrón:
D’éag an dream inar chuireas dóchas.
Mise Éire:
Sine mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra
Mise Éire:
Uaigní mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra
With many thanks to: Dermot Ryan – Federal Socialist Republic.
International Spirit of Eureka
One group of Australians who fought overseas will not get a mention today as they fought not for imperialism but against it in support of the Spanish Republic.
These men and women – communists, trade unionists, republicans, socialists and anarchists are the true heirs to the international spirit of Eureka.
The following fell in Spain.
Ted Dickinson 13/02/1937
Harry Hynes 1937
Jack Newman Feb 1937
Percival Butler Feb 1937
James Stewart Feb 1937
John Burgess Feb 1937
Jack Kent (New Zealand) 31/05/1937
Jack Stevens July 1937
Ralph Baynham 1938
Cormac McCarthy 1938
John William Young July 1938
William Arthur Morcom Sep 1938
Kevin Rebbecchi Jan 1939
Leslie White
At least 14 nameless Australians died upon the City of Barcelona ship on the 30th of May 1937 when it was torpedoed by a fascist submarine. The ship had been bringing over 200 international volunteers from France when it was sunk of Valencia.
‘We will not forget their names
those that did their bit for Spain
Viva los Brigadistas!’
With many thanks to: James Connolly.
The seven signatories of the Irish Proclamation, Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas Clarke, Thomas Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Sean MacDermott, Joseph Plunkett & Eamonn Ceannt.
All of the above men were executed by the British Government for their efforts in trying to secure a free Ireland!
At four minutes past noon on Easter Monday, April 24th, 1916, from the steps of the General Post Office Patrick Pearse read the Proclamation of the Republic:
POBLACHT NA h–EIREANN
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE
IRISH REPUBLIC
TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND
IRISHMAN AND IRISHWOMEN:
In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.
Having organized and trained her manhood through her secret revolutionary organization, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and through her open military organizations, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army, having patiently perfected her discipline, having resolutely waited for the right moment to reveal itself, she now seizes that moment, and, supported by her exiled children in America and by gallant allies in Europe, but relying in the first on her own strength, she strikes in full confidence of victory.
We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible. The long usurpation of that right by a foreign people and government has not extinguished the right, nor can it ever be extinguished except by the destruction of the Irish people. In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms. Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world, we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State. And we pledge our lives and the lives of our comrades-in-arms to the cause of its freedom, of its welfare, and of its exaltation among the nations.
The Irish Republic is entitled to, and hereby claims, the allegiance of every Irishman and Irish woman. The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities of all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally, and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien government, which have divided a minority in the past.
Until our arms have brought the opportune moment for the establishment of a permanent National Government, representative of the whole people of Ireland and elected by the suffrages of all her men and women, the Provision Government, hereby constituted, will administer the civil and military affairs of the Republic in trust for the people.
We place the cause of the Irish Republic under the protection of the Most High God, Whose blessing we invoke upon our arms, and we pray that no one who serves that cause will dishonour it by cowardice, inhumanity, or rapine. In this supreme hour the Irish nation must, by its valour and discipline and by the readiness of its children to sacrifice themselves for the common good, prove itself worthy of the august destiny to which it is called.
Signed on behalf of the Provisional Government,
THOMAS J. CLARKE
SEAN MAC DIERMADA THOMAS MACDONAGH
P.H.PEARSE EAMONN CEANNT
JAMES CONNOLLY JOSEPH PLUNKETT
With many thanks to: Brònzy Hegarty.
Remembering with pride Loretta Clarke, who passed away 11th April 2017.
Loretta Clarke who passed away on 11th April 2017. Loretta along with her late brother Jackie amassed the largest collection of republican ephemera in the world. The Jackie Clarke Collection is open to the public in Ballina.
Loretta was very many years a member of the NGA in Mayo and she can be heard in an audio documentary produced by them Dying for the Cause: The Story of the Mayo Hunger Strikers.
http://www.clarkecollection.ie/
With many thanks to: James Connolly, Irish Republican Education Forum.
RSF supports Gabriel Mackle in his defence of his Republican identity.
Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton
28ú Márta/March
Republican Sinn Féin salutes Gabriel Mackle on his courageous defence of his distinct identity and autonomy as an Irish Republican POW within the Maghaberry prison. Irish Republican POWs have historically had to run the gauntlet of British and 26-County state attempts to criminalise them and deny them their identity, shamefully on this occasion this latest injustice comes at the hands of those purporting to be fellow Irish Republicans. To compound the injustice is the fact that it was the CABHAIR supported prisoners who won the right of Republican prisoners to have their separate identity accepted by the prison regime. The CABHAIR supported prisoners led the dirty protests which resulted in the August 2010 Agreement.
This attempt to deny Gabriel Mackle his own political identity and autonomy brings only shame to those who have a hand in it. By cloaking their actions in the name of Republicanism they sully that noble banner. A statement issued under the name of “Republican Prisoners, Roe 4” in Maghaberry prison by the group styling itself Saoradh is quite simply a tissue of lies and calculated smear, designed to hide what is really happening here.
In an attempt to smear Gabriel Mackle the statement cites his previous membership of the British Army’s Royal Irish Regiment. This is a matter of public record. Irish Republican history is littered with instances of Irish patriots who having served in the British Army subsequently gave honourable and heroic service to the cause of Irish freedom, James Connolly, Michael Mallin and Tom Barry are notable examples.
This statement cannot disguise the reality of what is going on in Maghaberry. Gabriel Mackle’s right, a right inherent to all Republican POWs, to maintain his own political identity is being attacked. Historically this right has always been respected by Republican prisoners regardless of organisation. However, this latest move to deny Gabriel Mackle this right echoes the actions of the Provisionals who in 1986 forced Republican prisoners who refused to renounce their Republican principles and abandon their allegiance to the All-Ireland Republic off prison landings.
Today it seems similar tactics are being employed by a grouping that it seems will not tolerate any alternative views. When these people speak of unity we now can see what they really mean. They are simply Provo – lite, aping the tactics and mindset of the Provisionals. They will be no more successful in their attempts to intimidate faithful Irish Republicans than the reformist Provos were before them.
We will not be intimidated or deflected from our work. Over the decades we have seen many such groupings styling themselves as Republican come and go. Republican Sinn Féin and the Republican Movement long predate them and will long outlast them. This year we mark 100 years since the historic 1917 Ard Fheis at which Sinn Féin adopted a Republican constitution. We are proud of our history of unbroken continuity of principle and organisation. Over the course of that century faithful Irish Republicans have defended that constitution from those who have attempted to subvert it, in 1921, 1926, 1946, 1969/70 and 1986. We will remain steadfast in our allegiance to the All-Ireland Republic of Easter and determined in our pursuit of our Republican goals. Once more we salute Gabriel Mackle and pledge him our continued solidarity and support. Maith thú Gabriel.
Críoch/Ends.
With many thanks to: Des Dalton, President Republican Sinn Féin.
Free Tony Taylor now interned 376 Day’s
Tony Taylor from Derry City is currently Interned in Maghaberry Prison.
To date, there has been no allegation of wrongdoing let alone evidence put to Tony by the authorities to explain his continued imprisonment.
The decision to jail Tony has been taken by the British Secretary of State, based on unaccountable intelligence supposedly provided by the security services. This is an abuse of power, undemocratic and an infringement of human rights.
#freetonytaylor
With many thanks to: James Connolly.
James Fintan Lalor, the real Revolutionary of ’48’, was born March 8th, 1807, at Tenaill, Abbeyleix.
Sent to Carlow Lay College, 1825. On leaving college he was apprenticed to Dr. Jacob of Maryborough. He only remained eighteen months there, when he left suddenly and embarked for France.
With many thanks to: James Connolly (James Connolly Association Australia):
http:// https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=465806823528008&id=100002960821847&set=a.276723952436297.57271.100002960821847#!/jamesconnollyassociation
James Fintan Lalor, the real Revolutionary of ’48’, was born March 8th, 1807, at Tenaill, Abbeyleix.
Sent to Carlow Lay College, 1825. On leaving college he was apprenticed to Dr. Jacob of Maryborough. He only remained eighteen months there, when he left suddenly and embarked for France.
With many thanks to: James Connolly (James Connolly Association Australia):
http:// https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=465806823528008&id=100002960821847&set=a.276723952436297.57271.100002960821847#!/jamesconnollyassociation
Below is a copy of the letter that was sent to all MSP’s by the James Connolly Society, Scotland.
Seán Heuston Dublin 1916 Society
A chara,
On behalf of the 1916 Societies I request your support for our campaign to hold an All Ireland Referendum on Irish Unity. The people of Scotland will exercise their right to national self-determination in a constitutional referendum in September 2014 and we believe the people of Ireland have the same right to determine their constitutional future without outside interference or impediment.
Irrespective of their personal and political positions on independence Scottish parliamentarians have acknowledged the right of the people of Scotland to decide. We ask you to support the campaign to for the Irish peoples rights in this regard to be respected.
The 1916 Societies are Ireland’s fastest growing political movement. We have established Societies throughout Ireland, Australia, United States as well as Scotland. The 1916 Societies are an independent Irish Political Movement that looks upon the ideals and principals set out in the 1916 Proclamation as our significant point of reference.
The proposed Six County border poll under Britain’s Northern Ireland Act 1998 permits the Secretary of State (an English politician devoid of a single vote in Ireland) to determine:
when and if a poll may be called,
the wording of the poll and,
who qualifies to vote.
Even if passed the British parliament retains the final say on whether or not the result will be endorsed by the UK government.
We believe the core concept of Irish republicanism is that Irish constitutional authority derives from the Irish people and does not defer to laws or decrees emanating from London.
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising it is clear that Britain continues to refuse to recognise Ireland as one democratic unit and presumes that Westminster will define the parameters of Irish democracy.
Republicanism is a unifying concept based on interdependence as opposed to tribal commonality. The exceptional Republican leadership of 1916 knew that interdependence could only be nurtured within a national context and not a partitionist one. They were very specific about that in the Proclamation calling for a ‘National Government representative of the whole people of Ireland’ and declaring that the Republic must be,
‘…oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien Government, which have divided a minority from the majority in the past.’
A Six County poll legitimises the very mechanisms invented by Britain to harness these differences to British interests by endorsing the Unionist veto and accepting the artificial statelet that incubates and nurtures the sectarian dynamic in Irish politics.
The 1916 Proclamation for too long has been relegated to the status of a notional aspiration. The 1916 Societies wish to be part of a broad movement which reinstates the Proclamation of the Republic to its rightful place and its original intent as a template for action. In that spirit we respectfully request your endorsement of an All Ireland Referendum on Irish Unity. One Ireland – One Vote.
Is mise le meas,
Jim Slaven
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