Fine Gael Government To Honour The Black And Tans And Auxies In State Ceremony?
I’m very much in two minds about the announcement of an official state ceremony to be held in Dublin CastleContinue Reading
Tag: Royal Irish Constabulary – RIC
The Torturers And Murderers Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
On Friday the 26th of November 1920, Patrick Loughnane, aged twenty-nine, and his younger brother, Harry, aged twenty-two, were labouring in the fieldsContinue Reading
The Battle Of Pettigo And Belleek, May To June 1922
The Battle of Pettigo and Belleek in the summer of 1922 was the largest military engagement between the Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
Truth Is The First Casualty Of War
Last Monday I watched the second part of TV3’s drama-documentary series, “In the Name of the Republic”, where once again Eunan O’Halpin claimedContinue Reading
In The Name Of History
I’ve just finished watching a history-documentary (and I use that term advisedly) on Ireland’s British-owned private television channel, TV3, called “In The Name of the Republic”. Presented by EunanContinue Reading
Cutting Through The Lies
Two excellent articles debunking the recent attempts by Pro-British and Neo-Unionist apologist-historians and journalists to rewrite Irish history with the aim of “rehabilitating” theContinue Reading
Lies, Dammed Lies And The Pro-British Regressives
Rewriting Irish history? That seems to be the main concern of the contemporary Pro-British faction in modern Ireland. These anachronistic,Continue Reading
Proud Of The Gardaí – Ashamed Of The RIC
An Garda Síochána or “The Peace Guard” is Ireland’s national police service; a largely unarmed, civilian police force carefully regulatedContinue Reading
Guns For Hire – From RIC To RUC
In the 1920s, following the British defeat in Ireland’s War of Independence, many serving members of Britain’ paramilitary police forceContinue Reading
When Policemen Want To Commemorate A Police State Its Time To Worry…
I’m really thinking of setting up a regular “Only In Ireland” series here at An Sionnach Fionn, just so IContinue Reading
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