Watch Fr. McManus’ fourteenth social-media video (just 3.5 minutes) on the One Ireland Petition. ” The Petition is a perfect response to England’s cruel and undemocratic partition of Ireland, enacted by the London Parliament with the assent of the King of England on December 23,1920. We all must make a special push to get more Signers […]
December, 2020
AUXILIARY PATROL WIPED OUT by Donal Kennedy
On Saturday I reported how THE TIMES reported what it called THE IRISH CRISIS in its issue of 28 November 1920 and reprinted its report on 28 November 2020. I said that I looked forward to its response to events of 28 November 1920 which I expected to see reprinted on Monday 30 November 2020. […]
ON REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING by Donal Kennedy
In 26 days, Deo Volente, if I’m spared, I’ll be starting my 80th year. I’m not wearing too badly. But I got off to a great start. Thanks to Connolly and Pearse, MacDonagh and Macbride, the Boys of Kilmichael, Eamon de Valera and others I was born in an oasis of peace when most of […]
Need a beefy body to block justice? Here’s Brandon
It seems that when this Tory government has to make a statement that is shaming and ignores the truth, the cry goes up “Get Brandon Lewis!” When the Withdrawal Agreement needed to be holed below the water-line, they sent for Brandon. Sure enough, he conceded modestly that his government planned to “break international law” by […]
Pat Finucane by Fra Hughes
Pat Finucane was gunned down as he sat down to dinner with his family one Sunday evening in Belfast on February 12, 1989, just two days before celebrating Valentine’s with his beloved wife Geraldine. Two gunmen broke down his front door before entering the dining area and brutally murdering Pat. Mr Finucane was a well-known, […]