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Volunteer Michael 'Big Mick' Connolly Belfast Brigade Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann Committed Irish Republican Socialist Former Political Prisoner of War Died 22 October 2024 2nd anniversary

DIED FOR IRELAND 22 October 1922 Captain Daniel O'Halloran A Company (Cobh) 4th Battalion Cork No.1 Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann. Killed in Action against Green-and-Tans at Carrigaloe.

Looking forward to the state apology for the needless brutality, beatings and abuse meted out to political prisoners in Portlaoise through the late 70's and early 80's.

Eric Morgan and Michael Loughran Half-brothers from Clonard, West Belfast Murdered for their faith by UVF Death Squad while walking to work 21 October 1974

20 October 1922 Commandant Billy Myles Kerry no.1 Brigade Na Fianna Éireann Killed in Action against Green-and-Tans At Tonevane, Kerry "It screamed aloud by Kerry lakes, As it was knelt upon the ground, And it died in great defiance, As they coldly shot it down." - Bobby Sands

❗️❗️The Gig for Garvaghy planned for Sunday 25 October is POSTPONED again until after the court decision. ❗️❗️

The Final Salute

There were no firearms on the Garvaghy Road. The 'question' is settled.

6th anniversary Pat McGivern Text Credit: @ClonardArea69 Pat, a tireless, hard-working stalwart of Green Cross who worked on behalf of republican prisoners and their families for decades. Pat , like many other women of their generation, had worked diligently and sometimes invisibly for over half a century and longer to advance the objective of Irish unity and in support of prisoners and their families. If our movement was a building, these women, and other women like them, were the foundation, corner stones and the scaffolding which held our structures together in good times and in bad. As well as collecting Green Cross, fighting election campaigns, and working within their local communities Pat along with another Republican Stalwart Margarite Gallagher staffed the Green Cross book shop - Siopa an Ealaine – at the Sinn Féin centre on the Falls Road for over 30 years. They had been for the many thousands of tourists and visitors the smiling, welcoming face of Irish Republicanism. Both women demonstrated enormous courage through their work in the shop. Despite the threats and harassment from British soldiers and unionist death squads it was always opened. They were there in February 1992 when RUC officer Allan Moore, pretending to be a journalist, went into the Sinn Féin advice centre next door to the shop and opened fire killing Paddy Loughran, Pat McBride, and Michael O'Dwyer. When Moore left the building he was grabbed by the arm by Marguerite who was dragged by him to his car which was parked in Sevastopol Street. He pushed her away and drove off. All of the events of the last half a century that visited that part of our city of Belfast – the pogroms, the Falls curfew, internment, the hunger strikes, numerous incidents, atrocities and attacks, the elections, all of the elections – Pat, like many other women, was there. Pat was particularly centrally involved in the Green Cross. That organisation, which was founded in 1973, provided much needed support for prisoners and their families. They follow a long and honourable tradition of like-minded activists who in the midst of conflict have come together to support prisoners and their families. Is cuimhin linn , ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Remembering Volunteer Cllr Jack Dunne Wexford Battalion Oglaigh na hÉireann Wexford Sinn Féin Wexford National Graves Association 48th anniversary "JACK DUNNE, one of Wexford's leading republicans, died on Thursday, October 18th, aged 74 years. His dedication to the Republican Movement had not wavered since he joined Fianna Eireann in Wexford in 1924. He was imprisoned in Mountjoy in 1941, and interned in the Curragh in 1958. ​Elected to Wexford Corporation in 1967 as a Sinn Fein councillor, Jack Dunne fought for the people of Wexford for many years. Proud of Wexford's history, he prevented the destruction of Selskar Abbey, one of the town's historic buildings. ​At his funeral on Saturday, October 20th, a republican guard of honour flanked his Tricolour-draped coffin. A black beret and black gloves were laid on top of the flag. ​The oration at the graveside was given by Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin of Gorey, as Jack had requested before his death. "Not just a Wexfordman by birth," right but also by folk memory and tradition, a man in the true republican hero mould, steadfast and unchanging, a veritable link with the Fenian faith and with the men of '98, Jack Dunne was the very father and fountainhead of republicanism in his native Wexford for over sixty years." ​Referring to Jack Dunne's service to the people of Wexford as an alderman, he went on: "Jack Dunne's name was a byword in the matter of principles and integrity throughout Leinster." ​Ó Súilleabháin also spoke of Jack's great care for Ireland's history and culture and his vast knowledge of all things Irish. "I have left Jack Dunne's greatest attribute to last," he said, as he talked about Jack's kindness to those in trouble and his work for prisoners' dependants. ​The Ard Chomhairle of Sinn Fein passed a motion of sympathy to Jack Dunne's family and comrades. Ar dheis Dé go raibh anam uasal sí laoich dhilis.

40th anniversary Volunteer James 'Spotter' Murphy D Company, Belfast Battalion 1940's & England Department Óglaigh na hÉireann 1970's New Barnsley Park Ballymurphy Died after over 40 years of service to the Republican Movement including imprisonment and internment. His funeral was the scene of massive Crown Forces saturation to prevent him being buried with military honours. Aged 65 19 October 1986 Buried Milltown Cemetery

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THEY DIED FOR IRELAND 18th October 1920 ​Volunteer Thomas O'Rourke A Company 3rd Battalion Dublin Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Killed in Action at Banba Hall, Parnell Square, Dublin ​Volunteer Pat Doyle B Company 1st Battalion South Roscommon Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Murdered at his home, Ballinagare ​Lieutenant Frank O'Dwyer & ​Quartermaster Ned O'Dwyer H Company 4th Battalion South Tipperary Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Murdered at their home, Ballydavid, Bansha ​1922 ​Volunteer Tom O'Dea Mitchelstown, Cork 3rd Tipperary Brigade Flying Column Óglaigh na hÉireann Killed in Action at Kilmanagh, Kilkenny ​1974 ​Volunteer Michael "Sticky" Hughes Main Avenue, Derrybeg. Newry Derrybeg Company 2nd Battalion South Down Command Óglaigh na hÉireann Murdered by British Army, Derrybeg

THEY DIED FOR IRELAND 17 October 1920 Volunteer Henry Kelly Sligo D Company 2nd Battalion Dublin Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Murdered after capture by Black-and-Tans, Banba Hall, Parnell Square, Dublin Commandant Michael Fitzgerald 1st Battalion Cork no.2 Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Died on 67th day of his Hunger Strike in Cork Gaol 1922 Volunteer Patrick Fries Crockraw, Churchill, Donegal B Company 4th Battalion Donegal No.2 Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Killed in Action against Green-and-Tans at Lough Veagh Section-Commander Jim O'Callaghan Castletownroche Cork No.2 Brigade Óglaigh na hÉireann Killed in Action against Green-and-Tans at Monanimy 1971 David Thompson Sheriff Street, Short Strand Martin/Treacy Cumann Murdered by British Army, Seaforde Street