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Decade Of Half Centenaries: Direct Rule

Posted on March 30, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

As I have said many times, the Decade of Half Centenaries is much more relevant than the so-called Decade of Centenaries that the Conflict Resolutionists obliged us to commemorate in a futile attempt to tell us that we have a … Continue reading →

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The Glasnevin Wall

Posted on February 7, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Glasnevin Cemetry in Dublin is in many ways our Arlington Cemetry. Our great heroes in many fields are buried here. Daniel O’Connell, Michael Collins, Kevin Barry, Countess Markievicz are buried here. So is Luke Kelly (musician), Liam Whelan (footballer) and … Continue reading →

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Decade Of Half Centenaries: Deaths January 1972

Posted on January 31, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

We have had the Decade of Centenaries. It was little more than an attempt by (some) academics to help us “understand” the background of the Troubles (which began in 1969) thru seminal events like the Ulster Covenant, Easter Rising, First … Continue reading →

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Three Decades of Half-Centenaries

Posted on January 3, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

When I became an active blogger over ten years ago, the”big theme” was the Decade of Centenaries. As regular readers will know, I prefer private remembering to public remembrance. We are entitled to remember our history as we wish. I … Continue reading →

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The Somme 1916-2016

Posted on July 1, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

I dont like military ceremony. More so…I dont like “Remembrance”, the way Officialdom takes over and uses “Memory”. “Remembrance” is always a means of using suffering to create an agenda. So I dont like my TV set being taken over … Continue reading →

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Stamps …1916-2016

Posted on January 22, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

So I picked up the “Easter” stamps in Dublin. In strict terms there are two kinds of postage stamp. A “definitive” stamp is in everyday use, often for several years. A “commemorative” stamp is intended to mark a special person, … Continue reading →

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I Wish It Was 2017

Posted on January 4, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

We are in the fourth day of 2016 and I already wish it was 2017. Later today I might take a very large sleeping tablet but I am not aware of any that will keep me asleep until 2017. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Commemorating Easter 1916

Posted on November 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

When I fiirst signed into Slugger O’Toole, just about the first threads I read were about the so-called Decade of Centenaries, the series of events including Easter 1916 and the Somme 1916….rwo events that are divisive in Norn Iron and … Continue reading →

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Who Do I Think I Am…Part Two (Maternal Side)

Posted on October 2, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

For generations…centuries even…. Irish families have lived along either side of invisible county borders….Sligo/Mayo, Armagh/Down, Meath/Dublin. Necessarily each one of the thirty two counties has a border with at least one other county. These lines never split families and family … Continue reading →

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Robert Ballagh…Question & Answer Session

Posted on September 3, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Tying up some loose ends here. Almost a month since I attended the lecture on “1916 Centenary” given by artist Robert Ballagh at An Féile. I blogged about the lecture and intended to blog about the subsequent Question and Answer … Continue reading →

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