Tag Archives: Desmond Gillespie

SDLP : New Faces: Paul Doherty (West Belfast)

Posted on January 28, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

I am of course a man from West Belfast. I still feel like that even though I only lived there from 1952 to 1979. Of course I usually worked in Belfast but oddly I have never felt totally at ease … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Attwood, Desmond Gillespie, Dr Joe Hendron, Gerry Carroll, IRA, Paddy Devlin, Paddy Wilson, Paul Doherty, Paul McCusker, SDLP, west belfast, Workers Party | 6 Comments

SDLP Youth…47 Years Ago (My Part in Their Success)

Posted on March 27, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

Best wishes to SDLP Youth who are holding their annual conference today. It is a little known fact that in early 1974, Paddy Devlin drove my friend Mary and me to a SDLP meeting at the Dunowen Inn, in Dungannon. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alban Magennis MLA, Cara Hunter, Colum Eastwood, Daniel Wray McCrossan, Desmond Gillespie, John Turnley, Paddy Devlin, Paddy O'Hanlon, SDLP, SDLP Youth | Leave a comment

SDLP at 50

Posted on August 23, 2020 by fitzjameshorse

Happy Birthday SDLP. I remember the day the SDLP was formed. I vividly recall the founding members and a handful of journalists outside the venue. A journo asked “will the SDLP be non sectarian?” and Paddy Devlin replied “we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Austin Currie, Ballymurphy Massacre, Bernadette Devlin, Bloody Friday, Bloody Sunday, Claude Wilton, Colum Eastwood MLA, Desmond Gillespie, Dr Joe Hendron, Gerry Fitt, Ivan Cooper, John Hume, Nichola Mallon, NILP, Official IRA, Paddy Devlin, Paddy Kennedy, Paddy O'Hanlon, Paddy Wilson, Paschal O'Hare, Provisionals, Republican Clubs, Republican Labour, SDLP, Seamus Lynch, Slugger O'Toole, Vivian Simpson, Workers Party | 2 Comments

SDLP and Sinn Fein: How It Was

Posted on June 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

One of the books on the Troubles, it might even be Brian Feeney’s book on SDLP and Sinn Fein describes the early 1970s Sinn Fein manifestation as non combatants…the parents and wives of the activists in the Irish Republican Army. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Desmond Gillespie, Paddy Devlin, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Vincent McCloskey | 19 Comments