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Tag Archives: Short Strand
Working Man Blues …The Troubles 1969-1972
This is a re-written/edited version of an article I wrote for a USA-based academic website a few years ago. I started work aged 17 on 29th September 1969. My parents were deeply disappointed that I had decided to leave school … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ballymurphy, Belfast Corporation, Catholics, Freemasonry, IRA, nationalists, Oath of Allegiance, Protestants, RUC, Short Strand, St Matthews, The Troubles, unionists
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Pension For Troubles “Combatants”
I tried to post this on Slugger O’Toole an hour ago. Seems a shame not to publish it. The nature of posting on Slugger (his gaffe, his rules) and Czar (my gaffe, my rules) is that I am somewhat more … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Sunday, Botanic, Conflict Resolution, Kingsmills, La Mon, Mick Fealty, North Belfast, Platform for Change, RUC, Short Strand, Slugger O'Toole
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Poster Boys & Girls…#26 Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Féin)
27th April. This poster is outside the Strand Bar in Mountpottinger Road. Niall Ó Donnghaile is a youthful Sinn Féin veteran and candidate in East Belfast. He is media savvy and a former Mayor of Belfast. He has done well … Continue reading
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Tagged East Belfast, Niall Ó Donnghaile, Short Strand, Sinn Féin, Westminster Elections
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Guest Post: Mr James FitzjamesHorse
A post from Mr James FitzjamesHorse, related to Mrs FJH and myself…thru being born. Well Alex Maskey has got a bit tongue tied on live tv, sadly not for the first time. I immediately recall the situation of the “Columbia … Continue reading
Keeping An Eye On the Czar of Russia 