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Revolutionary Remembrance: Their Mutiny

Posted on Mar 27, 2014 by NFB

So, this past week a hundred years ago saw what we call the “Curragh Incident” or “Mutiny” if you want to be just a little bit more inflammatory (and I do). I’m not sure how you really do some proper … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Remembrance: Kilmichael, And A Rebuttal To The Southern Star

Posted on Aug 15, 2013 by NFB

It is the centenary decade, so you’re going to bump in to varying opinions about commemoration and remembrance. Occasionally, they will be of the overly-outraged, illogical kind. Like the below. Written by a figure called “Archon”, it is an opinion … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Remembrance: Markievicz, Mistakes And Misappropriation

Posted on Aug 4, 2013 by NFB

So, this video did the rounds a bit a while ago. It depicts Tom D’Arcy, a “spokesman” for Direct Democracy Ireland and People for Economic Justice, speaking after a protest at an auction house in Dublin. In the course of … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Remembrance: “My Civil War” And “A Lost Son”

Posted on Dec 14, 2012 by NFB

(Note: The two hyperlinks in this article will expire a few weeks after publication). Over the last few weeks, RTE has aired two documentaries about the Irish Civil War. The first was My Civil War, a look at the descendents … Continue reading →

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