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Comment on Photos from the 1970 funeral of Liam Walsh (Saor Eire) by oconnorlysaght

oconnorlysaght — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:21:02 +0000

To my knowledge, there were three from SE present when the bomb went off. Liam Walsh was killed instantly, Martin Casey injured badly and needing several months in hospital (hence public identification) and Mairin Keegan who seemed to have been unscathed, but who was probably suffering from shock which triggered her premature death.

Comment on Trinity Monday 1914: A bizarre day in Dublin by Niall

Niall — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:01:23 +0000

“What-o ol’ chappie, it’s just spirited high- jinx by the entitled-brigade of the ruling classes..”…plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Their descendants all feature in Ross O’Carroll Kelly’s book “How to survive in Dublin on E10,000 a day”

Comment on Some notes on the history of Indian restaurants in Dublin by Angela Traynor

Angela Traynor — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:42:59 +0000

I well remember the New Delhi in Camden Street in the 1960s where the wine was served in teapots and poured into cups after a certain time as police raids regarding licensing laws were fairly frequent. Currently I think that the Meghna Tandoori in Terenure and the Jewel in the Crown, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge are consistently good for indian food.

Comment on When loyalists bombed O’Connell. by Tomboktu

Tomboktu — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:15:28 +0000

On a tangential but related topic. On the bus home this evening, I noticed that there is a statue-less plinth inside the gate at City Hall (west side, nearest the new concrete lump from which they are flying the presidency flags) with O’Connell’s name and some text, both as Gaeilge, on it.

Comment on The Bird Flanagan by Lorraine Chambers

Lorraine Chambers — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:54:58 +0000

Please note the correction to my reference website. It is HollywoodToday.net not .com
Also, check out the film IMDB of Shay Duffin and his website as he was Hollywood’s film Irish bartender in The Departed and Titanic. Shay’s parents and family lived as the carers of the Walkinstown House and they were willed the house by Bird yet removed them along with Bird’s widow by Bird’s father who then locked them out.

Comment on The Bird Flanagan by Lorraine Chambers

Lorraine Chambers — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:45:40 +0000

I received an email and later a call from Mark Humphrys as he spotted online a drawing of Bird Flanagan which I had posted as part of an initial remembrance from the private collection of Dublin actor Shay Duffin who is well known in Holllywood. I was staying in Blessington for a month after living on Walkinstown Road for twi months with family, just two houses away from the forementioned Walkinstown House. There is a sad twist of events which happened to Bird’s widow and the Duffin family who were the carers of Bird’s horses and home.

Comment on The Bird Flanagan by Peter Brown

Peter Brown — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:50:11 +0000

The way I heard it, the Irish Times story was correct but for one detail: it was not a ham that Flanagan bought and then “stole”, but a fowl of some sort – a goose or turkey. That was how he got his name of “Bird” and that is why the mural shows him carrying a bird.

Comment on Follow me up to Carlow… by arranqhenderson

arranqhenderson — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:36:42 +0000

Sorry to miss hearing you speak today, but bet it was good. Couldn’t go both days, alas, and was there yesterday (Sat) and indeed last year. It’s a great festival, isn’t it?

Comment on Photos from the 1970 funeral of Liam Walsh (Saor Eire) by Mick

Mick — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:22:35 +0000

Sam, Saor Eire member Mairin Keegan brother told me that she also assisted Liam Walsh on the night he was killed in a premature explosion, the Irish Times would not have known this.
Walsh preparing the bomb to be handed over to the activists, including Mairin Keegan they were an active service unit of Saor Eire.

Comment on Irish Archives and History Projects on Facebook by Mary Lou McKeone

Mary Lou McKeone — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:57:17 +0000

How did you miss us !!?? We have over 14,000 very active members. Post historical information three times a day and music on Sundays.
Our mission is to spread the truth of our ancestors. The loss of one crop does not constitute a famine. The loss of life constitutes a holocaust/genocide.
On FB: Irish Holocaust – Push to Educate the Facts
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Comment on Photos from the 1970 funeral of Liam Walsh (Saor Eire) by Sam

Sam — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:28:04 +0000

Thanks for the comment.

The Irish Times and other newspapers named Martin Casey as the person who was with Liam that night.
See for example: http://picturepush.com/public/13335055

Is this a mistake on their part?

Can you clarify what happened?

The paragraph on in the incident in the article on ‘theirishrevolution’ is quite confusing.
http://theirishrevolution.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/1289/

Comment on Photos from the 1970 funeral of Liam Walsh (Saor Eire) by oconnorlysaght

oconnorlysaght — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:49:57 +0000

Interesting photographs, but cover story inaccurate in two ways.
Firstly, Liam was not preparing a bomb, He was trying to defuse a bomb that had been left on the line probably by Loyalist paramilitaries.
Secondly, he was being assisted in this work by SE Volunteer Mairin Keegan. Though she survived the explosion apparently unhurt, it is believed that the shock triggered the revival of the cancer that would kill her fifteen months later.

Comment on Where are they now? Robert, Stephen and Russell at Nelson’s Pillar, June 1959. by Where Are They Now? | Broadsheet.ie

Where Are They Now? | Broadsheet.ie — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:05:34 +0000

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Comment on Trinity Monday 1914: A bizarre day in Dublin by Karl Longmore

Karl Longmore — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:32:36 +0000

W**kers through the ages.

Comment on Photos from the 1970 funeral of Liam Walsh (Saor Eire) by Mick

Mick — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:31:42 +0000

Saor Eire.

Very interesting public Meeting will take place in the Cobblestone Pub Smithfield on Thursday 12th September, 7.30 pm, entitled Radical Politics of the late 1960s-70s Marxists- Anarchists & Saor Eire.

Speakers: Alan MacSimoin a former member Workers Solidarity Movement and John McAnulty former People’s Democracy Belfast City Councilor.

Chairperson: Internee Stephen Murney – Freda Hughes IPSC)

Following the contributions of each of the speakers, there will Q&A session.