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November 24th, 1913
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jim Larkin toured Britain unsuccessfully during the 1913 lockout seeking sympathetic strikes and addressing…
March 21st, 1917
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Less than a year after the Easter Rising the change of heart about the rebellion amongst members of the Irish…
June 18th, 1913
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The pro- and anti-Home Rule campaign was fought on religious as well as political platforms, and in England…
November 26th, 1912: Home Rule Bill 'a delusion and a cheat'
BACK PAGES: In 1912 the Home Rule Bill was going through the House of Commons in London, teasing out the details of the proposal…
Little did they know
British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916-45 By Paul McMahon Boydell Brewer, 516pp
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The ebbing of the imperial tide
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