On this day in Irish history 1921 (11)
TheDino1: 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed, ending the Irish War of Independence.
“Think, what have I got for Ireland? Something she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this, I have signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous —a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.” –Michael Collins
The Treaty brought an end to 700 years of British rule in 26 counties but opened a new and sad chapter in Ireland’s history – civil war and the battle for the remaining six in Northern Ireland. Collins of course said famously on signing ‘I tell you, I have signed my death warrant’. Despite the threat to his life Collin’s believed the Treaty would act as a stepping stone towards a united Ireland. What followed was his murder, decades of violence and partition of the Island to this day.
"We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times."
James Connolly
We forget so easily.“Think, what have I got for Ireland? Something she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this, I have signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous —a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.” –Michael Collins
The Treaty brought an end to 700 years of British rule in 26 counties but opened a new and sad chapter in Ireland’s history – civil war and the battle for the remaining six in Northern Ireland. Collins of course said famously on signing ‘I tell you, I have signed my death warrant’. Despite the threat to his life Collin’s believed the Treaty would act as a stepping stone towards a united Ireland. What followed was his murder, decades of violence and partition of the Island to this day.
"We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times."
James Connolly
...and destroy just as easily.
Saorstat: We forget so easily.
...and destroy just as easily.
Very true, but change is in the air.....and destroy just as easily.
Saorstat: Again??
Hoping anyway, there is more talk of a United country than ever before and elections here gave the Unionists a good kick up the Ballix..TheDino1: Hoping anyway, there is more talk of a United country than ever before and elections here gave the Unionists a good kick up the Ballix..
Always a worring time...Saorstat: Always a worring time...
We been through worse chara..Now we are ruled by an entirely different bunch of psychopaths in the EU. Oh lucky us
TheDino1: Hoping anyway, there is more talk of a United country than ever before and elections here gave the Unionists a good kick up the Ballix..
So now its our turn??Tiocfaidh .........?
We're better than that?
Saorstat: So now its our turn??
Tiocfaidh .........?
We're better than that?
As James once said."If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain."Tiocfaidh .........?
We're better than that?
That sounds very blue shirtish to me..
Not a mention of the sanctions against Venezuela or the bank rolling to tune of billions that the opposition get from their puppet masters in the states
But hey ho, you enjoy living in your capitalist utopia anyway..
Not a mention of the sanctions against Venezuela or the bank rolling to tune of billions that the opposition get from their puppet masters in the states
But hey ho, you enjoy living in your capitalist utopia anyway..
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“Think, what have I got for Ireland? Something she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this, I have signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous —a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.” –Michael Collins
The Treaty brought an end to 700 years of British rule in 26 counties but opened a new and sad chapter in Ireland’s history – civil war and the battle for the remaining six in Northern Ireland. Collins of course said famously on signing ‘I tell you, I have signed my death warrant’. Despite the threat to his life Collin’s believed the Treaty would act as a stepping stone towards a united Ireland. What followed was his murder, decades of violence and partition of the Island to this day.
"We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times."
James Connolly