Greater Bone area Commemoration 2018
Hundreds of people take to the streets of the small nationalist Bone area of North Belfast to commemorate those IRA volunteers and local civilians who were killed during the conflict in the north of Ireland.
Ardoyne Republicans open Garden of Reflection to local Victims of the Conflict
LONG MONTHS of hard work have came to fruition for people in the Ardoyne, Ligoniel and Bone areas of north Belfast when the new Garden of Reflection was officially opened at Herbert Street in Ardoyne as a lasting memorial to those who lost their lives during the conflict.
Hundreds of people travelled across the city on Sunday to join local republicans and community activists for a parade from the site of the old memorial on Berwick Road to the new site, built on reclaimed derelict land by members of the Ardoyne, Bone, Ligoniel Heritage Association.
Leading the parade was a republican colour party, followed by representatives of those from the areas who lost their lives in the conflict.
Groups of republican ex-POWs from the Falls, Ballymurphy, New Lodge and further afield joined the parade behind former prisoners from Ardoyne, Ligoniel and the Bone districts.
Lenadoon Martyrs Commemoration 2012
Hundreds of Belfast republicans gather in the grounds of the Rodai MacCorlai clubrooms for the annual Lenadoon Martyrs Commemoration. This years main speaker was former hunger striker Pat Sheehan MLA.
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NORTHERN IRELAND: 2 MEN SHOT DEAD IN PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC BAR
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Masked gunmen have shot dead two friends and wounded three other people at a cozy country pub in a religiously mixed Northern Ireland village.
No group has claimed responsibility for the shootings on Tuesday night in the Catholic owned Railway Tavern.
However Catholic politicians claim the killers were Protestant militants trying to hijack the peace process.
Poyntzpass is a small village 25 miles (40 kilometres) south west of Belfast.
It's now a small community in shock over the cold blooded killings of two of its young sons.
The two friends - one Catholic, one Protestant - were drinking in the Railway Tavern when the masked gunmen burst in and took their lives and wounded three others.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I just cannot find the words to describe it.
Q: Why do think this pub was singled out?
A: I have no idea. Two young lads dead, two friends, two young lads, the very salt of this village, two mates. It's unbelievable, just unbelievable.
Q: Did you know the two lads?
A; I knew both of them.
Q: What can you tell us about them?
A: Two very honest young lads from two very honest and decent and respectable families.
SUPER CAPTION: Robert Turner, Local Councillor
Locals can't believe that sectarian violence has come to their peaceful and religiously mixed community.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Q: What do you think the people of the village will be thinking tonight?
A: They are thinking what I am thinking, they are not going to sleep very well. They just, they cannot understand this, they are utterly sick of the whole situation.
SUPER CAPTION: Robert Turner, Local Councillor
Damien Traynor, a Catholic in his late 20s, and Philip Allen, a Protestant in his early 30s, were childhood friends, regulars at the bar and nearest the gunmen.
They were both shot at close range and pronounced dead on arrival at Daisy Hill Hospital in the nearby town of Newry.
SOUNDBITE:(English)
Two men came in and told the people to lie down and shot the two men dead and they opened fire on the other people who were in the bar.
SUPER CAPTION: Seamus Mallon, M-P
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shooting but the Railway Tavern is a predominantly Catholic bar.
Police said the gunmen's getaway car went in the direction of Banbridge, the nearest pro-British Protestant town from Poyntzpass.
And local Catholic politicians believe the killings were the work of Protestant paramilitaries trying to wreck the peace talks.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
There is no conceivable reason that anyone could think of. As I said, it's a mixed bar, it's a mixed community with very good community relations in this village and to have chosen that bar in this village just belies belief. One can only say that those who carried it out wanted to damage this community as deeply as they possibly could.
SUPER CAPTION:Seamus Mallon, M-P
The shootings in the Railway Tavern capped off a day of violence in Northern Ireland.
Earlier, another gunman tried to kill a Catholic man working alone at a roadside fast-food trailer near Belfast, but his handgun jammed.
Police suspect Pro-British paramilitaries.
And the day began with Irish army experts defusing a car bomb concealed in a hayshed in Hackballscross, a mile inside the Irish Republic.
Police said it had been stored there in advance of a likely strike across the border, where the British army has several fortifications.
All the violence overshadowed a meeting of seven political parties in Belfast for what's supposed to be a final round of peace talks for Northern Ireland.
And the violence like that in small Poyntzpass underscores just how fragile those cease-fires have become.
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The European Capitol of Terrorism: Belfast - VICE Travel - Part 2 of 4
On the eve of the parade, we further explore the divide between the Protestant and Catholics in the Belfast community. We discovered that both sides share a commonality: the involvement from the youth.
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The Last Lecture: Wisdom from your Elders; UAA Prof. Derry & Prof. Buckland Nov. 10, 2017
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Professor Jim Derry (not Dairy) and Professor Michael Buckland give advice and other knowledge they each wish others had given them when they were in their early twenties. We hope you enjoy the video. = )
1981 Irish hunger strike
The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. In 1978, after a number of attacks on prisoners leaving their cells to slop out, the dispute escalated into the dirty protest, where prisoners refused to leave their cells to wash and covered the walls of their cells with excrement. In 1980, seven prisoners participated in the first hunger strike, which ended after 53 days.
The second hunger strike took place in 1981 and was a showdown between the prisoners and the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. One hunger striker, Bobby Sands, was elected as a Member of Parliament during the strike, prompting media interest from around the world. The strike was called off after ten prisoners had starved themselves to death—including Sands, whose funeral was attended by 100,000 people. The strike radicalised Irish nationalist politics, and was the driving force that enabled Sinn Féin to become a mainstream political party.
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Belfast | Wikipedia audio article
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Belfast
00:02:08 1 Name
00:03:30 2 History
00:03:51 2.1 Origins
00:04:54 2.2 Growth
00:06:55 2.3 The Troubles
00:08:33 2.4 21st century
00:08:59 3 Governance
00:09:36 3.1 Local government
00:11:45 3.2 Northern Ireland Assembly and Westminster
00:12:53 4 Geography
00:15:29 4.1 Climate
00:18:52 4.2 Areas and districts
00:22:43 5 Cityscape
00:22:52 5.1 Architecture
00:25:48 5.2 Parks and gardens
00:29:17 6 Demography
00:33:02 7 Economy
00:36:35 7.1 Industrial growth
00:38:55 8 Infrastructure
00:39:56 8.1 Utilities
00:41:18 8.2 Health care
00:42:29 8.3 Transport
00:47:18 9 Culture
00:52:13 9.1 Media
00:54:11 9.2 Sports
00:57:49 10 Notable people
00:57:58 11 Education
01:00:36 12 Tourism
01:02:12 13 Twin towns – sister cities
01:02:43 14 See also
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- Socrates
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Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) is a city in the United Kingdom and the capital city of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland and second largest on the island of Ireland. It had a population of 333,871 in 2015.By the early 1800s Belfast was a major port. It played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, becoming the biggest linen producer in the world, earning it the nickname Linenopolis. By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, where the RMS Titanic was built, was the world's biggest shipyard. It also has a major aerospace and missiles industry. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast Ireland's biggest city and it became the capital of Northern Ireland following the Partition of Ireland in 1922. Its status as a global industrial centre ended in the decades after the Second World War.
Belfast suffered greatly in the Troubles, and in the 1970s and 1980s was one of the world's most dangerous cities. However, the city is now considered to be one of the safest within the United Kingdom. Throughout the 21st century, the city has seen a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years and has benefitted from substantial economic and commercial growth. Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. Belfast is still a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard. It is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. It is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a Gamma minus global city.
Waterbury, CT AOH 31st Commemoration of 1981 Hunger Strike 9/1/2012 (Full)
Video of Monsignor Slocum AOH Division 1, Waterbury, CT (msgrslocumdiv1.com) Freedom for All Ireland Cmte., 1981 Hunger Strike Commemoration, September 1st, 2012.
Bobby Sands, Belfast, 66 days, 5 May 1981.
Frank Hughes , Bellaghy (Derry) , 59 days, 12 May 1981.
Raymond McCreesh , South Armagh , 61 days, 21 May 1981.
Patsy O Hara , Derry , 61 days, 21 May 1981.
Joe McDonnell , Belfast , 61 days, 8 July 1981.
Martin Hurson , Tyrone , 46 days, 13 July 1981.
Kevin Lynch, Dungiven (Derry) ,71 days, 1 August 1981.
Kieran Doherty , Belfast , 73 days, 2 August 1981.
Tom McIlwee , Bellaghy (Derry) , 62 days, 8 August 1981.
Micky Devine , Derry , 60 days, 20 August 1981.
Freedom for All Ireland Hunger Strike Commemoration Report
The 1981 Hunger Strike Commemoration was held on September 1, 2012 at Hartford, Connecticut. Glorious sunshine greeted the large crowd with attendees coming from all over the state and as far as New Jersey and New York. The day's ceremonies commenced at Bobby Sands Circle in Hartford where a monument consisting of a large Celtic Cross inscribed with the names of the ten brave men who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh in 1981 is located. The monument also includes the names of Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg who died on hunger strike in British prisons in 1974 and 1976 respectively. All of the Hunger Strikers died in protest of being denied political status as prisoners of war.
Master of ceremonies Joe Flaherty commenced the ceremonies by introducing Raymond P Greene who sang stirring renditions of both the Irish and American National Anthems.
Peadar Cleary recited Bobby Sands well-known poem The Rhythm of Time followed Joe O'Flaherty reciting the Roll of Honor. As each name was read a white cross bearing his name was placed at the foot of the monument.
Activist Susan Miskell spoke of her recent visit to Maghaberry and the dire conditions endured by Republican prisoners in the occupied six counties. She also spoke of the prisoners struggle for political status and made special mention of the daily hardships faced by the families of the prisoners.
Pat Williams of the National Irish Freedom Committee spoke about the case of Martin Corey. Pat emphasized that Martin Corey is a political hostage being held by the British on 'secret evidence', so secret that neither he nor his lawyers are even allowed to see or challenge it. He further stated that the case of Martin Corey makes clear that internment still exists and asked all present to visit releasemartincorey.com for more information and to spread the word within their respective organizations about Martin's plight.
In conclusion Joe O'Flaherty thanked all who had attended and reminded them that refreshments were available at the Maple Cafe across the street.
Later that evening a ballad session was held to aid the families of political prisoners at the Local Public House in Waterbury. Music was provided by Boston Rebel band Erin Óg. A great night was had by all!
The entire day was a great success and special thanks go organizers Joe O'Flaherty and Sue Miskell, and participants owners & staff at The Local Public House (Waterbury), AOH Div 1 Waterbury, Cumman na Saoirse Náısıúnta (The National Irish Freedom Committee), The Maple Cafe Hartford, Al Aborn, Maureen Burns, Caoimhin Potter and all who supported or helped make the day the success it was.
Video courtesy of Cumann na Saoirse Náısıúnta (irishfreedom.net), All Rights Reserved. Posted with permission.
100 Years of Freedom: Ireland Then and Now
Belfast | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:33 1 Name
00:04:02 2 History
00:04:24 2.1 Origins
00:05:34 2.2 Growth
00:07:53 2.3 The Troubles
00:09:40 2.4 21st century
00:10:40 3 Governance
00:11:20 3.1 Local government
00:13:41 3.2 Northern Ireland Assembly and Westminster
00:14:55 4 Geography
00:17:45 4.1 Climate
00:21:29 4.2 Areas and districts
00:25:50 5 Cityscape
00:25:59 5.1 Architecture
00:29:30 5.2 Parks and gardens
00:33:20 6 Demography
00:37:24 7 Economy
00:41:16 7.1 Industrial growth
00:43:49 8 Infrastructure
00:44:55 8.1 Utilities
00:46:24 8.2 Health care
00:47:41 8.3 Transport
00:53:34 9 Culture
00:58:56 9.1 Media
01:01:05 9.2 Sports
01:05:05 10 Notable people
01:05:15 11 Education
01:08:06 12 Tourism
01:10:46 13 Twin towns – sister cities
01:11:20 14 See also
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Belfast (; from Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning mouth of the Farset) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland and second-largest on the island of Ireland, after Dublin. It had a population of 333,871 as of 2015.By the early 19th century, Belfast became a major port. It played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname Linenopolis. By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world's biggest shipyard. Belfast as of 2019 has a major aerospace and missiles industry. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast Ireland's biggest city and it became the capital of Northern Ireland following the Partition of Ireland in 1922. Its status as a global industrial centre ended in the decades after the Second World War of 1939–1945.
Belfast suffered greatly in the Troubles: in the 1970s and 1980s it was one of the world's most dangerous cities. However, a survey conducted by a finance company and published in 2016 rated the city as one of the safest within the United Kingdom. Throughout the 21st century, the city has seen a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and has benefitted from substantial economic and commercial growth. Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as for the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. Belfast is still a major port, with commercial and industrial docks, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard, dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline. It is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) listed Belfast as a Gamma global city in 2018.
Easter Rising | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:57 1 Background
00:09:34 2 Planning the Rising
00:15:24 3 Build-up to Easter Week
00:22:01 4 The Rising in Dublin
00:22:11 4.1 Easter Monday
00:32:54 4.2 Tuesday and Wednesday
00:40:20 4.3 Thursday to Saturday
00:43:21 4.4 Surrender
00:45:41 5 The Rising outside Dublin
00:47:56 5.1 Fingal
00:51:03 5.2 Enniscorthy
00:53:04 5.3 Galway
00:55:29 6 Casualties
01:00:45 7 Aftermath
01:00:54 7.1 Arrests and executions
01:08:17 7.2 British atrocities
01:12:34 7.3 Inquiry
01:14:01 7.4 Reaction of the Dublin public
01:19:08 7.5 Rise of Sinn Féin
01:20:13 8 Legacy
01:29:18 9 Date of commemoration
01:30:33 10 In popular culture
01:33:38 11 See also
01:33:51 12 Notes
01:34:00 13 Bibliography
01:34:10 13.1 Historiography
01:35:10 14 External links
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The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the First World War. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798, and the first armed action of the Irish revolutionary period.
Organised by a seven-man Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Rising began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, and lasted for six days. Members of the Irish Volunteers—led by schoolmaster and Irish language activist Patrick Pearse, joined by the smaller Irish Citizen Army of James Connolly and 200 women of Cumann na mBan—seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. The British Army brought in thousands of reinforcements as well as artillery and a gunboat. There was fierce street fighting on the routes into the city centre, where the rebels put up stiff resistance, slowing the British advance and inflicting heavy casualties. Elsewhere in Dublin, the fighting mainly consisted of sniping and long-range gun battles. The main rebel positions were gradually surrounded and bombarded with artillery. There were isolated actions in other parts of Ireland, with attacks on the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks at Ashbourne, County Meath, County Cork and in County Galway, and the seizure of the town of Enniscorthy, County Wexford. Germany had sent a shipment of arms to the rebels, but the British had intercepted it just before the Rising began. Volunteer leader Eoin MacNeill had then issued a countermand in a bid to halt the Rising, which greatly reduced the number of rebels who mobilised.
With much greater numbers and heavier weapons, the British Army suppressed the Rising. Pearse agreed to an unconditional surrender on Saturday 29 April, although sporadic fighting continued until Sunday, when word reached the other rebel positions. After the surrender the country remained under martial law. About 3,500 people were taken prisoner by the British, many of whom had played no part in the Rising, and 1,800 of them were sent to internment camps or prisons in Britain. Most of the leaders of the Rising were executed following courts-martial. The Rising brought physical force republicanism back to the forefront of Irish politics, which for nearly 50 years had been dominated by constitutional nationalism. It, and the British reaction to it, led to increased popular support for Irish independence. In December 1918, republicans, represented by the reconstituted Sinn Féin party, won 73 seats in a landslide victory in the general election to the British Parliament. They did not take their seats, but instead convened the First Dáil and declared the independence of the Irish Republic. The Soloheadbeg ambush started the War of Independence.
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The Great Gildersleeve: Birdie Sings / Water Dept. Calendar / Leroy's First Date
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.