'Down Into the Mire': The IRA, British Embark on Fight to the Finish -- Latest from WGT
Gerry Regan
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This week's edition offers:
'DOWN INTO THE MIRE' : The IRA, British Embark On Fight to the Finish
The execution of Kevin Barry dashes any notion the IRA had that the war
against the British could be fought chivalrously. The IRA strikes back
hard, and a British dragnet grabs seven Volunteers. Part 4 of 6 of the
series, "Ireland's Forgotten Ten."
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/forgten4.html
* Part 1: 'Just a Lad of 18 Summers'
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/forgten.html
* Part 2: 'An Example Has To Be Made'
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/forgten2.html
* Part 3: 'Proud To Die for the Republic'
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/forgten3.html
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THIS WEEK IN THE HISTORY OF THE IRISH
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/dates.html
IN AMERICA: Confederate Patrick Cleburne dies in battle, while the Irish
10th Tennessee loses 12 men.
IN IRELAND: Poet and Young Irelander Denny Lane dies.
MORE, PLUS KEY DATES in the history of the Irish for the entire month of
November, and The Wild Geese Today QUIZ. WIN William Britain miniatures
in a tableaux titled "Save The Colors!" depicting the 6th Mississippi
Color Bearer, W.B. Murphy, fighting a losing battle at Gettysburg with
Corporal Frank Waller of the Iron Brigade, courtesy of Tara Hall
<www.fighting69th.com>.
All are available at our "This Week in the History of the Irish" page,
at http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/dates.html
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THIS WEEK:
MONDAY through SATURDAY, New York, FDNY Memorial Services/Funerals:
upcoming, throughout metro New York.
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/fdny/html/memorial/wtc/funeral_calendar.html
MÁIRT (TUESDAY) -- JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA -- Lecture. Micheline Sheehy
Skeffington on "Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Irish Women's Rights," 7:30
p.m.at the Robinson Theater, University of North Florida (Jacksonville).
The event, sponsored by Irish Studies at the university and the UNF
Women's Center, is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
For info, contact Richard Bizot at rbi...@unf.edu.
MÁIRT (TUESDAY) -- NEW YORK -- Presentation. 6:30 p.m., Declan Kiely,
graduate student at the Institute of English Studies, University of
London, "Yeats in America," putting the poet's five lecture tours in
historical context. The American Irish Historical Society, 991 Fifth
Ave, 1-212-288-2263, e-mail: amer...@earthlink.net.
MÁIRT (TUESDAY) -- LANCASHIRE, England -- Presentation. Christine
Kinealy, University of Central Lancashire. "The Orange Order and
Northern Ireland Politics." Gasson 303, 10:30 a.m.
CEADAOIN (WEDNESDAY) -- DANIA BEACH, FLA. -- Reception. The South
Florida Irish Studies Consortium is sponsoring a reception for Micheline
Sheehy Skeffington, who is touring the United States, presenting the
story of Irish feminist and republican Hanna Sheehy Skeffington's
1917-1918 American lecture tour. At The Field Irish Restaurant and Pub,
3281 Griffin Rd., from 7-9 p.m. RSVP to Jim Doan, e-mail: do...@nova.edu,
or 954-262-8207.
DEARDAOIN (THURSDAY) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- Presentation. Micheline
Sheehy Skeffington on her grandparents' role in the socialist, feminist
and pacifist movements in early 20th century Ireland, her grandfather's
assassination and her grandmother's subsequent lecture tour in the
United States. Nova Southeastern Univ., 3301 College Ave., Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33314 (in Parker 207), 10:40 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. RSVP to
Jim Doan, e-mail: do...@nova.edu, or 954-262-8207.
DEARDAOIN (THURSDAY) -- NEW YORK -- Presentation. 6:30 p.m., Elizabeth
Martin, doctoral candidate in art history at CUNY, will explore "The
Representation of the Female in Irish Art, 1921-1942 and 1970-2001."
American Irish Historical Society, Details, 212-288-2263, ext. 31.
DEARDAOIN (THURSDAY) -- CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. -- Presentation. Gearóid Ó
Tuathaigh, University College, Galway. "The Politics of Language in 19th
Century Ireland." Connolly House, 4:00 p.m. Info on the Web, at
www.bc.edu/irish.
DEARDAOIN (THURSDAY) -- NEW YORK -- Concert. "A Capital Concert of
Musick as Can Be Heard in Dublin," on harpsichord and recorder, 7 p.m.,
sponsored by Ireland House, NYU, One Washington Mews, (5th Avenue at 8th
Street), 212-998-3950.
DEARDAOIN (THURSDAY) -- NEW YORK -- Concert. Tenor Patrick Lynch in a
Christmas Concert, Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus, 113 W
60th St., 12th Fl. Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.
SATHAIRN (SATURDAY) -- SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Charity Dinner. THE BRAZIL
IRELAND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (Associação Cultural Brasil Irlanda) holds
a charity dinner. All proceeds to go the support fund of a day-care
centre for underprivileged children from lower working-class families.
Irish food, music and lots of craic. Contact Liam Gallagher, e-mail:
liam_ga...@uol.com.
SATHAIRN (SATURDAY)-- NEW YORK -- Presentation. "In the Archives: The
Diocese of Brooklyn," 2-3:30 p.m., by Patrick J. McNamara, Assistant
Archivist, Diocese of Brooklyn, at New York Genealogical & Biographical
Society, 124 E. 58th St. (between Park and Lexington avenues). Sponsored
by New York Irish History Roundtable,
http://www.irishnyhistory.com/announ.htm.
SATHAIRN (SATURDAY) -- CARDIFF, Wales -- Public Meeting. "20 Years Since
The Hunger Strike," a one-day conference on the current situation in the
North of Ireland. 10 a.m.-5.30 p.m., County Hall, Atlantic Wharf.
Organized by the South Wales Hungerstrike Commemoration Committee and
supported by the Troops Out Movement. Admission #5 waged, #3 unwaged.
Donations welcome. Info: PO Box 5, Greenleaf Bookshop 82 Colstan St.,
Bristol BS1. Tel: 0797 017-4167.
DOMNAIGH (SUNDAY) -- DUBLIN -- Commemoration -- For Volunteers Conor
Clune, Peadar Clancy and Dick McKee. Assemble 11 a.m., with
wreath-laying outside main entrance to Dublin Castle, (off Dame Street).
Followed by Mass in the Erin Room. Organized by the 1916-'21 Club. All
welcome.
DOMNAIGH (SUNDAY) -- CORK CITY -- Commemoration -- Volunteers Cornelius
and Jeremiah Delaney (81st anniversary) and Sean O'Donoghue (70th
anniversary). Assemble 3 p.m. St Oliver's Church, Glenheights, for march
to monument on Dublin Road. Speakers Jonathon O'Brien and Martin Ferris.
Organized by the Ahern/Crowley SF Cumann.
DOMNAIGH (SUNDAY) -- BANDON, County Cork -- Commemoration. For the
Manchester Martyrs, assemble 3pm, National Monument, Allen Square, and
march to Graveyard, Kilbrogan. Speaker: John J Hassett (Ireland
Institute).
For full details, visit: http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/events.html
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