In this issue
01/27/2012
1. 24 hour protest fast by Republican prisoners
2. Republican POW denied release to attend father�s funeral
3. Rioting erupts in Derry following RUC raids
4. Martin McGuinness afraid of debate on Scottish independence debate
5. Cork protest in support of Republican POWs
6. Protest outside Craigavon court
7. No welcome for Crown Forces in Galway
8. No honour should be given to Margaret Thatcher by UCC Fine Gael
9. Duffy released, Shivers convicted in Massareene trial
10. Hooded men support Bloody Sunday march
11. Bloody Sunday relatives want Paras 'hunted down like Nazis'
12. Martin McGuinness prepared to meet Queen in future
13. Sell-off of 26-County State assets
14. The numbers that sum up modern smalltown Ireland
15. Emigration in Ireland not �a free choice of lifestyle�
16. Kilmihil�s missing generation
17. The detention of IRA veteran Marian Price harks back to internment
18. Hunger-striker's daughter denounces Provisionals
19. The Boston College IRA tapes controversy -- a reply to Niall O�Dowd
20. US judge finds no basis to stop release of IRA interviews
21. Free Marian Price and Martin Corey: PFC
22. Israel passes law tantamount to internment
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Bloody Sunday Commemoration in Waterbury CT.
The
Bloody
Sunday
Massacre
of Jan
30th
1972,
was
commemorated
today
by the
Freedom
For All
Ireland
(FFAI)
Cttee of
the
Msgr.
Slocum
Division
of the
AOH in
Waterbury
Conn.
This
event
was well
organized
and also
well
attended
and
marked
another
dark day
in the
ongoing
British
occupation
of
Ireland.
This
occasion
was
significant
in so
far many
former
activists
in
Ireland
have led
a
campaign
to stop
the
annual
commemoration
in Derry
City,
where
British
Paratroopers
opened
fire on
unarmed
civil
rights
marchers
murdering
a total
14
people
and
seriously
wounding
scores.
Joseph O
Flaherty,
the FFAI
chairman
and
organizer
of the
Bloody
Sunday
Commemoration
introduced
Emmett
McSweeney,
chairman
of the
AOH Div.
who
welcomed
everyone
and
spoke of
the
ongoing
trauma
for the
families
and of
the
significance
of the
Derry
Massacre
in Irish
history.
Matt
McNamee
read out
the
names of
the
murdered
civil
marchers
on
Bloody
Sunday
1972,
followed
by a
letter
read by
Joseph O
Flaherty
from the
Nash
Family
who
attended
the
Truth
and
Justice
March
held in
Derry
earlier
in the
day. Piper,
Greg O
Brien,
concluded
the
program
by
playing
a fine
selections
of
Gaelic
airs--
click
here to
view
video
The
Fenian
Faith
By:
Brian
Mór Ó
Baoıghıll
In 1915
in
Glasnevin
cemetery,
Dublin
at the
funeral
for the
returned
Fenian
O'Donovan
Rossa,
Padraig
Pearse
commented
that
something
should
be said
before
they
turned
away
from the
grave of
that
gallant
man. He
went on
to
deliver
his
immortal
tribute
to the
fallen
Fenian,
"The
Fools"
Now
almost a
century
later,
some
very
short
words
must be
uttered.
This
Fenian
memorial
was
dedicated
in 1907
by the
IRB -
Clan na
Gael to
the
heroes
who had
died in
the
America
Civil
War and
to those
warriors
who took
part in
the '67
Rising.
As was
done in
their
time
with the
Phoenix
Park
executions,
the fall
of
Parnell,
and the
ultimate
betrayal
of the
Fenian
faith, I
don't
think
they
would be
astounded
today to
realize
that the
cancer
of
Revisionism
once
again
stalks
the
land,
attempts
to
obliterate
the
memory,
and
rewrite
the
history.
Revisionism
must be
reviled
and
Revisionists
must be
exposed
for the
running
pack of
Seonín
dogs
they
are. If
we, the
inheritors
of the
Fenian
faith,
have one
thing to
achieve
it is to
take
back the
dream,
rekindle
the
flame,
and
revive
the
damaged
cause of
a United
Ireland.
To
paraphrase
the
words of
a Fenian
ancestor
of mine,
Séamus
Bonner,
on the
passing
in
America
of
another
Irish
hero
Bellew
McManus,
I
cannot
share
this
final
phase of
the
journey
with
you, but
you have
never
left my
mind and
my
heart.
Resurgam!
Patrick Mullin was born in
Williamstown, Co. Galway in 1938. He came to the USA in his early
20’s.and served in its armed forces from 1962-1964. After completing
his military service he went to work for the New York Telephone Co.
where he remained for the remainder of his working life.
The NIFC's Program 'Our Irish-American Cultural
Heritage’
In January of
2012, Irish government finance minister Michael Noonan i
