Little remembered WW2 history: In 1940, the UK rounded up into internment camps civilian males of German & Italian origin between ages 16 & 60 as ‘enemy aliens’ after Churchill demanded police “collar the lot.”
It was then decided to ship a reluctant contingent off to Canada on the Arandora Star for detainment there. The ocean liner had been successfully trialling anti-torpedo defences (skirts of iron mesh hung off booms), but these had been removed by the time she departed Liverpool with the detainees on July 1st, 1940.
The following morning, roughly half the 1,673 men on board would be dead when she was sunk by a German U-boat off the Donegal coast, many trapped below decks ringed with barbed wire.
46 German bodies from the grim calamity would wash up on Irish shores to ultimately find rest at a small serene cemetery tucked into an old granite quarry by a mountain stream in Glencree.
Stan O'Brien composed their epitaph:
Passion and pain
Were my loss—my gain:
Pray, as you pass
To make Good my loss.
It was then decided to ship a reluctant contingent off to Canada on the Arandora Star for detainment there. The ocean liner had been successfully trialling anti-torpedo defences (skirts of iron mesh hung off booms), but these had been removed by the time she departed Liverpool with the detainees on July 1st, 1940.
The following morning, roughly half the 1,673 men on board would be dead when she was sunk by a German U-boat off the Donegal coast, many trapped below decks ringed with barbed wire.
46 German bodies from the grim calamity would wash up on Irish shores to ultimately find rest at a small serene cemetery tucked into an old granite quarry by a mountain stream in Glencree.
Stan O'Brien composed their epitaph:
Passion and pain
Were my loss—my gain:
Pray, as you pass
To make Good my loss.
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"We were blissfully unaware that we were living amongst total evil and he was right under our noses in our community — practically on our doorstep in fact. Crossing a national border does not automatically instil a moral code in a person. You were given an Irish welcome and supported by the state to allow you to reside here. You repaid this by brutally murdering a beautiful talented girl who contributed so much to society."
-Ashling's sister Amy Murphy in her impact statement at the sentencing of Jozef Puska.
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-Ashling's sister Amy Murphy in her impact statement at the sentencing of Jozef Puska.
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The EU has devised a punishment for our deceptive GDP figures fueled by tax avoidance schemes for multinationals. I'd say our government is treacherous enough to opt us in.
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Éamonn Mac Thomáis was an author, broadcaster, historian, Irish Republican, advocate of the Irish language and lecturer.
He took part in the 1956-62 IRA border campaign, where he would be interned in the Curragh Camp. He was a very active Irish Republican throughout the 1960s. Though close to Tomás Mac Giolla, he took the Provisional side during the split.
He presented his own series on Dublin on RTÉ during the 1970s and was well known for guided tours and lectures of his beloved Dublin.
However, he would be arrested and censored due to his Sinn Féin membership and was dragged through the Special Criminal Court during the 1970s Cruise O'Brien years.
Under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, due to his membership of Sinn Féin in the 1970s he was removed from his position in making some of the RTÉ historical programmes
I am going to post various clips of his below on Dublin, which are very melancholic given current state of the city - a glimpse into rare old times
He took part in the 1956-62 IRA border campaign, where he would be interned in the Curragh Camp. He was a very active Irish Republican throughout the 1960s. Though close to Tomás Mac Giolla, he took the Provisional side during the split.
He presented his own series on Dublin on RTÉ during the 1970s and was well known for guided tours and lectures of his beloved Dublin.
However, he would be arrested and censored due to his Sinn Féin membership and was dragged through the Special Criminal Court during the 1970s Cruise O'Brien years.
Under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, due to his membership of Sinn Féin in the 1970s he was removed from his position in making some of the RTÉ historical programmes
I am going to post various clips of his below on Dublin, which are very melancholic given current state of the city - a glimpse into rare old times
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Éamonn Mac Thomáis about Reads Cutlers Shop in Parliament Street Dublin - the oldest cutlers shop
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That time a Cork bookshop owner put a photo of the six Roma women who had been stealing from her in the window to warn other businesses. Then NGOs tried to bully her into removing it.
They're not anti-racist, just anti-Irish.
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They're not anti-racist, just anti-Irish.
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Eyewitness account of the subversion at the Killarney Says No protest on Saturday.
Marchers were told not to bring signs displaying their concerns and not to chant. They were ushered down a side street away from public view to hear a two minute speech from Danny Healey-Rae. Onlookers had to ask what the purpose of the protest was because it wasn't clear.
A lady who had a t-shirt with the slogan "enough is enough" was blocked from media cameras. Journalists were told by organisers not to allow her to speak on camera.
Another lady attempted to unfurl her Tricolour only to be told by an organiser to put it away as it was not allowed. The organiser then called over gardaí for enforcement who told the lady she could not fly the flag as it was a 'political statement'.
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Marchers were told not to bring signs displaying their concerns and not to chant. They were ushered down a side street away from public view to hear a two minute speech from Danny Healey-Rae. Onlookers had to ask what the purpose of the protest was because it wasn't clear.
A lady who had a t-shirt with the slogan "enough is enough" was blocked from media cameras. Journalists were told by organisers not to allow her to speak on camera.
Another lady attempted to unfurl her Tricolour only to be told by an organiser to put it away as it was not allowed. The organiser then called over gardaí for enforcement who told the lady she could not fly the flag as it was a 'political statement'.
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If Russia’s aim in aiding undocumented migrants from countries like Yemen, Somalia, and Syria to cross the border into the EU is to destabilise wider European society, what does that say about the NGOs and European entities who engage in similar actions?
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