Tag Archives: ireland

The Fourth Green Field … interesting video for nostalgia and a realisation of the sadness and futility of War. “The IRA Officer Who Took Down the Belfast Laundry – Brendan Hughes

Posted on June 16, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

May 20, 2026 On the morning of Monday, 2 October 1972, at a corner of Andersonstown in West Belfast, a man in a parka who had been the Officer Commanding of the Provisional IRA’s Belfast Brigade for fourteen months stood … Continue reading →

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Google AI Gemini: Grok now charging so I am exploring other options. Michael Comyn KC

Posted on June 15, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Conversation with Gemini Senator Michael Comyn legal adviser to De Valera illegitimacy, National Sweepstake and other significant contributions to emerging State Senator Michael Comyn, KC (1871–1952) was one of the most brilliant, combative, and influential legal minds of the early … Continue reading →

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Belfast savage attack on Stephen Ogilve … enough to light the embers of the Troubles. 1998 The Good Friday Peace Agreement was signed. Nobody wants protests but then Government must listen to the people and what they have to say about migrants entering the country especially the North of Ireland.

Posted on June 12, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

12 June 2026Global Edition The ugly scenes coming out of Belfast this week had very recent echoes; just a week earlier, anti-immigrant hatred and violence flared in the English town of Southampton, also in relation to a violent stabbing incident. … Continue reading →

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Buchanan: Dublin Time Machine on X. “He survived the Titanic and braved the Somme. But perhaps his greatest achievement was photographing peasants and priests across a long lost Ireland with a sympathetic yet unflinching eye. Meet Father Francis Browne SJ. Jesuit, war hero, and accidental documentarian of a vanishing world.”

Posted on May 30, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon · 6h He survived the Titanic and braved the Somme. But perhaps his greatest achievement was photographing peasants and priests across a long lost Ireland with a sympathetic yet unflinching eye. Meet Father Francis Browne … Continue reading →

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As a survivor of breast cancer, I say thank you to Buchanan for this piece on Fr Sullivan, on the way to being a saint. I visited Gardiner Street.

Posted on March 19, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon Did you know you can visit an exhumed body on Gardiner Street, the coffin of a Dubliner on the road to sainthood? Blessed John Sullivan was born in 1861 at Eccles Street into a wealthy … Continue reading →

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Politico: Ireland’s the ultimate defense freeloader and this is an article in May 2024

Posted on March 2, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Log In POLITICO Pro Ireland’s the ultimate defense freeloader In effect, Dublin has abdicated responsibility of protecting the Europe’s northwestern borders.Listen Opinion May 28, 2024 4:00 am CET By Eoin Drea Eoin Drea is senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre … Continue reading →

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Exploring Ireland’s history: UCD Archives. Kathleen McConnell was requested by Eamon de Valera to join the ‘consular staff’ of his tour of America – Occtober 2nd 1919

Posted on December 17, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Kathleen O’Connell was born on 5 October 1888 at Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry, one of eleven children of John O’Connell, farmer, and Mary Ann O’Connell (née O’Sullivan). Educated locally, she emigrated to America in 1904 and trained as a secretary in Chicago. … Continue reading →

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Grok 4 AI: The Rising fall-out. Sir John Maxwell. Looking for connection to Michael Comyn K.C. March 2026. Recommend Grokipedia search Michael Comyn

Posted on December 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

See new posts This letter is from a file in the Eamon De Valera Papers (P150/512) with the title ‘British Documents Re: 1916’. The file consists of intelligence reports and despatches between Irish Command [i.e. successive Commanders-in-Chief of British Forces … Continue reading →

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Grok 4 AI: Background reading re Michael Comyn KC. It makes it so much easier to read when you get a synopsis like below. March 2026. Recommend Grokipedia search Michael Comyn

Posted on December 11, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The book The Secret Court-Martial Records of the Easter Rising (also published under the title From Behind a Closed Door: Secret Court Martial Records of the 1916 Easter Rising), authored by historian Brian Barton and first released in 2002, compiles … Continue reading →

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Grok 4 AI: Erskine Childers great grandson writes to Michelle Clarke, granddaughter of Michael Comyn KC 2013. Also 4 young men executed around that time. March 2026. Recommend Grokipedia search Michael Comyn

Posted on December 5, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Erskine Childers great grandson writes to Michelle Clarke, granddaughter of Michael Comyn KC 2013. Can Grok add to the content or find data recorded in newspapers? Dear Michelle Many thanks for your email. I must apologize for the rather lengthy … Continue reading →

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