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... 0000000000000 RRRORIRROES [J Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. The Plough and the Stars. A touching and witty account of the Easter Rising of 1916 by late 19th-century Irish playwright Sean O’Casey. The play looks at the contrast between the idea of fighting ...

Published: Monday 16 September 1991
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 180 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

/By Denis Campbell

... Republican supporters of the James Connolly Society, named after the Edinburghborn socialist who helped lead the 1916 Easter Rising. All 17 are expected to appear in court tomorrow morning charged with breach of the peace. A massive polfie presence, costing ...

Published: Sunday 02 October 1994
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE SCOTSMAN DIARY

... monicker was “Sean Connolly Bell”.. (Bell sar is a great mephew of James Connolly, executed by the British after the 1916 Easter Rising.) =~ Oh well, who can blame the kid. At six, which one would you have heard of? .“:/‘/ il .G’,:«»’’/ sß\ .f;r{f” ) ...

Published: Tuesday 10 November 1992
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 178 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

History lesson

... the war finished in November 1918). Of the 10,000 Irish Volunteers who had stayed behind, only 1000 took any part in the Easter Rising and then only because it was thought their leaders were about to be arrested. A. Valentine, Abbeyhill Crescent, Edinburgh ...

Published: Wednesday 26 October 1994
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 223 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Demonstration greets Sinn Fein speaker in Edinburgh

... Ireland and to commemorate Connolly, the Edinburgh-born socialist and Sinn. Fein member executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. = Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Norman Irons was among the councillors who opposed their use of the City Chambers, He = -y ...

Published: Monday 15 March 1993
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 202 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THEATRE

... concessions £2 on the door. (] Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. The Plough and the Stars. A touching and witty account of the Easter Rising of 1916 by late nineteenth-century Irish playwright Sean O’Casey. The play looks at the contrast between the idea of fighting ...

Published: Friday 13 September 1991
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

Trouble

... planned for June 5, the 125th anniversary of the birth in Edinburgh of James Connolly, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. The march was banned on the advice of golice in 1992, following crowd trouble the previous year. Lothian and Borders Police ...

Published: Tuesday 18 May 1993
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 241 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Republican march is given the go-ahead

... Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn. Connolly, a socialist who was born in Edinburgh 126 years ago, died in Dublin in 1916 during the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. ...

Published: Thursday 22 September 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

QOutrage at platform for Sinn Feln

... the life of James Connolly, the Edinburgh-born socialist and Sinn Fein member who was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. An emergency motion is to be raised at tomorrow’s full council meeting demanding that the decision to hire the chambers ...

Published: Wednesday 10 March 1993
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Republican march faces disruption

... take part in the memorial parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the Edinburgh-born Republican who led the Easter Rising in Dublin. The march, which will assemble in the Grassmarket and end in a rally in the Meadows, is to be addressed by a ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 259 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Republican march gets go-ahead

... to commemorate James Connolly, the Edinburgh-born socialist who was executed for his part as commander-in-chief of the Easter Rising. At the same meeting, Orange orders in Linlithgow, Polbeth and Whitburn were given permission to march. Seven Republican ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1991
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 241 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Republicans aim to defy march ban

... nbu n memory of t founder of the lrll:rgooltllu Republican Party who was shot by a British flrlnl squad after the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin against British rule, Lothian Regional Council has refused to agree to the request, Councillor Ron Muir, the ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1993
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 3 | Tags: none