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Easter Rising of 1916 and died on six years later at the age of 32. (C) (421936) The Turn of

... Easter Rising of 1916 and died on six years later at the age of 32. (C) (421936) The Turn of the Screw: ass David Hemmings introduces Scottish Opera's lavish roduction of Benjamin Britten's work, ai p dapted from the story by MR James, about a governess ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 724 | Page: 52 | Tags: none

March off

... march and rally in Edinburgh in memory of locally-born James Connolly, who was executed for his part in the nationalist Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, have been abandoned. The event, organised by the Janies Connolly ...

Published: Thursday 28 April 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 42 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

By Sarah Wilson

... James Connolly Society, named after an Edinburgh-born Republican who fought against British troops in Dublin during the Easter Rising in 1916, have been banned for the past two years because of fears of sectarian violence. Jim Slaven, who recently served ...

Published: Thursday 01 September 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

9 IN MEMORIAM

... of James Connolly, Edinburgh’s finest Socialist son, executed May 12, 1916, for his part in the Easter Rising in Dublin. “We are on our knees let us rise™. Proudly remembered by the James Connolly Society. MOYES. — Ellen. Loving you always,| Forgetting ...

Published: Thursday 19 May 1994
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 119 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Exil blish Xiie pupiisnes his second book A FORMER New Stevenston man has written a book on the life of

... Australia, traces the life of Connolly who was bomn in 1868 and played a leading role in the rise of Irish nationalism until he was executed after the 1916 Easter Rising. The book examines his work as militant labour ot;nnisct. socialist leader, mili:rny commander ...

Published: Thursday 11 August 1994
Newspaper: Bellshill Speaker
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 181 | Page: 13 | 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

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

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

MARCH PROTEST

... the birth of James Connolly, the Edinburgh-born trade unionist and Irish Republican executed in 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising. DEMO il g F.G | | :‘: : e ;“u . -“. | b :‘:34 E‘w ...

Published: Thursday 22 September 1994
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 252 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Casement at the time of his arrest on charges of treason in 1916. Picture: PA

... Germany would help Irish independence. He failed, and returned to Ireland in a German submarine in 1916 at the time of the Easter Rising in Dublin. He was arrested as soon as he landed on a beach near Tralee, County Kerry. He was taken to London, where he ...

Published: Thursday 24 March 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 333 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Chilling Easter message by IRA

... timed to coincide with Easter Rising ceremonies, to break the stalemate and seize what they insist is the “potential” for progress. The uncompromising words jarred with the attempts by Mr Adams and his deputy, Martin McGuinness, to en:‘i‘let:ks Britain ...

Published: Tuesday 05 April 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 319 | Page: 2 | Tags: none