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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

/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

FETTES COLLEGE Summer Term begins today. The Scottish Preparatory Schools Orchestra Day is on May | and the ..

... independence of Cuba. 1916: Roger Casement, British diplomat and Irish getrio(, landed in Ireland by rman submarine to aid Easter Rising. ~ 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, scourge of First World War British fliers, was killed when ...

Published: Thursday 21 April 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

up his life of crime. 6286058

... Colours.* Kenneth Griffith's profile of IRA leader and Irish hero Michael Collins, who first came to prominence during the Easter Rising of 1916 and died only six years later at the a?e of 32. Made in 1973, and banned for more than 20 years because it was ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 307 | Page: 70 | Tags: none

Martyr who became a folk hero for Irish By Audrey Gillan

... independence. But his mission failed and Casement returned to Ireland in a German submarine in 1916 at the time of the Easter Rising in Dublin. He was arrested as he landed on a beach near Tralee, County Kerry, on Maundy Thursday and taken to London on ...

Published: Tuesday 29 March 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 375 | Page: 7 | Tags: none