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... THEATRE O Brunton Theatre, Musseiburgh. 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 plays looks at the contrast between the ideal of fighting for a worthy ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1991
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

ANNIVERSARY IS QUIET IN ULSTER

... drafted into 'roomm'im in Antrim yesterday afternoon to prevent trouble durlné the South Antrim Commemoration Committee's Easter Rising parade. There were no incidents as 600 people marched a mile out of the village and back I?fll along the same route. inished ...

Published: Tuesday 12 April 1966
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Deadly bomb warning from the Real IRA Alastair Jamieson

... Deadly bomb warning from the Real IRA Alastair Jamieson BOMBERS may have chosen the 85th anniversary of the Easter Rising to target a Post Office delivery detgot without warning, and with a “totally reckless” disregard for human life. The north London ...

Published: Monday 16 April 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DERRY GUARDED Armed Troops Along All the Roads. RUMOURS OF RISING

... covered, and no arrest were made. It is thought that the military activity has something to do with the rumours of an Easter rising, and will continue, accordingly, for some time. On the arrival of one vessel from Was. gow to-day, the police searched ...

Published: Sunday 04 April 1920
Newspaper: Sunday Mail (Glasgow)
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 162 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A plea for peace from a border man

... The answers are varied and contradictory: from dogmatic, political ex planatlons to complex social arguments. From the Easter Rising in 1918. examines the development Ireland's recent history of violent rebellion and counterrebelllon, analysing the separation ...

Published: Monday 26 December 1983
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 178 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

IRISH PERMENT

... driver and fireman, while the others ransacked the train. The train proceeded to Limerick, where the outrage was reported. EASTER .RISING IMPROBABLE. Tt, is extremely unlikely that anything untoward will take place in Ireland the authorities are taking the ...

Published: Friday 02 April 1920
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Sniper

... encouraging. At Belfast’s Willtown Cemetery, where hundreds of republicans gathered to mark the 81st anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Mr Adams said; “Sinn Fein stand ready to play our part. We have demonstrated our preparedness to take risks ...

Published: Monday 31 March 1997
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

An uprising on Clydeside

... Britain was just recovering from the bloodshed and horror of the First World War The Russian Revolu tion and the Irish Easter Rising still burned vividly in the hearts and minds of the Clydeside people, when they too rose up against poverty The enormous ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1989
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 42 | Tags: none

DE VALERA FREE

... August 15. 1923, while addressing a public meeting. He leapt from obscurity the national leadership in the week of the Easter rising 1916. After the rebellion he was tried by Court Martial and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. In 1917 he contested ...

Published: Thursday 17 July 1924
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

JOHN PENMAN

... settlement aimed at ending the conflict in Northern Ireland. Mr Adams’ comments, at a rally to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916, were designed to force Sinn Fein and the IRA together into the peace process. They followed a statement from the ...

Published: Monday 13 April 1998
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 146 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CLEAR OF AN IRISH VIEW J. C. BECKETT: The making of modern Ireland, 1603-1923. (496 pp. 70s. Faber & Faber)

... C. BECKETT: The making of modern Ireland, 1603-1923. (496 pp. 70s. Faber & Faber). 'I‘HE FIFTIETH anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin has been uwviub:’y the topic of much discussion in the Press and on television, and in terms of general human ...

Published: Saturday 14 May 1966
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 491 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

FLUTTER OVER IRISH FLAG ENDS AFTER – 50 YEARS

... ‘handed back to Eire, but the ‘museum’s board of - trustees refused to release it. As the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising drew near, the Irish Government made another approach to Britain and the trustees at last agreed. But Irishmen who inspected ...

Published: Thursday 31 March 1966
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 171 | Page: 1 | Tags: none