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Tag Archives: Prevention of Terrorism Act
40th Anniversary of radical Irish community organisation the Irish in Britain Representation Group.
ON 10th October 1981 the Irish in Britain Representation Group (IBRG) was founded at the New Inn Public House, Newhall, Burton on Trent in Derbyshire with John Martin as convenor of the meeting. Twenty three people attended. The name IBRG … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Wearing of the Green a political history of the Irish in Manchester, Bolton IBRG, Bolton Irish in Britain Representation Group, Irish in Britain Representation Group, Joe Mullarkey, Laura Sullivan, Mary Neilis, Patrick Reynolds, Prevention of Terrorism Act
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History of Irish in Britain Representation Group Part sixteen 1996
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolton IBRG and Apprentice Boys try to march, Caitlin Wright Bolton IBRG, Coventry IBRG, ethni recognitions of Irish, Free Frank Johnson Campaign, Green Ink Bookshop, Irish Heartbeats Conference 1996, Lewisham IBRG, Liverpool first St.Pat's Day Parade, Manchester IBRG, Maurice Moore, Merseyside IBRG, Prevention of Terrorism Act, Shooting of Diarmuid O'Neill
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part ten 1990
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part eight: 1988
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in education, feminism, films, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, peace campaigns, political women, Socialism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday March 1988, Diarmuid Breatnach, IBRG, IBRG March for Justice, Lambeth IBRG, Liz Curtis, Manchester IBRG, N.E.Lancs IBRG, Prevention of Terrorism Act
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group by Patrick Reynolds.Part 5; 1985
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. … Continue reading
Posted in education, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Salford, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged "At the Edge of the Union", Bolton IBRG, Christine Crawley, Clare Short M.P., Gearoid McGearailt, Irish in Britain Representation Group, Irish Line BBC Radio Programme Manchester, Joe Mullarkey, Maire O'Shea, Patrick Reynolds, Prevention of Terrorism Act
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My review of “Joan Maynard Passionate Socialist” Kristine Mason O’Connor (2003)
What do you want to do ? New mailCopy Joan Maynard (1921-1998) lived her life through her politics. In the course of her 76 years she was a parish councillor, a rural district councillor, a county councillor, a Justice of … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, biography, book review, Communism, education, feminism, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Irish in Britain Representation Group, Joan Maynard MP, Labour Party, north of Ireland, Prevention of Terrorism Act
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The IBRG archive at the WCML; Part Three;Publicising IBRG to the Irish diaspora.
In 1987 IBRG was six years old and growing as new branches were being started across the country. Communicating with the Irish communty was not as easy then as it is today. In the 1980s some Irish people were … Continue reading
Posted in education, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged an pobal eirithe, Birmingham Six, Des Wilson, Gearoid MacGearailt, Gerry Adams, Guidford Four, Irish in Britain Representation Group, liverpool, N.E.Lancashire, Padraig McRannall, Prevention of Terrorism Act, Raymond Crotty, Tom Walsh
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Book review; How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women by Lindsey German
Published by Pluto Press. ISBN 976 0 7453 3250 5 Turning on the television it seems this country is obsessed with war. If its not past episodes of Allo, Allo or Dad’s Army there are constant documentaries about the Nazis. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, book review, feminism, films, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, North of Ireland, Palestine, peace campaigns, political women, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, women, young people
Tagged First World War. Dad's Army, Irish in Britain Representation Group, labour Committe on Ireland, Lindsey German, Northern Ireland, Prevention of Terrorism Act, stop the war, Troops Out Movement
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Bill Brand; It is the People who Create………
Bill Brand (played by Jack Shepherd) speaking at a workers occupation Bill Brand, a TV series broadcast on ITV in the summer of 1976, was written by one of Britain’s (and Manchester’s) greatest playwrights, Trevor Griffiths. The drama is the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Ireland, Manchester, North of Ireland, Socialism, trade unions, TV drama, women
Tagged 1970s, bill brand, Labour Party, Prevention of Terrorism Act, Trevor Griffiths, TV drama
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