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Saturday, November 09, 2002 ( 7:54 AM ) Wild-Irish IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 9, 2002 CHARADE SHOWS PATTEN MUST BE IMPLEMENTED - IAUC IAUC President James Gallagher has questioned the motives behind the arrest of a man Thursday by the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) on suspicion of republican intelligence gathering at Government Buildings, Stormont. He was released yesterday afternoon without charge. "The arrest was another example of the PSNI intervening in the political process in order to prevent the change promised by the Good Friday Agreement," said Gallagher. "Until the PSNI stops behaving as the fig-leaf for political unionism's anti-Agreement stance, there will be no resolution to the conflict in Northern Ireland." The man's arrest came one day after Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, Paul Murphy, announced that the British government was to convene all-party talks aimed at saving the Good Friday Agreement. Following Thursday's arrest, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said it was "a most concerning and serious development and appears to have huge implications for the political process". He claimed the arrested man had access to "sensitive" information. "The UUP is an anti-Agreement party. David Trimble outlined his strategy at the UUP AGM in March. He expressly stated that he wanted to collapse the political institutions and point the finger of blame at republicans. At last months UUC meeting, Mr. Trimble unveiled his wrecker's charter to achieve this, setting a January 17 deadline for the disbandment for the IRA. However, PSNI intervention saved his blushes with their media-friendly raids on Sinn Fein's offices last month," Gallagher said. Gallagher said that subsequent apologies by the PSNI chief constable, Hugh Orde, for the nature of the raids was "irrelevant". Calling on the British government to publish the promised amended legislation to fully implement the Patten Report, Gallagher concluded: "Until the Patten Report's recommendations for the future of policing in Northern Ireland are fully implemented, the PSNI, as it is currently constituted, will never have the trust or support of both communities in Northern Ireland." # Tuesday, November 05, 2002 ( 9:31 AM ) Wild-Irish South Antrim sectarian hotbed Sinn Féin urges action an phoblacht 31st October 2002. A dossier detailing unionist paramilitary violence in the south Antrim area has been presented to NIO Security Minister Jane Kennedy. A delegation headed by local Sinn Féin councillor Martin Meehan and including party colleagues, local community workers and victim representatives, travelled to Stormont last Monday. Meehan told the British minister that it was clear that unionist paramilitaries, namely the LVF and UDA, were at the forefront of intimidation of Catholics in south Antrim and demanded immediate action. Meehan also raised the issue of crown forces collusion in the current wave of unionist paramilitary violence in the Antrim area. 5.56mm bullets, used by the British Army issue SA80 rifle, were discovered amongst a substantial unionist paramilitary weapons find in the Rathcoole estate last week. The weapons included home made submachine guns, a shotgun, machine pistols and at least two Derringer pistols. There was also a box of 9mm bullets with markings from the Israeli Military Industries, pipe bombs and boobytrap devices. Within the last two years, there have been six sectarian killings in the south Antrim area. In December 2000, unionist paramilitaries murdered Catholic builder Gary Moore in Newtownabbey while he was working on a site. Father of two Trevor Lowry was kicked to death in the mistaken belief that he was a Catholic in April 2001. 19-year-old Ciaran Cummings was shot dead as he waited for a lift to work. At the time David Trimble denied unionist paramilitaries had carried out the killing and attempted to dismiss the death as drug related. 18-year-old Gavin Brett was gunned down in the mistaken belief he was a Catholic outside St Enda's GAA club on July 2001. This year, Catholic postal worker Daniel McColgan was shot dead in January and Gerard Lawlor in July. More recently, a 15-year-old Catholic boy suffered life threatening head injuries when a sectarian gang in Antrim attacked him with a hatchet in August. The brutal attack was the culmination of months of violence emanating from a 40-strong gang of Ulster Young Militants, a wing of the UDA, operating out of the predominantly unionist Stiles estate. "They have been creating havoc in Antrim for months," said Meehan, "this gang is something between the Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan." A local Catholic High School, St Malachy's, has been the focus of sustained unionist paramilitary violence. In a scenario similar to that of Holy Cross, pupils and parents have repeatedly faced mass loyalist intimidation during the journey to and from school. A number of individual parents have received death threats and a number of pupils attacked. Last month, over 150 residents attended a 'reclaim the streets' protest close the scene of the hatchet attack that left a Catholic teenager with permanent brain damage. The residents called for an end to the campaign of hate against Catholics in Antrim. Meanwhile, ongoing sectarian attacks have forced a mass exodus of Catholic families from their homes in the Antrim area. According to official reports, over 60 families have fled their homes and are currently seeking accommodation elsewhere. "The unionist paramilitaries are well known, the people who are orchestrating these attacks are known to everyone in south Antrim and further afield," said Meehan. "The nationalist community is calling for these matters to be urgently addressed." A spokesperson for the NIO described the meeting as "constructive" and said the minister would be examining a number of issues raised. Pair charged with attempted murder Two men appeared at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Saturday 26 October charged with the attempted murder of 29-year-old Catholic Gerard McRandle from Larne, who was left fighting for his life after a sectarian assault in the East Antrim town in the early hours of Wednesday 23 October. 24-year-old John Thomas Maloney from Linn Road in Larne and 31-year-old William Robinson from Greenland Parade in the town were both remanded in custody. McRandle was attacked and badly beaten by at least two loyalists who repeatedly kicked him in the head as he returned home to his Gardenmore flat in Larne after having a drink with his mother in Dan Campbell's bar, which is just 300 yards from his home. The young Catholic man remains in a seriously ill condition in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. Two women and a man were charged on Friday 25 October with withholding information about the sectarian attack. Nationalists in the loyalist town have called for extra security in Larne following this latest sectarian incident. In July in Larne, a 16-year-old Catholic was attacked by loyalists wielding golf clubs and iron bars, leaving him with a compound fracture of the skull. Meanwhile, An Phoblacht has learned that Maloney served a prison sentence in Hydebank Young Offenders centre for the killing of a loyalist bandsman a number of years ago in a row over drugs. It is thought the bandsman had passed on information to the RUC about a UDA drugs operation and was killed. Shots fired in UVF show of strength Three guns and a quantity of ammunition which were used by a UVF gang in a show of strength in the loyalist town of Ballyclare in East Antrim were uncovered by a PSNI patrol during a search of hedges near the town. A number of shots were fired during the armed display on Friday night 25 October. A sub machinegun and bullets were found in a holdall hidden in a hedge in the Grange Drive area of the town. On Saturday 26 October, a number of pipe bombs were discovered in a hedgerow near Antrim Technical College in Muckamore. On Sunday 27 October members of the PSNI found a loaded handgun at the rear of houses in the Derryhill area of the Rathcoole estate on the outskirts of North Belfast. The find comes in the same week as an arsenal of UDA weapons were found in a house on the same estate. South Antrim Sinn Féin councillor Martin Meehan has told An Phoblacht, "the raids are two years too late and coincide with a meeting being held at Stormont of a delegation of South Antrim Sinn Fein members and the British security minister Jane Kennedy. "Nationalists are not convinced that these raids by the PSNI are designed to end the two-year long violent unionist pogroms against nationalists in South Antrim," said Meehan. "They see the raids as mere window dressing." Loyalists target Catholic football team Concerned parents of an Antrim soccer team are threatening to take their children out of the Ballymena Youth League after loyalist threats. Members of the team, from the Rathenraw estate in Antrim Town, were abused by loyalists after a match at the Antrim Forum earlier this month and were warned to "watch your backs". The children from the under-16 squad say they are treating the death threats "very seriously", while one of their parents vowed to report the sectarian incident to the League officials and to my local councillor. "I am expecting a full assurance from the League's administrators that there will be no recurrence," said the parent, who wishes to remain anonymous. Many of the youngsters are considering leaving the team after this latest incident. "We were told to watch our backs from now on no matter where we play in the League. We cannot understand why anyone would issue death threats against us," said one of the players. Sinn Féin councillor Martin McManus branded the threats as outrageous and said he will be pushing for a full investigation at the next Antrim council meeting. "I am confident that I can obtain the cross party support and assistance from all the councillors at Antrim Borough Council for an investigation," he said. This is not the first time the Antrim Forum has been the focus for sectarianism. Earlier this year, nationalist teenagers were attacked by loyalists at the playing fields. At the time, Antrim Council stressed they were taking steps to ensure such sectarian attacks would never happen again. . # ( 9:25 AM ) Wild-Irish Loyalist's UFF (literally) "crucify" Catholic joyrider Friends, following are stories on Saturday's barbaric attack by loyalists on a 23 year old Catholic kid in Belfast. Yeah, maybe the kid was a joyrider, and he was stupid enough to be in the wrong part of town. But, crucifixion? Come on, this is incredible! Sadly, this attack speaks again to the mindset of the UFF and their unionist supporters. The unionist's silence on this attack, as usual, is deafening. Worse are some of the comments they've made about something having to be done about joyriders. Buy, hey, crucifixion? What are they thinking? The RUC/PSNI detective investigating the attack has already ruled it out as being a sectarian attack. Wow. Super cop, I guess. What would the headlines say if a Protestant kid was beaten like this in a Catholic area? What would the police say? Will anyone be arrested, let alone convicted of this sick crime? After all, it's only a Catholic. This is what we're dealing with in Northern Ireland. This vicious attack is a viceral expression of how those that would preserve the union think. If up to them, we'd see more and more of this kind of perverse action towards those Fenian bastards. It's not the first time. As democracy lies broken down, out of petrol on the side of the road, even that blind, three-legged dog on the streets in The Bone knows the score. With the freely-elected government of Northern Ireland suspended at the behest of unionist rejectionist, one can only guess what's next. But crucifixion? Come on, for Christ's sake. Something has to be done. Read on. Dennis Police seek vigilantes after man is 'crucified' By Thomas Harding, Ireland Correspondent (Filed: 04/11/2002) telegraph.co.uk Punishment beatings in Northern Ireland had reached a "new low in barbarity", police said yesterday, after a man was nailed to a stile and beaten with baseball bats. Detectives were seeking loyalist vigilantes who carried out the "crucifixion" attack on 23-year-old Harry McCartan in west Belfast. Mr McCartan, who has a conviction for car crime, was so badly beaten that he has been unable to speak to police. His father could only identify him by a tattoo on his arm of his daughter Chloe, five. Paramedics found Mr McCartan unconscious, with both of his hands nailed to the stile's wooden posts, early on Saturday. The attackers used six-inch nails that had been bent, apparently to make their removal more difficult. Firemen had to saw through the fencing. Mr McCartan was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital with the blocks of wood still attached to his hands. Surgeons operated for several hours to remove the nails and treated him for a fractured thigh. Mr McCartan also had puncture wounds to his legs, probably caused by nails driven into a baseball bat, and a stab-type wound to the side of his head. The hospital described his condition as stable. Mr McCartan's father, Henry, said: "His face was unrecognisable. He was bleeding from his eyes and his ears." The victim's brother, Neil, said: "The doctors said he was lucky because the nails missed the arteries and bones in his hand. "It is believed that terrorists from the Ulster Freedom Fighters found Mr McCartan, a Catholic from Poleglass, west Belfast, in the loyalist area of Dunmurry, south Belfast. Loyalists had previously said they would "make an example of joyriders". Supt Gerry Murray, who ruled out a sectarian attack, said: "I have never seen anything so barbaric." Detectives were examining a BMW car stolen from Dunmurry and found in Andersonstown with two blood-stained baseball bats inside. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/04/nnail04.xml&sS heet=/news/2002/11/04/ixhome.html 'Crucifixion' sparks raids by police raids Rosie Cowan, Ireland correspondent Tuesday November 5, 2002 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,830297,00.html Police investigating the "crucifixion" on Saturday of a young Catholic last night searched a loyalist estate on the outskirts of Belfast. The operation was in Seymour Hill estate, where Harry McCartan, 23, from the nearby nationalist Poleglass estate, was savagely beaten and left nailed by his hands to a wooden stile, bleeding profusely from eyes, ears and mouth. A police spokesman said clothing, bats, knives and a computer were seized in the raid on five houses and a derelict flat. Officers were examining the flat last night. Mr McCartan spoke from his hospital bed yesterday to brand his attackers as "animals and cowards". His face was so badly cut and bruised that his father, also called Harry, only recognised his son from a tattoo of his five-year-old daughter's name, Chloe, on his arm. Loyalist sources said that the attack was a "reaction to car crime"; Mr McCartan senior, 55, condemned it as sectarian. His son wept when he saw newspaper photographs of his horrific injuries. He was taken to hospital semi-conscious, his hands still attached to bits of wood, and had a five-hour emergency operation. He gets injections of painkillers every four hours. His family said it could be weeks before doctors would know if he would regain full use of his hands. Yesterday, struggling to speak through pain, he said: "Nobody should be treated like this. They are just cowards. I was on my own, and it must have taken more than four people to do this. They're just animals." Mr McCartan said that he could remember little of his ordeal. He had woken up in hospital with a terrible ache in his hands and knees, and seen blood running down his face. "I thought it was a dream," he said. "Then I saw my father and brother and asked them what had happened." An Ulster Defence Association source claimed that the attack was not orchestrated by the UDA but was carried out by loyalists in response to car crime in the district where Mr McCartan was found, the staunchly Protestant Seymour Hill area of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of south Belfast. The victim admitted that he had previously been beaten with hammers, over joyriding allegations. Although released from prison weeks ago after serving 15 months in connection with car theft, Mr McCartan senior believed his son had been attacked this time because he was a Catholic. "He was getting his life back together, seeing the daughter he hadn't seen in months. "This is because he is a Catholic, yet this is supposed to be a free country. If these animals are caught, they'll serve a couple of years in jail while my son suffers for the rest of his life." Paramilitaries routinely carry out so-called "punishment attacks" in their own communities and, less commonly outside their communities, for those they decide have been guilty of "anti-social behaviour" - car theft or drug dealing not authorised by them. Crucifixion has been used before, but police said Mr McCartan's ordeal had been brutal in the extreme. # Sunday, November 03, 2002 ( 11:47 AM ) Wild-Irish This Month in the History of the Irish November 1st On the morning of Nov. 1, 1920, two masses were celebrated at an altar that 18-year-old IRA member Kevin Barry had constructed in his jail cell in Mountjoy Jail in Dublin. Barry was then led out of his cell by British soldiers and hanged. Six weeks earlier, on Sept. 20, Barry had taken part in an IRA raid in Dublin which had gone terribly wrong and resulted in a gunfight with British soldiers in which six soldiers were killed. In the weeks since then he had been tortured in an attempt to get him to name other IRA members, but he never relinquished their names. Barry's hanging helped create thousands more rebels by the inspiration of young Barry's martyrdom, and persuaded millions more around the world that the cause of the Irish was just. Soon a ballad would be written commemorating Barry's tragedy, though no one knows now exactly who wrote it. It would be sung through the years, even becoming so popular among British soldiers that it was banned by British army commanders. On Nov. 2, 1920, James Daly was killed by a British firing squad in India. Daly had been one of the leaders of the so-called "India Mutiny." It had begun on May 28, 1920, led by Joseph Hawes at Wellington barracks in Jullundar, India. 350 Irish members of the famous Connaught Rangers regiment of the British army laid down their arms and refused to keep soldiering as long as British troops remained in Ireland. As word of more and more Black and Tan atrocities against the Irish people spread among the Irish troops, they had begun to question their own roles in serving the British empire. The mutiny soon spread to Ranger detachments in Solon and Jutogh. Daly was stationed at Solon and he helped lead the action of the mutineers there. Two would die in Solon during a brief confrontation. Eventually, 61 Rangers were convicted by courts martial and 14 sentenced to death. All but one of those condemned men had their sentences reduced. Daly, of Tyrellspass, County Westmeath, was the only one shot. In 1970 James Daly's body was brought home and buried at Tyrellspass. On Nov. 3, 1815, John Mitchel, Young Irelander and Irish patriot, was born in Comnish, County Derry, the son of a Presbyterian minister. Mitchel obtained a law degree from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1834 and worked in a law office in Banbridge, Co. Down and came into conflict with the local Orange Order. Mitchel met Thomas Davis and Gavan Duffy during visits Dublin. He joined Young Ireland and began to write for The Nation. Mitchel formed his own paper, The United Irishmen, to advocate passive resistance by Ireland's starving masses. In 1848, the British arrested Mitchel, accusing him of felony-treason, and closed down his paper. A packed jury convicted him and he was deported first to Bermuda and then to Australia. But in June 1853 he escaped to the United States. When the American Civil War broke out, Mitchel, already living in the South, was a strong supporter of the its cause, as was his family. He lost two sons, one at Gettysburg in 1863 and another at Ft. Sumter in 1864, and another son lost an arm. In 1874 the British allowed him to return to Ireland and he was immediately elected to Parliament from Tipperary. The government removed him but the people of Tipperary voted him in again. Before this could be resolved, John Mitchel died in Newry and was buried there. On Nov. 3, 1717, Henry Luttrell, soldier and suspected betrayer of the Jacobites, was assassinated in Dublin. Luttrell was born about the mid-1650s and raised on his family's estate at Luttrellstown, Co. Dublin. As an adult, he served for a time in the French army before joining the Jacobite army of James II. Luttrell commanded cavalry under Patrick Sarsfield in Ireland during the Williamite War. Sarsfield, a long time friend of Luttrell's, considered him one of his best commanders. At Aughrim in July 1691, Luttrell's troops failed to hold a vital causeway on the Franco-Irish left flank. Though many military historians would say his force was simply not large enough to hold the position and was unsupported by others whom might have come to his aid, Luttrell's later conduct caused his actions at Aughrim to be questioned. In Limerick on August 2, Sarsfield discovered a letter from a Williamite officer to Luttrell regarding discussions they had had during a truce about possible surrender terms. It is probable that Luttrell entered into these discussions in an innocent manner, but Irish commander, Richard Talbot had Luttrell court-martialed. He was found innocent, but after the surrender of Limerick he was one of the few Irish officers who went over to the English side. Luttrell received £500 a year and possession of his brother's estate from William of Orange; his brother followed Sarsfield to France. Many Irishmen were sure it was blood money for betraying them at Aughrim, and he was shot in his sedan chair in Dublin. His murderer was never caught. Luttrellwas so hated in Ireland that in 1797, 80 years after his death, his skull was taken from his grave and smashed. VOICES Another martyr for old Ireland; Another murder for the crown, Whose brutal laws to crush the Irish, Could not keep their spirit down. Lads like Barry are no cowards. From the foe they will not fly. Lads like Barry will free Ireland, For her sake they'll live and die. -- The final two stanzas of the song "Kevin Barry" 'We were doing in India what the British forces were doing in Ireland.' -- Connaught Ranger mutineer Joseph Hawes, reflecting on being a member of the British army in India 'The Attorney General is present -- I retract nothing -- these are my well judged-sentiments -- these are my opinions as to the relative position of England and Ireland; and if I have, as you seem to insinuate, violated the law by stating these things, I now deliberately do so again. Let her majesty's attorney-general do his duty to his government, I have done mine to my country.' -- John Mitchel addressing the court at his trial for felony-treason in 1848 If heav'n be pleas'd, when mortals cease to sin -- And hell be pleased, when villains enter in -- If earth be pleas'd, when it entombs a knave -- All must be pleas'd -- Now Luttrell's in his grave -- From a poem written about Henry Luttrell in 1809 November - Samhain BIRTHS ?, 1842 - Joseph McCullagh (U.S. Journalist, - Dublin) 1, 1625 - St. Oliver Plunkett (Archbishop and Martyr - Loughcrew, Co. Meath) 3, 1815 - John Mitchel (Revolutionary - Camnish, Co. Derry) 4, 1884 - Harry Ferguson (Inventor - Hillsborough, Co. Down) 4, 1918 - Art Carney (actor and WWII veteran - Mt. Vernon, NY) 8, 1847 - Bram Stroker (Author) 9, 1826 - Eduardo Butler Y Anguita (Admiral in the Spanish navy, Cádiz) 10, 1774 - Oliver Goldsmith (Author - Pallas, Co. Longford) 10, 1879 - Patrick Pearse (Revolutionary - Dublin) 10, 1896 - Lady Mary Heath (nee Pierce) (Pioneer aviator and athlete - Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick) 11, 1873 - Daniel Daly (Double Medal of Honor winner - Glen Cove, NY) 15, 1881 - William Pearse (Revolutionary, brother of Patrick - Dublin.) 16, 1814 - Michael Kelly Lawler (Union General - Co. Kildare) 17, 1814 - Joseph Finegan (Confederate General - Clones, Co. Monaghan) 20, 1830 - Patrick Henry Jones (Union General - Co. Meath) 20, 1840 - John Russell Young (US journalist - Co. Tyrone.) 22, 1919 - Maire Drumm (nee McAteer) (Republican - Newry, Co. Armagh.) 23, 1819 - Margaret Aylward (Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Faith - Waterford.) 23, 1841 - Richard Croker (Boss of Tammany Hall, New York - Clonakilty, Co. Cork.) 29, 1859 - William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney (Outlaw - New York City) 24, 1807 - Henry Blosse Lynch (Soldier and explorer - Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo.) 29, 1902 - Tommy Loughran (Light-Heavyweight boxing champion.) 30, 1667 - Jonathan Swift (Author - Hoey's Court, Dublin) SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 1, Celtic New Year. 1, 1851 - The Adjutant General of the State of New York issues General Order 489, providing for the formation of a militia regiment that would come to be known as the 69th NY. 1, 1920 - Kevin Barry executed. 1, 1884 - Founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association. 2, 1920 - James Daley of Connaught Rangers executed for mutiny in India. 3, 1717 - Henry Luttrell, soldier, suspected betrayer of Jacobites, assassinated in Dublin. 3, 1798 - Wolfe Tone arrested after arriving in Lough Swilly with French. 3, 1854 - Catholic University opened in Dublin. 4, 1791 - Irish-born Revolutionary War General Richard Butler is killed in battle against the Miamis. 4, 1873 - General William Ryan of the Cuban rebel forces executed in Santiago, Cuba. 5, 1688 - William of Orange arrives in England. 6, 1649 - Owen Roe O'Neill dies. 8, 1960 - An Irish peacekeeping force ambushed in the Congo, causing first overseas combat deaths of the Irish Republic. 8, 1987 - IRA bomb kills 11 at Remembrance Day celebration in Enniskillen. 9, 1791 - Napper Tandy convenes first meeting of Dublin's United Irishmen. 10, 1798 - Tone tried and convicted by court martial in Dublin; sentenced to be hanged. 10, 1861 - Young Irelander Terence MacManus buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. 11, 1918 - Armistice Day (Veteran's Day) -- First World War ends. 14, 1180 - St. Laurence O'Toole, Archbishop of Dublin, dies in France. 15-17, 1890 - Catherine (Kitty) O'Shea divorce hearings. 15, 1985 - Garret Fitzgerald and Margaret Thatcher sign Anglo-Irish Agreement. 16, 1688 - Irish Catholic Ann "Goody" Glover is hanged as witch by the Puritans in Boston. 17-19, 1862 - Corcoran's Irish Legion mustered into the Federal service. 18-21, 1873 - Home Rule League formed in Dublin. 19, 1798 - Tone dies from self-inflicted wound in provost-marshal's prison, Dublin barracks. 20, 1943 - The 165th Inf. (69th NY) lands on Makin Island in the Pacific, Col. Conroy is killed on the first day. 21, 1814 - Irish Brigadier Juan MacKenna, to the service of the Independence of Chile, dies in Buenos Aires in a duel with Luis Race. 21, 1920 - "Bloody Sunday" Massacre -- 11 British agents in Dublin assassinated by Collins men in the early morning hours. 21, 1973 - Sunningdale accord introduces power-sharing executive for Northern Ireland. 22, 1869 - O'Donovan Rossa wins Tipperary MP seat; declared ineligible as convicted felon. 22, 1963 - JFK assassinated in Dallas, Tex. 23, 1867 - Execution of the Fenian "Manchester Martyrs." 23, 1913 - Irish Citizen Army founded in Dublin by James Larkin. 24, 1865 - IRB founder James Stephens escapes from Richmond Gaol 24, 1922 - Erskine Childers (Irish Republican) executed by Free State. 25, 1783 - After the British evacuate New York City, George Washington has breakfast with Irish immigrant and American spy Hercules Mulligan, helping to clear his reputation in the city. 25, 1864 - The 10th Tenn. (Confederate-Irish) fights at the battle of Missionary Ridge, TN. 25, 1913 - Founding of the Irish Volunteers. 26, 1781 - Units of Dillon's and Walsh's regiments of the Irish Brigade of France help capture the island of St. Eustache. 26, 1791 -- First convicts from Ireland arrive in New South Wales, Australia aboard the Queen. 27, 1953 - Playwright Eugene O'Neill dies. 28, 1864 - Establishmen of Fenian newspaper, "Irish People." 28, 1899 - Irish units in Boer army fight in the battle of Modder River (Modderspruit). 28, 1920 - Tom Barry and his Cork Flying Column ambush a convoy in Kilmichael. 29, 1895 - Denny Lane, Young Irelander, author and poet dies. 30, 1864 - The 10th Tenn. (Confederate-Irish) fights at battle of Franklin, TN. 30, 1864 - Irish-born Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at battle of Franklin, TN. 30, 1900 - Playwright and poet Oscar Wilde dies in Paris. 30, 1930 - Union organizer and human rights activist Mary Harris "Mother" Jones dies and is buried in the Union Miners Cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. # ( 9:24 AM ) Wild-Irish Short Strand* A Community Under Siege Since Saturday May 11th the Catholic/nationalist community in the Short Strand, a small enclave situated on the edge of a predominately Protestant/Unionist east Belfast, has been subjected to an organized, concerted and unrelenting campaign of sectarian violence and intimidation. A situation that has failed to be considered news worthy enough for the visual media. End the Loyalist Pogrom Access to Essential Services Denied Doctors Chemist Post Office Bank Dentist Baby Clinic Shopping centres Attacked by UDA/UVF Petrol Bombs Pipe Bombs RUC/PSNI Plastic Bullets Over 100 Injured Oppose Sectarianism. 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