Wrongful imprisonment of an Irish Communist.
November 2022 it was fifty year since the wrongful imprisonment of Noel Jenkinson, an Irish Communist sentenced to life imprisonment with little or no evidence against him other than his […]
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Rose Dugdale at a London demonstration in 1973.
The Central London Branch of the Anti-Internment League marching along Waterloo Place in London, during a demonstration demanding the release of the ‘Belfast 10 September 1973. Rose Dugdale can be […]
Respect Yourself.
Respect (2021) is a biographical musical drama about the life of the African-American singer and civil rights campaigner Aretha Franklin, which features Jennifer Hudson. “Respect,” Aretha’s signature song, was released […]
Peter Graham 50th Anniversary Poster.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Peter Graham, who was shot dead in the Stephen’s Green area of Dublin in October 1971. Peter established the Irish […]
BBC filmed a secret Saor Éire training camp, on 15, December 1970.
BBC television filmed a secret training camp, on 15, December 1970 at Lacken in the Wicklow mountains. It was complete with a dugout and firing range. Saor Éire volunteers appeared […]
The 1967 Cork Vietnamese Freedom Association protest.
“The Cork Vietnamese Freedom Association members and friends demonstrated their opposition to the presence of the American Warship, “USS Courtney” in Cork Harbour. Given that Ireland was supposed to be […]
Political activist and; Radical Photographer Séamus O’Riain 1937-2014.
“There are those of us who try to follow the path once taken by Casement, Pearse, Connie Green and O’Hanlon. We seek to put through the charter that was bought […]
Georgios Grivas the EOKA leader 1964 letter to Irish Republican Seamus O’Riain.
Seamus (Ryan) O’Riain interesting correspondence from General Georgios Grivas the EOKA guerrilla group leader dated 17th, March 1964. Five months before the out break of fighting between Greek and Turkish […]
Trotskyist Géry Lawless & Anne Murphy, wedding photograph.
This recently discovered photograph of the wedding of Trotskyists Géry Lawless and Anne Murphy, November 11th,1966 Church of our Lady and St Joseph Islington. The front row left to right: […]
General Tom Barry with Seamus O’Riain
Tom Barry the former IRA Commander of the Third West Cork Flying Column, during the Irish War of Independence, with Seamus O’Riain. Seamus as a teenager joined the IRA and […]
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