Publishing Guide

Upcoming Events

National | History and Heritage

no events match your query!

New Events

no events posted in last week

Other Press

History and Heritage

Republican Sinn Féin Poblachtach - Cork - Easter Commemoration Report - 18:32 Apr 09 1 comments

Easter Rising Walking Tour 17:53 Jul 21 0 comments

The War of Independence: Separating fact from folklore 13:52 Mar 27 0 comments

Vol Frank Morris 02:24 Sep 24 1 comments

Historian Caught in Ambush Row [Kilmichael Ambush - Tom Barry and Peter Hart] 14:03 Aug 27 5 comments

more >>

User Preferences

Feeds

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

The Saker

A bird's eye view of the vineyard

Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

Public Inquiry

Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Voltaire Network

Voltaire, international edition

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?114-115 Fri Jan 10, 2025 14:04 | en

End of Russian gas transit via Ukraine to the EU Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:45 | en

After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

Pentagon could create a second Kurdish state Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

1916 Proclamation: 2006 Reclamation

national | history and heritage | opinion/analysis

Thursday May 18, 2006 20:49

by Fiachra O!

Report this post to the editors

Not published by Irish Times when it was sent in by a friend last month but well worth a quick read!

Deirdre Ní Chonghaile from the Aran Islands sent this in to the Irish Times just before Easter and it wasn't published it. I thought it was brilliant when she showed me so I'm posting it here with her consent. Enjoy.

1916 Proclamation: 2006 Reclamation

A chara,
As in 1916, the single most important issue of our time is at once
national and international: US wartime activity in Shannon. The
short-term and localised economic gains from this wartime boon (that
is not ours) are ill begotten, and our government has thus rendered
this nation and its people as legitimate, fateful targets.
On Easter Monday next, Shannon Airport could become the GPO of our
generation. In an act of commemoration for 1916 and reclamation for
2006, Shannon could become the place in which Ireland takes her place
in the world once more, this time as a peaceful, anti-war nation,
which is what the majority of her citizens already make her.
Commemorating an act of war with an act of peace is an eloquent way to
show how far we have come toward being a civilised society.
But who will stand? Who will reclaim? Who will persuade the
powers-that-be that economic gain for the Shannon region is a price
too cheap for the future of all Ireland's 'cherished children'?
Le meas,
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

Add Your Comments >>

printable version

with comments

atom feed of comments

rss feed of comments

RSS and atom feeds allow you to keep track of new comments on particular stories. You can input the URL's from these links into a rss reader and you will be informed whenever somebody posts a new comment.

Digg this

Furl

Reddit

Gab

Twitter

save preference

Comments (1 of 1)

2006 wording for the present political class

by shane ocurry - blackshamrock.org

publication date

Fri May 19, 2006 14:20

Report this post to the editors

i've posted it here before. click on it to see full sizr version

click on image to get full size version

Add Your Comments >>

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy