Last Car To Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke This is number 13 in the Dave Robicheaux series, set in southern Louisiana. In this installment, the New Iberia detective is drawn into a decades-old case of a popular blues singer who vanished whilst serving time in Angola prison. As is to be expected, such investigations […]
This clip from the fantastic Ken Loach movie, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, highlights the debates and arguments that took place towards the end of the Tan War in Ireland in 1921. Although it may seem that the topics have been stylized, it should be accepted that such heated arguments did in fact occur. […]
This TG4 documentary looks back on the 1954 IRA raid upon the British Army Base of Gough Barracks, in Armagh City. During this raid, the IRA team commandeered all weapons in the base without firing a shot. Some of those who took part in that daring raid speak of their experiences in this insightful piece […]
This Irish rebel classic was written by Canon Charlies O’Neill (1887-1963) of Portglenone, County Antrim in the Occupied Six Counties (OSC). He was also parish priest of Kilcoo and later Newcastle in County Down, also in the OSC. Although many will know the air, it is the lyrics that Rebel Voice wishes to present here. […]
Bobby Sands was an Irish revolutionary, Gaeilgeoir, song writer and poet who died on 5th May, 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike. He was 27 years old. It was estimated that more than 100,000 people turned out to pay their respects to their fallen hero. Sands’ poetry was written in gaol in the most […]
Ernie O’Malley was an outstanding Irish revolutionary who fought for the Republican cause in both the Tan War and the following Civil War. Rebel Voice is of the opinion that his account of the War for Irish Freedom, titled On Another Man’s Wound, is probably the best account of that heroic conflict. Like all Republicans, […]
In the Occupied Six Counties (OSC) of Ireland, there is an alphabet soup of Unionist paramilitary organisations that have existed since the foundation of that particular sectarian gerrymander. Many have been listed in the Rebel Voice Book Review section when the book, UVF, was dealt with. One of those mentioned was the shadowy and little […]
UVF – Behind The Mask by Aaron Edwards This is an in-depth examination of the British Unionist terrorist group known as the Ulster Volunteer Force who carried out a campaign of murder and sectarian violence in the Occupied Six Counties of Ireland over the course of more than 40 years. At time of writing, […]
In light of the new movie that has been released about the mass escape from the H-Blocks prison – known as Long Kesh to some and The Maze to others – Rebel Voice is putting up this documentary from days gone by.
This rousing song was written by Bobby Sands, one of the greatest ever to have lain down his life for Ireland. Rebel Voice wonders just how much Ireland has lost out on with the passing of Sands. He wasn’t just a brave revolutionary, he was also a fine poet and song writer. Our nation lost […]
It’s interesting to hear how the Establishment politicians of the day were at pains to condemn the killing of the ruthless Unionist terrorist, Billy Wright. It was long suspected that the King Rat, as he became known, was an agent for the colonial forces of the British state. He was believed to have been assisted […]
This news report is from 1991 and the IRA mortar bomb attack on Downing Street. As the British war cabinet was meeting to discuss the first war for oil in Iraq, they got a shock when mortars landed in the back garden and redesigned the entire space. This attack demonstrated the capabilities of the much […]
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