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. […]
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, […]
This author remembers going to see The Pogues play in Belfast when this song first became public knowledge. It was banned by the British government in a blatant act of censorship. The British Surplass were determined to silence any mention of the injustice meted out to the various Irish people who were wrongly imprisoned in […]
Tom Barry’s book, Guerilla Days In Ireland is a must read for anyone interested in Irish Republicanism and the war against the colonial forces of Britain. Barry was a stalwart of militancy and his assessment of the means of permanently ending the violence in the Occupied Six Counties is as accurate today as it was […]
This song by McCartney is explicit in its message and was banned at the time of its release as being unsuitable for public broadcasting. The video comes complete with Spanish subtitles. Look for McCartney’s ‘Che’ appearance. Below is an image of McCartney that I found online. I have to ask, where is Ant?
A rousing rebel song to stir the blood. https://youtu.be/y9LBUx7WGO0
There are many great Irish rebel songs and the Broad Black Brimmer is one of the most popular and rousing.
This photo shows the statue of Edward Carson, a leader and hero of Unionism. Although Carson was from Dublin and of Scottish stock, he was the first signatory of the ‘Ulster Covenant’ on Sunday 28th September, 1912, which pledged to resist Home Rule by ‘all means necessary’. Carson also created the Ulster Volunteers who are […]
This is a nice little message of solidarity for the people of Palestine. May the friendship between the good people of Ireland and the good people of Palestine last forever, and may both eventually be free. (for daily news stories on Palestine, check out PÁIS (Palestinian and Irish Solidarity)
This poem was written by the Irish Republican martyr, Bobby Sands, who died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks prison in 1981. The poem was, like all of Sands’ communications with the outside, written in tiny lettering on pieces of toilet paper or torn pages of a bible, and then smuggled past the vulturesque […]
The Accidental Wife by Orla McAlinden Orla McAlinden is from Portadown in the Irish Occupied Six Counties (OSC), although she refers to it as Northern Ireland. This is apparently her first book. It shows. McAlinden received something called the Eludia Award, given out ‘for a first book-length unpublished novel or collection of stories by a […]
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