RADIO REBEL GAEL : The Funky Furious Feile !

RADIO REBEL GAEL : The Funky Furious Feile !



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*For Adults Only * Adult Humour In Show Not Suitable for Children *

Depending on your mood ; the First Half of the PaddyCast is Pure Craic

The Second Half is Very Political

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"Let all men know and know it well
That rich men judge the poor.
Working man 'fore bossman's eyes
Is just a sweating whore.
And rich man ne'er will bow to words

Of that, my friend, be sure.
'Tis but working men strong and bold
United, tight as one,
Who may hope to break
The tyrant's grip
And see that splendid sun.
The splendid sun of freedom born,
A freedom dearly won."

- Bobby Sands

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July Jigs & Musical Swigs

RADIO REBEL GAEL : July Jigs & Musical Swigs !



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“No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish Republic.”

- James Larkin

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Radio Rebel Gael : Jumpin' June Jubilee ! It's Musical Glee

RADIO REBEL GAEL : Jumpin’ June Jubilee ! It’s Musical Glee



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RADIO REBEL GAEL June Ceilidh Croon (Rebel Summer Songs Sing-A-Long)

RADIO REBEL GAEL : June Ceilidh Croon :
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RADIO REBEL GAEL : Summer Swelter Songs

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RADIO REBEL GAEL New PaddyCast : CELTIC HIP HOP SHO

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RADIO REBEL GAEL presents BattleScars & Love Ballads !!

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Constance Georgina de Markievicz : Suffragette, Socialist, Soldier

by Joe McGowan



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"How can I voice my grief
For the patriot dead?
Sorrow and tears are often brief,
Though many will be shed —
Not alone in Lissadell
But around the peopled earth,
Wherever Irish exiles dwell
Or freedom struggles to have birth."

Dr. James P. Gallagher

Who was this woman with the unpronounceable surname, whose name and deeds blazed across the Irish skies in the momentous years of the early 20th century? From what noble Gaelic stock was she sprung? Surely her family pedigree must rank among the finest of the old Gaelic aristocracy, be as eminent as the O'Neill or the O'Donnell, as proud as the O'Connor or the O'Dowd!

Most rebels are made so by poverty and oppression. Constance Georgina Gore-Booth, for that was her maiden name, came not from such a background, but from a Protestant 'planter' family. This eldest daughter of Anglo-Irish landlord Sir Henry Gore-Booth, and his wife, Lady Georgina, was born on February 4 th 1868 at Buckingham Gate, close by the Royal Palace in London.

The story of this beautiful, headstrong girl belongs to the pages of romantic fiction. Born to power and privilege she rode fast horses over her father's thousands of acres. Presented at the court of Queen Victoria she was adopted as the darling of the Dublin Castle social set. Tiring of the social round she turned to conspiracy and war. Adopting the mantle of the revolutionary she was condemned to death; reprieved she became a national heroine.



Her social conscience developed early. Contrasting the lifestyle of the privileged circles of the Ascendancy, in which her family moved, with those of their impoverished tenants Constance wrote: '…Hidden away among rocks on the bleak mountain sides, or soaking in the slime and ooze of the boglands, or beside the Atlantic shore where the grass is blasted yellow by the salt west wind, you find the dispossessed people of the old Gaelic race in their miserable cabins.'

All her life she was passionately devoted to women's suffrage.



Moving to Paris to study art she met and married Count Casimir Dunin-Markievicz. Following the completion of their studies they moved to Dublin where she met Padraig Pearse and Thomas Mc Donagh. It was they who fired her with enthusiasm for the goal of Irish independence. She joined James Connolly's Citizen Army. Gaining a reputation as 'The Rebel Countess' she founded na Fianna Eireann, the national boy scout movement who were eventually to play a major part in the Irish rebellion.

On the morning of Easter Monday 1916, clad in green uniform and carrying a Mauser automatic pistol, Countess Markievicz marched at the head of a small column of Citizen Army men to St. Stephens Green. During the battle that followed she served so bravely and fearlessly alongside her male comrades that her courage became a watchword and her name a legend.

Following the surrender she was sentenced to death along with the other leaders of the rebellion. The British fearing a worldwide reaction if they executed a woman commuted her sentence to penal servitude for life. Released from Aylesbury jail in England following the general amnesty of 1917 she returned to Sligo to a rapturous welcome. During this visit she was awarded the Freedom of the City.

Campaigning vigorously against the imposition of conscription on the Irish nation she fell foul of the British authorities once more and was imprisoned in Holloway Jail. During her incarceration she created history by becoming the first woman ever elected to the British Parliament. On March 10 1919 , she was released from Holloway and on the following June imprisoned once again in Cork Jail for making seditious speeches. On April 1 of that year following her appointment to the First Irish Dail as Secretary for Labour she achieved the distinction of becoming the first woman Cabinet Minister in the world.

In September 1920 she was back in jail again, this time in Mountjoy, Dublin , when she was sentenced to two years hard labour for organising na Fianna. In July 1921, a Truce was agreed between the Irish and British forces and Constance was released.

A split and Civil War ensued in which Constance opposed the Treaty and supported the Republicans. Arrested once more in November 1923 she was detained in North Dublin Union, went on hunger strike, and was released in December 1923.

Having dispensed her possessions to the poor of Dublin she died penniless in an open ward in a public hospital on July 15 th 1927 . She was 59 years old. Although her contribution to the cherished dream of a free Ireland was immeasurable, a hostile Freestate Government refused her the recognition of a State funeral.

Ireland on that day mourned one of our greatest heroines. Today, enjoying the fruits of her struggle, we remember and rejoice in the achievements of the 'Rebel Countess' and her comrades. Their greatness and their deeds inspire us!

To C. M. on her prison birthday, February, 1917:

"What has time to do with thee,
Who hast found the victors' way
To be rich in poverty,
Without sunshine to be gay,
To be free in a prison cell?
Nay, on that undreamed judgement day,
When, on the old-world's scrap-heap flung,
Powers and empires pass away,
Radiant and unconquerable
Thou shalt be young."
Eva Gore-Booth




Author's Bio
Joe Mc Gowan is a local historian and native of Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo. Born on the family farm, he worked there in his early years until emigrating to the U.S.A. in the early '60s. Six months after he arrived, he was drafted into the U. S. army. Following discharge from the Army, he lived and worked in the U.S. in commercial and residential construction for many years. Marrying, he returned to Ireland with his wife and young family in the late '70s. The 'Celtic Tiger' was not yet born, scarcity of work dictated a career change, so Joe took up salmon and lobster fishing off the Sligo coast aboard his half-decker fishing boat the 'Connaught Ranger' and conducting tour-boat trips to Inishmurray aboard the 'Excalibur' with his partner Keith Clarke.

Shortly after his return to Ireland, Joe Mc Gowan, becoming keenly aware of the accelerating pace of change in the Irish countryside, decided to record the old lore before it vanished completely. Since that time he has been dedicated to preserving, visually and orally, Ireland 's disappearing traditions and customs. Now a full-time writer his books, backed by meticulous archival research, are inspired by countless nights spent visiting the older generation and listening to their tales. His short stories, usually cameos of Irish life both past and present, feature frequently in national magazines and on radio. He is also a Heritage Specialist with the Irish National Teachers Organisation 'Heritage in Schools Scheme'.

His publications include the classic: In the Shadow of Benbulben; Echoes of a Savage Land; Constance Markievicz; the People's Countess; Co. Sligo Famine Book; Inishmurray Gale, Stone and Fire; Island Voices and most recently, co-authored with artist Anne Osborne: Sligo, Land of Destiny.



The days of the fireside story-tellers are gone, but their stories and lore happily live on in Joe's books and now on his website:

http://www.sligoheritage.com/

RADIO REBEL GAEL MAY DAY SHOW : Tribute to the Working Class Hero

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President of Republican Sinn Fein visits Maghaberry

RSF news - Republican Sinn Fein - http://rsf.ie



Press Release/Preas Ráiteas
Republican Sinn Féin
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill,
223 Parnell Street
Dublin 1, Ireland

Sinn Féin Poblachtach
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill,
223 Sráid Pharnell, BÁC 1, Éire

For further information contact:
Des Dalton:
President: 086-329 1809
Richard Walsh:
Publicity Officer: 00447835620592

Phone: +353-1-872 9747
Fax: +353-1-872 9757
e-mail: saoirse@iol.ie

rsf.ie

For release
25ú Aibreán/April 2010






President of Republican Sinn Féin visits Maghaberry
Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton

Following a visit to Maghaberry prison the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton said that Republican prisoners were following in the footsteps of previous Irish Republicans in defending their right to political status. He was addressing a rally held by Republican Sinn Féin POW Department outside the jail.

“The Republican prisoners in Maghaberry are following in the tradition of Republicans throughout history who have defied all attempts to criminalise the cause of Irish freedom. The prisoners by their actions over Easter weekend have given the lie to those who claim there are no political prisoners in Ireland.

“Because of their stance they are now being denied basic human rights including 23-hour lock-up, denial of access to adequate medical care or food. The attempt to criminalise the prisoners has also been extended to their families and visitors. Drug dogs are being used to deny visits despite the fact that drugs have never been found on either a Republican prisoner or their visitors.

“The recent internment of long-time Republican Martin Corey shows that the nature of British rule never changes. Martin Corey is being held as a political hostage because he refuses to renounce his belief in the Irish people’s right to national freedom.

“Republican Sinn Féin is campaigning throughout Ireland to ensure the demands of the prisoners are heard.

“On May 29 Republicans will be marching in the Six Counties to rally support for the men in Maghaberry. In keeping with Republican principle no permission will be sought from the British state for this march.” Des Dalton said.

Ends.


rsf.ie

Republican Sinn



Fein



Head Office: 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland

Tel: 872 9747 Fax: 872 9757 e-mail: saoirse@iol.ie



Belfast Office: 229 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6FB, Co Antrim, Ireland.

Tel: 9031 9004 Fax: 9031 9863

RADIO REBEL GAEL New PaddyCast : Celtibilly Boom Boom

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RSF Vice President Geraldine Taylor @ Connollys Tomorrow

Republican Sinn Fein Vice President Geraldine Taylor will be speaking
tomorrow, Saturday April 24th, in Manhattan at Cumman na Saoirse's
annual Michael Flannery Dinner. She will be presented with the Pearl
Flannery Humanities Award. The event is at Connolly’s, 121 W. 45th
Street from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.



Tickets are $80 and include buffet dinner, 3 hour top shelf open bar,
dessert, tea & coffee. Trad Irish music by Mary Courtney, Bernadette
Fee & Gerry Enright.


Tickets are available at the door

Proceeds to benefit the dependents of Irish Republican political prisoners

[IFC News List] Disturbing News from a POW at Maghaberry Jail

IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE NEWSLIST



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In a letter to the Irish Freedom Committee, a POW at Maghaberry jail has told us disturbing news about the security forces' heavy-handed response to the prisoners' Easter protest at the jail, and conditions now.

The prisoner writes:

"After 36 hours upwards to 150 police and jailers surrounded the canteen with riot gear, shields, helmets, gas masks, balaclavas, axes, sledge hammers, picks and power saws and appeared ready to remove everyone by force. POWs were taken out one by one through lines of police and dogs.

Each strip searched, 13 taken to isolation units and 15 were returned to empty cells. 13 were charged under Rule 7 by the Secretary of State for one and a half days. No one allowed a change of clothes for four days.

All have been returned to Roe House and are being held under Rule 35 and kept in lockdown for 23 hours a day. The cells of some of the 13 returned from isolation units were wrecked, towels in the toilet wet mattresses etc. each cell took hours to clean. All 28 have been charged with "Mutiny". Relatives being told that they had not properly scheduled visits, POWs being told that they had no visits when they were on the schedule. Meals are still an issue, not making it to the prisoners as scheduled etc. Situation worse now than before Easter."

If you have not yet done so, please take a moment and a .98 cent stamp to copy and paste the text below into a letter to Paulk Goggins, demanding an immediate independent inquiry into the unacceptable human rights abuses at Maghaberry jail. The letter is also available as a.pdf download that you can print, sign, and mailin minutes on the Irish Freedom Committee website. It is linked on the front page and also thePOW Dept page.

The Irish Freedom Committee has sent a registered letter to Paul Goggins stating that despite Northern Ireland Prisons Services claims to the contrary, we are fully aware that the republican prisoners are still on 23-hour lockdown. We further wrote:

"Since we cannot get a straight answer regarding the number of hours prisoners are being locked up each day, we do not expect further clarity from your offices regarding the numerous other human rights complaints at Maghaberry jail. We wouldrespectfully request then that an immediate, impartial investigation belaunched into the numerous, and long-standing,human rights complaints bythe republican prisoners, and their families,at Maghaberry Jail."

Please forward this email widely and send your letter today.

Please forward this email widely and send your letter today.

============ SAMPLE LETTER ============ =

Paul Goggins MP - Minister of State with Responsibility for Prisons

Northern Ireland Office

Stormont House, Stormont Estate

Belfast, Northern Ireland

BT4 3SH

April 11, 2010

Dear Mr. Goggins

I am writing with my deep concerns regarding the dire situation at Maghaberry Prison, where recent disturbances brought world-wide attention to a trend of gravely worsening conditions inside.

I reference detailed testimonials by the political prisoners in Roe House at Maghaberry jail, in which are described instances of food and fresh water being with-held during extended periods of lock-down time of up to 23 hours at a time; meals denied to prisoners for up to four days, due to `staff shortages'; indiscriminate transfer of prisoners to solitary confinement- where beatings have frequently taken place- for days at a time; an instance of a prisoner being viciously mauled by a prison dog in February; repeated body searches of prisoners up to 40 times in a single day,and strip-searches of family visitors including women.

I am also aware that the prisoners have made repeated complaints about unhygienic conditions,which include being forced to eat meals in their cells within inches of open toilets; rather than being permitted to eat in the dining area. Also, a previous protest at Roe House resulted in the men refusing to shave or cut their hair rather than being required to do so in their kitchen sink,where plates and cutlery are washed. I further refer to a report of a recent visit to Maghaberry by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The Committee's report described unacceptable conditions, including violent attacks by SST officers while being held in solitary confinement, instances of degrading and humiliating body-cavity searches, severe over-crowding, poor education and recreation facilities, and inadequate access to mental and physical health care.

There is no reason why these appalling abuses should continue in your facility. An independent review of this worsening situation must be made, if conditions have deteriorated so far as to force prisoners to resort to their action of Easter weekend; where the takeover of their quarters made International news.

The favor of a reply is requested. I have forwarded a copy of this letter to others including local media here.

Very Sincerely,

(Your Name/Address)

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Radio Rebel Gael presents EASTER 1916 : We Remember !

Easter 1916 ! We Remember



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Justice for Pat O'Donnell