Soloheadbeg (1 Viewer)

[CITY BABY]

90 years ago today,

Aboy the lads

Sean Tracey
Dan Breen
Sean Hogan
Taghg Crowe
Paddy McCormac
Seamus Robinson
Sean O Meara
Michael Ryan
Paddy O Dwyer

 

[therealjohnny]

That poster was in some pub I used to drink in..Brogans maybe

Love the description of Dan Breen " a swarthy complexion, looks rather like a blacksmith coming from work"

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Moustache has to be fake.

 

[Woody]

I'm currently re-reading Dan Breens "My fight for Irish Freedom". Great stuff.

Go on the parish.

 

[therealjohnny]

er...so, what is solheadbeg?

 

[Woody]

er...so, what is solheadbeg?

It was where the Irish war of independance started. Tut tut tut

 

[Scientician 0.8]

It was kinda like the shooting of Garda Gerry McCabe but long enough ago for people to think it was great.

 

[therealjohnny]

I thought it was yet another European crust band I hadn't heard of

 

[Woody]

It was kinda like the shooting of Garda Gerry McCabe but long enough ago for people to think it was great.

It was great and so was the shooting of McXXXX

 

[Anarcho Munk]

Dan Breen was a bollox.

 

[CITY BABY]

Dan Breen was a bollox.

you knew him so?

 

[nooleen]

he used to be down the village roarin' and shoutin' every weekend night, falling over bicycles and frightening the chickens

 

[hetzer]

and that bissniss o' rabbin all the jellignite fram da peelars. Sparked off the war of independence. Collins & co brought the empire to it's knees on a bicycle, mr gormley can't even sort out the e voting & his bike even has gears

 

[therealjohnny]

he used to be down the village roarin' and shoutin' every weekend night, falling over bicycles and frightening the chickens

all the while besmirching the good name of genuine blacksmiths

 

[nooleen]

blackguards more like, what about that blacksmith that broke poor dunchee's heart? he's always singing about it, poor lad