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Hunger strike: The last act of the Civil War

RTE 14 Oct 2023
Playing cards autographed by prisoners Peadar O'Donnell and Barney Mellows (Credit ... Peadar O'Donnell said later that the strike should have been called off once it was obvious that it was breaking up. Peadar O'Donnell (Credit ... When Peadar O'Donnell's parents went to the local parish church to pray for him, they were refused entry.
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Why did 8,000 IRA prisoners go on hunger strike in 1923?

RTE 06 Oct 2023
Analysis. anti-treaty fighters may have called a civil war ceasefire in May 1923, but thousands remained in prison for months afterwards ... Yet with the armed conflict over, the future remained as uncertain as ever, not least because some 12,000 anti-Treaty men and women remained imprisoned ... Peadar O’Donnell wrote in his diary ... .
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What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

RTE 26 Apr 2023
The Silent Civil War looks back at a traumatic time in Irish history, Mark Moriarty ... . Pick of the Day ... Streaming on RTÉ Player ... Strauss, as part of his post-graduate work in 1973, the tapes feature original recordings of Frank Aiken, Dan Breen, Peadar O’Donnell, Máire Comerford, John A Costello, Ernest Blythe, Seán Dowling among many others ... ... Sam ... .
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What happened when I copied Biden and reconnected with my Irish roots

The Times/The Sunday Times 15 Apr 2023
My liver is flying a white flag of surrender. I’ve just survived my first Irish party ... “Oh, about two hours ago,” he twinkles. At 6am, we go out for breakfast ... ALAMY ... ... In one cobbled lane alone, I count about 20 pubs — including the Harp, Peadar O’Donnell’s and the Gweedore — all serving up lashings of traditional Irish music and velvety Guinness ... .
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Mayo rout Donegal to secure place in Division 1 final

RTE 19 Mar 2023
Shaun Patton; Mark Curran, Brendan McCole, Caolan Ward; Dáire Ó Baoill, Eoghan Bán Gallagher (0-01), Caolan McColgan; Caolan McGonagle, Jason McGee; Michael Langan (0-03,0-02f), Ciaran Thompson (0-03,0-01m, 0-01f), Conor O’Donnell; Peadar Mogan, Hugh McFadden, Jamie Brennan (0-01).
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Honours even as Galway reel in Donegal in Letterkenny

RTE 26 Feb 2023
Donegal and Galway played out an entertaining draw in O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny but Donegal will rue 13 wides ... Conor O’Donnell replied immediately ... And they were back on terms when Conor O’Donnell pointed on 69 minutes ... Peadar Mogan for O’Reilly (ht); Rory O’Donnell for H McFadden (59); Johnny McGroddy for O Baoill (66).
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Monaghan turn tables to dispatch Donegal

RTE 19 Feb 2023
The second half began in similar style, with a Stephen O’Hanlon effort and McCarron brace being cancelled out by Conor O’Donnell, Gallen and Langan ... Peadar Mogan for McColgan (44); Luke McGlynn for Ward (58); Rory O’Donnell for McFadden (66); Johnny McGroddy for McGee (69).
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Derry/Londonderry: from troubled past to a bright future, thanks to Derry Girls

The Times/The Sunday Times 18 Feb 2023
... autumn, found myself ordering a Guinness in Peadar O’Donnell’s, the city’s most famous watering hole.Sponsored ... At first glance Peadar O’Donnell’s, named.
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Irish republicans and Nazi Germany

The Irish Times 08 Feb 2023
Historical context. Wed Feb 8 2023 - 00.03 ... Leading republicans – George Gilmore, Peadar O’Donnell and Frank Ryan – were openly concerned with the apolitical direction of the IRA under Seán Russell’s stewardship ... They knew nothing about German intrigues ... .
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The Bell magazine aimed for nothing less than to sound in a new Ireland

The Irish Times 06 Feb 2023
Flann O’Brien, Lennox Robinson, Elizabeth Bowen, Patrick Kavanagh, Peadar O’Donnell, Frank O’Connor and the editor, Sean O’Faolain ... through the extensive literary networks of O’Faolain and his assistant editors, Frank O’Connor, Peadar O’Donnell, Hubert Butler and Geoffrey Taylor.
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The Writer’s Torch: The Bell stories anthologised with illuminating modern feedback

The Irish Times 04 Feb 2023
Short stories from the 1940s and 1950s are paired with insightful responses from contemporary writers. Founder of The Bell Sean O'Faolain. The title of The Writer’s Torch anthology comes from an editorial written by Peadar O’Donnell ... Photograph ... Author ... In Peadar O’Donnell’s Why Blame the Seagulls (1940), the bodies of soldiers wash up on Irish shores ... .
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Ireland’s contemporary writers select stories to revive from The Bell

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2023
However, their way was paved by The Bell, a magazine that ran from 1940 to 1954, founded by Seán Ó Faoláin and Peadar O’Donnell, two of Irish ...
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The Writer’s Torch review: Pioneering literary magazine resonates down the decades

Irish Independent 27 Jan 2023
The title comes from ’s second editor, Peadar O’Donnell, who wrote an editorial called “Under the writer’s torch” in September 1946.
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Hidden away: the treatment of Civil War internees

RTE 12 Dec 2022
During the Civil War, thousands of anti-Treaty militants were Imprisoned without trial by the Provisional and Free State governments, in increasingly overcrowded camps and prisons ... Interned in the Curragh, Peadar O'Donnell noted that ‘we could cook and distribute food and organise camp life generally’. Peadar O'Donnell, seen here in 1966 ... The I.C.R.C.
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Charlie Bird: "I have finally come to terms with my illness"

RTE 08 Oct 2022
Ryan Tubirdy, Charlie and Daniel O'Donnell ... Charlie (73) also revealed that he has gotten his affairs in order and that plans for his funeral are in place and that his ashes will be buried on his beloved Aran Islands, alongside his best friend Peadar. "Peadar is the craic," Claire said ... And he's quite happy to be there with Peadar.".
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