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Remembering Volunteer Pól Kinsella, Derry Brigade, Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died whilst incarcerated in H-Blocks, Long Kesh on the 13th December 1994

Pól Kinsella from Derry belonged to the new generation of Republicans. Pól died of leukemia whilst a prisoner of war. His early death was made all the more tragic by the refusal of the British government to allow him to go home to his family to die. With many thanks to: Clan na Gael

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Remembering Volunteer John Starrs, 1st Battalion, Derry Brigade, Irish Republican Army, who was killed by British soldiers during operation in Chamberlain Street on May 13th 1972.

John Starrs was born in Hamilton Street in the Brandywell where he lived with his parents and brothers. At the time, the 19 year-old was not living in Derry and was a member of the Irish army. In fact the Brandywell man was a trained marksman. When he heard about what happened in Derry on Bloody Sunday, John decided to return to Derry and join the Republican Movement and became a member of ‘B’…

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Martin McGuinness RIP

A short version of this article appeared in Ceylon Today on March 30 2017.

The world watched in horror as Khalid Masood drove a car into tourists and innocent bystanders at Westminster on March 24, 2017. At the funeral of Martin McGuinness on March 23 Gerry Adams described McGuinness, who died on March 21, as a “freedom fighter” rather than a terrorist. There has always been much talk by the…

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