Large crowd honours Edentubber Martyrs

In spite of the bad weather a crowd of 150 people attended on Sunday, November 5 for the annual Republican Sinn Féin commemoration in honour of the five Edentubber Martyrs killed in a premature explosion on the Louth/Armagh Border 43 years ago.

The parade moved off from the Border Inn at 3pm led by a Fianna Éireann and Republican Colour Party and the Glens of Antrim Accordion Band. Republican Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle representative Sarah Murphy, South Armagh presided at the Edentubber Martyrs Memorial and thanked the National Graves Association for their care and attention to the site. Frank Hanratty said a decade of the Rosary as Gaeilge.

Wreaths were laid by Frank Gartland on behalf of Republican Sinn Féin, Dundalk and Peig King laid a wreath on behalf of the National Graves. Patsy McCarthy, grandniece of Michael Watters who was killed in the explosion which destroyed his hillside cottage overlooking the Border, also laid a wreath on behalf of the Republican Movement at the impressive Celtic Cross Memorial. Also killed were four IRA Volunteers, Oliver Craven (Down), Paul Smith (Armagh), Patrick Parle (Wexford) and George Keegan (Enniscorthy). The Last Post was sounded by bugler James Callan.

Speaking at the ceremony at the Memorial where the explosion took place, Ruairí Óg Ó Brádaigh, National Publicity Officer, Republican Sinn Féin, said that if Republicans stuck to their fundamental principles the objectives of a British withdrawal and a New Ireland negotiated by the Irish people acting as a single unit could yet be achieved.

“There is no middle ground between the Republicanism of Pearse and Tone and the total acceptance of British rule involved in the Stormont Agreement.”

Ruairí Óg Ó Brádaigh said that the five men who made the supreme sacrifice did not give their lives for the restoration of a puppet administration in Stormont or so that former Republicans could administer British rule there.

“The Stormont Agreement was based on lies, half-truths and duplicity and cannot last. The events of the past week have shown that the British and the unionists control the institutions set up at Stormont. To underline their supremacy the British flag will be flown this week over public buildings in the Six Counties and Peter Mandelson has promised David Trimble that he will return control over security to Stormont.

“Republican Sinn Féin has an alternative to the Stormont Agreement in the ÉIRE NUA proposals for a four-province federal Ireland free from British interference. All of us should redouble our efforts to promote and disseminate this important policy.”

He said that Republican Sinn Féin’s present priorities were to support Republican prisoners who were being denied political status in Maghaberry jail and to oppose any attempts to inveigle young nationalists to join any new-look British colonial police force.

The organisation was also supporting the call for a community inquiry in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast into the assassination of Joe O’Connor, an opponent of the Stormont Agreement, on October 13 last.”
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Eddie Carmody commemoration

THE annual Eddie Carmody Commemoration was held in Ballylongford on November 22. It was exactly 80 years to the day that the young Kerryman was gunned down by the infamous Black-and-Tans at the roadside at Rusheen.

The parade, 150 strong, started from the Eddie Carmody memorial hall in Ballylongford and marched to the monument which was erected on the spot where he died.

The parade, which was under the Chief Marshall Bill Ó Sé, was headed by a colour party from Republican Sinn Féin carrying the National Flag, two musicians and a flag bearer who carried the National Graves flag.

When the parade reached the memorial, the proceedings were handed over to John Houlihan who chaired the commem-oration. The chairman then called on Bill Ó Sé jnr to lay a wreath on behalf of the organising committee. A decade of the rosary was recited and the Roll of Honour of the 9th Battalion, Ballylongford area was read.

The Chairperson thanked all those present and extended a special welcome to the four grandnephews of Eddie Carmody who attended the commemoration as usual. He also informed those present that Con Dee’s grandnephew was also present and he had the bandolier which was worn by his granduncle with him.

He then introduced the principal speaker Des Long, Vice-President of Republican Sinn Féin, who, in the course of his address, reminded those present that Eddie Carmody did not die for a divided Ireland, but was a soldier who fought to establish and defend the 32-County All-Ireland Dáil.

He went on: “He certainly did not die for what had been recently accepted by those who signed the Stormont Agreement while masquerading as Republicans” and reminded all those present about the plight of Republican prisoners at present in jail in our Six Occupied Counties and in Portlaoise prison in the 26 Counties.

Des Long also reminded those present that December was Prisoners’ Month and asked those present and their friends to be generous to the CABHAIR collections.

To conclude the commemoration, the Chair-person welcomed the impending reburial of the ten executed Republicans who are buried in Mountjoy prison at present. He said that they would be buried in the Republican Plot by the National Graves Association alone. He promised those present that the Free State administration would have no part in the service.

The ceremony finished with the National Anthem.

The esteem in which Volunteer Eddie Carmody is held in Ballylongford was shown by the large turn-out at the commemoration, so the actions of those faceless individuals who tore down the posters advertising the event did not succeed now and never will.
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Beannachtai na Nollag

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to the Republican prisoners who stand by the All-Ireland Republic in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From the Central Committee, CABHAIR (Irish Republican Prisoners Dependants Fund).

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to the Republican prisoners who stand by the All-Ireland Republic in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Cumann na mBan.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to the Republican prisoners who stand by the All-Ireland Republic in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From the Republican Sinn Féin POW Department.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to the Republican prisoners who stand by the All-Ireland Republic in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. The Patrick Cannon Cumann, Dublin.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to the Republican prisoners who stand by the All-Ireland Republic in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Coiste Cuimhneacháin Naisiunta.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to the families of Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry prisons. From the Central Committee, CABHAIR (Irish Republican Prisoners Dependants Fund).

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jail. From Cumann Wolfe Tone, Tamhlacht, Republican Sinn Féin, BÁC.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jail. From Finglas and Ballymun Republicans.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jail. From all the Republicans in North Kerry who could not be bought.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails, especially Christy Smyth, Tommy Crossan, Mick Hegarty, Eddie Heeney and Seán Connolly. From Timmy King, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Colum King, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Jason Murphy, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth and all Republican POWs, E3 Portlaoise jail. From the Republican Movement, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Tommy Crossan and all those POWs who would not accept British rule or to be criminalised in Maghaberry jail. From Joe and Nora Lynch, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all the Dubs in Portlaoise jail. From all the lads in Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Joe, Denise and Rachel, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings all POWs, Portlaoise jail. From Joe and Nora Lynch, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all POWs in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Republican Sinn Féin, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail. Love from your wife Susan, Chloe and Erin, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail. From your mam, sisters and brothers, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail. From Mick Hanley and family, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Mick Hegarty, Portlaoise jail. From Mick Hanley and family, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republicans who kept the faith. Portlaoise jail. From Mick Hanley and family, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christopher Smyth, Portlaoise jail. From Colm Welsh, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail. From Colum, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican POWs in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Christy Dunne and David Cleary, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all POWs in Portlaoise jail, especially Christy Smyth. From all the lads in Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to my husband Tommy Crossan and his comrades, Maghaberry jail. From wife Ann, children, Kelly, Ann and Warren, west Belfast.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to my son Tommy Crossan, Maghaberry jail. Love, Mam, Belfast.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to my brother Tommy Crossan, Maghaberry jail. From your sister Michelle, west Belfast.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to my brother Tommy Crossan and comrades, Maghaberry jail. From your sister Patricia, west Belfast.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Tommy Crossan and all his comrades, Maghaberry jail. From your sister Martina, Belfast.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Tommy Crossan and all his comrades, Maghaberry jail. From Frank and the lads, Poleglass, Belfast.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth and all Republican prisoners everywhere. From Joe Benson and Eugene O’Donogue, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Tommy Crossan, Maghaberry jail. From all his friends and relatives, Weston, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican POWs, Portlaoise jail who kept the faith especially when the tide was low. From Pat O’Shea and Johnny O’Brien, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all political prisoners, Portlaoise jail., From Seán O’Neill, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings Christy Smyth, POW and all POWS, Portlaoise jail. From Ger Brommell and Mick Ryan, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all POWs who stand by the All-Ireland Republic, especially Mick Hegarty and Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail and Tommy Crossan, Maghaberry jail in the Occupied Six Counties. From the James Connolly Cumann, Clare.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Mick Hegarty. From Republican Sinn Féin, Shannon, Co Clare.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all POWs who stand by the All-Ireland Republic, especially Mick Hegarty and Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail and Tommy Crossan, Maghaberry jail in the Occupied Six Counties. From Nollaig Mac Risteard, Coillte, Condae an Chlár.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings are extended to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Wesley Fitzgerald and Patrick Downey, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings are extended to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Wesley Ryan, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings are extended to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Ken O’Reilly, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings are extended to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From George O’Keeffe, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings are extended to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From James Doran, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings are extended to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. especially Christopher Smyth and Mick Hegarty. From Geraldine and Bobby McNamara, Tipperary.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Fianna Éireann, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail and all Republican prisoners. From Liam and Breda Goodwin, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail and all Republican prisoners. From Mick Hanley and Joe Lynch, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail and all Republican prisoners. From Mickey and Margaret Finucane, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail From your sister Caroline, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail From your sister Maureen, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all political prisoners Portlaoise and Maghaberry jails. From Republicans in Ballylongford Co Kerry. Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Tommy Crossan, POW, Maghaberry prison and his wife Ann and kids. From Dermot Gannon and Seán Connolly, POWs, Portlaoise jail.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Dermot Gannon, Portlaoise jail. From Rose.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Seán Connolly, POW, Portlaoise. From Rose Lynch.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Christy Smyth, Portlaoise jail. From Rose Lynch.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to my son Seán Connolly and his comrade Dermot Gannon, Portlaoise jail. From your mother Helen and sisters and brother.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Seán Connolly, Portlaoise jail. From your girlfriend, Johanne.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Dermot Gannon and Seán Connolly, Portlaoise jail. From Joey, Johnny and Ciara Barden, Fianna Éireann, Limerick.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to all Republican prisoners in Portlaoise and Maghaberry jail. From Mike Mitchell, Castleisland.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Tommy Crossan and his comrades in Maghaberry prison and to Dermot Gannon and his comrades in Portlaoise jail. From Republican Sinn Féin, Blanchardstown/Mulhuddart.

CHRISTMAS and New Year greetings to Republican prisoners in Maghaberry and Portlaoise jails. From Comhairle Cúige Laighean, Republican Sinn Féin.

SOLIDARITY and seasonal greetings to all Irish Republican Prisoners adhering to the principles of the 1916 Proclamation. From the Cathal Brugha Cumann, B.A.C.
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Plight of Breton political prisoners

ON October 26 the committee which represents the Breton political prisoners issued a statement containing the following facts :

“We thank all the support committees who have supported Gaol ROBLIN during quite one month. He has had to stop his hunger strike after 24 days without eating.

“Gérard BERNARD will go on from November 1. From November 30 he’ll stop drinking.

“The fight goes on in the French jails, we call all the support committees to go on in their action, and so the ten Breton political prisoners jailed in France because of their engagement for the social and national liberation of the Breton people, will have the status of politic prisoners that means :

“Being jailed all together;

“Being jailed in Brittany;

“Freedom for the ill prisoners;

“The right of using the Breton language during the investigation and the trial.

“We say once again our support to the Basque and Corsican prisoners and to all those jailed in Europe because of their fight for the oppressed nations. That’s why we say our solidarity to:

“The Basque political prisoner Igor Urrestarazu Garijo who went on hunger strike from October 7 against his expulsion to Spain.

“The Irish political prisoner, Tommy Crossan who refuses to work in jail to get back to the Republican Irish prisoners their status of political prisoner.

“Glory to the Brittany free and socialist!

“Glory to the fight of the prisoners!

“Glory to the international solidarity!

“Let’s dare fight, let’s dare overcome!”

— The Breton political prisoners who are fighting.
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Comhbhrón

BURKE, Sncere sympathy is extended to the Burke family, Ennistymon, Co Clare on the death of their son. From the James Connolly Cumann, Republican Sinn Féin, Ennis, Co Clare.

CASEY, Deepest sympathy is extended to Willy Casey and the Casey family, Ballysteen, Askeaton, Co Limerick on the recent death of his father, Willy. From Republican Sinn Féin, Limerick.

CASEY, Deepest sympathy is extended to Willy Casey and the Casey family, Ballysteen, Askeaton, Co Limerick on the recent death of his father, Willy. From Seán O'Neill and Des Long, Limerick city..

McCARTHY, Deepest sympathy is expressed to Owen McCarthy on the sad death of his wife, Eve. From Republican Sinn Féin, Limerick.

McCARTHY, Deepest sympathy is expressed to Owen McCarthy, Parteen, Co Clare on the sad death of his wife, Eve. From Joe Lynch,

McCARTHY, Deepest sympathy is expressed to Owen McCarthy, Parteen, Co Clare on the sad death of his wife, Eve. From Mick Hanley, Limerick.

O’CALLAGHAN, Deepest sympathy is extended to the wife and family of the late Benny O’Callaghan of Fatima, Dundalk, who died during November. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. From the Willie Stewart Cumann, Dundalk.

O’SULLIVAN, Sincere sympathy is extended to Michael O’Sullivan, Cork on the recent death of his wife Sheila. From Sinn Féin Poblachtach, Corcaigh.

O’SULLIVAN, Sincere sympathy is extended to Michael O’Sullivan, Cork on the recent death of his wife Sheila. From Cumann na mBan, Corcaigh.
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I gCuimhne

COUGHLAN, (London and Rathangan). To the dear memory of Chris, who died following an accident on December 25, 1975. From Pól.
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Beannachtaí

BIRTHDAY greetings to Martin Calligan on his 88th birthday. You are an inspiration to any Republican. From Republican Sinn Féin, Limerick.

BIRTHDAY greetings to Martin Calligan who is 88 years fighting British rule. From Joe and Nora Lynch, Limerick.

CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Calligan on his 88th birthday. From the James Connolly Cumann, Republican Sinn Féin, Ennis, Co Clare.

CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Calligan on his 88th birthday. From Nollaig Mac Risteard, Coillte, Condae an Chlár.

CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Calligan on his 88th birthday. From Noel, Vinny, Seán, John and Paddy, Co Clare.

CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Calligan on his 88th birthday. From the Dickensen family, Quilty, Co Clare.

REPUBLICAN Sinn Féin, Limerick wish Michael Ryan a speedy recovery from his recent illness.

GET well soon, Michael Ryan. From Joe and Nora Lynch, Limerick.

GET well soon, Michael Ryan. Ger Brommell and family, Limerick.

GET well soon, Michael Ryan. From Timmy King, Christy Dunne, Mick Hanley and all the lads, Limerick.

GET well soon, Michael Ryan. From Christy Smyth, POW, Portlaoise jail..
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What They Said

It is a Police Bill, not a policing Bill. The Bill, as Paddy Hillyard and Mike Tomlinson have recently observed, doesn’t simply “water down” the Patten Report. It “completely rejects” it.
— Clifford Shearing, a member of the Patten Commission and director of the centre of criminology at the University of Toronto, Irish Times, November 17, 2000.

It abandons the notion of policing as a “collective community responsibility” and fails to heed the Patten Report’s plea for “an end to ‘us’ and ‘them’ concept of policing”.
— Clifford Shearing.

Brendan O’Leary [of the London School of Economics] has described these provisions [of the Bill] as a “travesty”. He is absolutely correct.
— Clifford Shearing.

The Patten Report has not been cherry-picked: it has been gutted [in the Police Bill].
— Clifford Shearing.

On the environment, Mr Éamonn Hanafin condemned [Provisional] Sinn Féin for “jumping on the bicycle of a new idea” in calling for the North to be a “zero waste” society.
— Irish Times, report on SDLP “conference”, November 20, 2000.

Security successes, while laudable in themselves, will create another prison problem in time. In Maghaberry, a new prison population of loyalist and republican dissidents (sic) begins to grow.
— Editorial, Irish Times, November 20, 2000.

And with loyalist and dissident republicans continuing their violence the object of a fully civilianised policing service remains an impossibility. There is a dangerous sense of drift, with the real possibility of the initiative passing back to the gunmen.
— Editorial, Irish Times, November 20, 2000.

The [Police] Bill as constituted does not, I repeat, hold out any prospect of the much hoped-for and much needed new beginning.
— Bríd Rogers, Stormont Agriculture Minister, Irish Times, November 20, 2000.

The SDLP and [Provisional] Sinn Féin are participating in government in Northern Ireland. There is consensus on the institutions of the Belfast Agreement. It is as stark as this; these valuable achievements will not endure if there is not a universal willingness to support the PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland].
— Editorial, Irish Times, November 25, 2000.

Ba shuntasach an méid tacaithe a bhí i láthair ó na Stáit Aontaithe agus chuir duine acu in iúl gur mó an t-eolas atá ag na daoine thall anois de thairbhe go dtig le daoine teacht ar an eolas tríd an idirlíon.
— Lá (nuachtán seachtainiúil Ghaeilge), Béal Feirsde, Samhain 24 ina thuairisc ar Ard-Fheis Shinn Féin Poblachtach.

Brian Cowan is likely to become Ireland’s (sic) first ever foreign minister to attend a formal meeting with ministers from NATO states next month, marking the biggest shift away from the traditional policy of non-involvement with the military alliance in the State’s history.
— Sunday Tribune, November 26, 2000.

When I was talking about the European army, I was not joking. If you don’t want to call it a European army, don’t call it a European army, You can call it ‘Margaret’, you can call it ‘Mary Ann’, you can call it any name.
— EU Commission President Romano Prodi, quoted in the Sunday Tribune, November 26, 2000.

Robin Cook [British Home Secretary] has said that the force would operate “within Europe and Europe’s backyard” . . . the German paper Die Welt claimed that leaked documents suggest the force would set its sights on conflicts within a 4,000 kilometre radius of Brussels. This would cover the Caucasus, the Middle East and a considerable part of Africa. Critics of the proposed new force – including the Green party – have suggested that it lacks a democratic mandate or controls to ensure that future participation in a mission would really be open to public and parliamentary scrutiny.
— Emily O’Reilly, Sunday Business Post, November 26, 2000.

Nach cuma linn faoi uaisleacht na nDan-mhairgeagh a raibh de mhisneach acu díolúine (exemption) iomlán a éileamh ó dhualgas cosanta an Aontais Eorpaigh.
— Eagarfhocal i bhFoinse, Samhain 26, 2000 fa’n teideal “Creimeadh ar an Neodracht”.

Tá an Baol ann gur ag NATO a bheidh an focal scoir agus tá imní mór orainn gur foras é an t-Airm sin [an EU] le cead isteach ’na tíre a thabhairt do NATO tríd an doras cúil.
— Eagarfhocal, Foinse.

Bímís cáireiseach [cúramach] agus ná bíodh leithscéal ar bith orainn ár bhfreasúra i leith an fhórsa mhallaithe seo a nochtadh agus é sin a dhéanamh go glórach soiléir. I bhfad uainn an t-olc!
— Eagarfhocal, Foinse.

By gutting the report of the Patten Commission in key areas concerning the accountability of the RUC Chief Constable, giving him powers to prevent inquiries into police behaviour and restricting the powers of the proposed democratic police partnership boards, the British have sent a very strong negative message to Irish nationalism.
— Editorial, Sunday Business Post, November 26, 2000, headed “Patten rowback a blow to peace”.

We should not be too surprised, perhaps, that the British are almost congenitally incapable of honouring their commitments and treaties. Only last May, Tony Blair insisted that Patten would be implemented in full. In return the [Provisional] IRA opened its arms dumps for inspection and, crucially in historic terms, set out a plan whereby it would put its weapons ‘verifiably beyond use’. Not in 200 years of Irish republican resistance has such an extraordinary commitment been made.
— Editorial, Sunday Business Post.

Within hours, it was clear that the range of British commitments on policing, demilitarisation and judicial reform were not worth the paper they were written on.
— Editorial, Sunday Business Post.

The next three weeks or so will see enormous pressure applied on the SDLP to accept the North’s new policing arrangements by nominating members to a new policing board and, for the first time ever in the history of Northern nationalism, by recommending the police force as a career for young Catholics (sic).
— Ed Moloney, Sunday Tribune, November 26, 2000.

. . . there are two obstacles in the way of a [Robert] Hamill [Portadown] inquiry, one the existing lengthy internal RUC investigation and the other the precedent – a dangerous one for British Intelligence – that would be set for other parties, especially into the assassination of Pat Finucane [Belfast solicitor].
— Ed Moloney.

The British decision to introduce a suspension act [of the Stormont Assembly on February 11] caused as much consternation in Iveagh House as it did among republicans (sic) . . . it exposed the fact that while Dublin regards the Good Friday Agreement as an inter-national agreement, London treats it as part of domestic legislation. As far as Westminster is concerned the northern assembly and executive and all their works and pomps comprise a twig of British government. Which makes it tricky for [Provisional] Sinn Féin to demonstrate how, in the words of the Agreement, “it is for the people of the island of Ireland alone . . . without external impediment to exercise the right of self-determination”, much less explain how it inevitably leads to a united Ireland. Irish officials discovered Britain’s doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, namely that anything passed by Westminster can be amended or rescinded by Westminster . . . The British assertion of sovereignty in the north, supported with great delight by David Trimble, meant that everything was suspended.
— The Phoenix Annual, November 2000.
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Paddy Dillane

THE death took place on November 10 at Tralee General Hospital of Paddy Dillane of Gortacrissane, Listowel, Co Kerry.

Paddy, who was aged 78 when he died was a life-long Republican and remained true to the ideals of Patrick Pearse, Charlie Kerins and Bobby Sands down through all the years.

A Guard of Honour was provided by Republican Sinn Féin both at the church and burial in Listowel Cemetery where Liam Cotter, Tralee, gave the oration.

Paddy has joined his great comrades Gerry O’Mahoney and Willie Walsh and the Republican Movement in Kerry will be poorer by his passing.

Kerry Comhairle Ceantair, Republican Sinn Féin extend sincerest sympathy to his wife, sisters, relatives and friends.
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