Dessie or Dese is a city in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, with a population as of 1994 of 97,314 people. It is home to a museum, in the former home of Dejazmach Yoseph Biru. It shares an airport with neighbouring Kombolcha. Amhara (አማራ) may refer to: Amhara, an ethnic group of Ethiopia. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...
Dessie has been a Republican activist since the age of sixteen, first as a member of the IRA and then as a member of the INLA.
Dessie O'Hare is such a prisoner who has been denied the benefits of the early release scheme as laid down in Annex B, Section 2 of the Agreement which the Irish electorate voted for.
Dessie became active in the Republican struggle from the age of 16 and one of his Officer Commanders in the IRA was John Francis Green, later assassinated by Captain Nairac.