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Encyclopedia > Wolfe Tone Weekly

The Wolfe Tone Weekly (19371939) was an Irish republican newspaper, edited by Brian O'Higgins. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Irish Republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ...


It first appeared in September 1937. Unlike its republican predecessor, An Phoblacht (edited by Peadar O'Donnell), the Wolfe Tone Weekly was devoid of any radical social content. O'Higgins, who was assisted by Easter Rising veteran Joe Clarke, was a social conservative whose ideological emphasis was on Gaelic revivalism. Peadar ODonnell was an Irish Republican and socialist activist and writer. ... Easter Proclamation, read by Pádraig Pearse outside the GPO at the start of the Easter Rising, 1916. ...


The Wolfe Tone Weekly generally endeavoured to promote the policies of the then Republican Movement. Its contributors numbered people like Jimmy Steele, at the time serving seven years in Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast, and Brendan Behan. The Republican Movement is a collective term used to describe Irish republican organisations. ... The interior of Crumlin Road Gaol Crumlin Road Gaol is a former prison situated in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Brendan Francis Behan (Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin) (February 9, 1923 - March 20, 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. ...


After the IRA's declaration of war on Britain in January 1939, and the attacks that followed as part of the IRA's S-Plan, the Wolfe Tone Weekly continued to appear, but was finally suppressed in September 1939, with the introduction of internment in Éire. The S-Plan or Sabotage Campaign or England Campaign was a campaign of bombing and sabotage against the civil, economic, and military infrastructure of Britain 1939 – 1940. ... This page is about the usage and history of the terms concentration camp, internment camp and internment. ... Map of Éire Éire (pronounced ) is the Irish name for Ireland. ...



 

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