Dr Eamon Phoenix Foundation

🎧 New 1921/1971 column, audio & PDF every day on our website: eamonphoenixfoundation.com

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 #OnThisDay – 22nd March 1921 Despite suppression, reports revealed Dáil Éireann had met secretly, promoting the Belfast Boycott and plans to expand Irish manufacturing while resisting British authority. 🔗 Read/listen to Éamon's full column:

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𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟭 #OnThisDay 1971: James Chichester-Clark faced pressure from Unionist hardliners, while the death of Uilleann piper Francis McPeake marked the passing of a link to the Gaelic Revival and 1916. 🔗 Full column:

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𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸 #OnThisDay Mar 1971: Hardline Unionists were moving to force NI Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark from office, demanding stronger security measures during the escalating Troubles. 🔗 Éamon's full column:

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𝗔 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 #OnThisDay 1921: A dramatic siege followed the shooting of Head Constable John Boyd during a raid in Newtownards. Officers forced the suspect’s surrender by planting a bomb in his home. 🔗Full column:

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𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗱𝘀 #OnThisDay 1921: Head Constable John Boyd was seriously wounded in a Newtownards raid. The suspect surrendered after a dramatic police tactic: they planted a bomb in his home. Éamon's column: eamonphoenixfoundation.com/on-this-day-po… #IrishHistor

𝗕𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟭 #OnThisDay March 1921: As Edward Carson's great ally Andrew Bonar Law stepped back from politics in London, the Belfast Boycott intensified with Northern goods seized and burned on a Monaghan rail line 🔗 Éamon's full column:

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𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 #OnThisDay March 1921: Conservative leader Andrew Bonar Law retired from politics due to ill health. A key ally of Carson during the Home Rule crisis, he had helped rally British opposition to Irish self-government. 🔗 eamonphoenixfoundation.com/on-this-day-po…

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𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 #OnThisDay Mar 1971: Brian Faulkner, once viewed as a hardliner, faced a hostile Unionist meeting while Chichester-Clark’s leadership was under threat amid growing political turmoil. Éamon's full column: eamonphoenixfoundation.com/on-this-day-po… #North

🎧 New 1921/1971 column, audio & PDF every day on our website: eamonphoenixfoundation.com

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗠 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 #OnThisDay Mar 1971: Reports told how Stormont PM James Chichester-Clark faced pressure after talks in London with Edward Heath amid reports he might resign without stronger security powers. Éamon's column: eamonphoenixfoundation.com/on-this-day-po… #

🎧 New 1921/1971 column, audio & PDF every day on our website: eamonphoenixfoundation.com

𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 #OnThisDay March 1921: The Battle of Clonmult, mass RIC resignations and rising tension in Newry reflected how rapidly Ireland’s conflict was escalating. Éamon's column: eamonphoenixfoundation.com/on-this-day-po… #OnThisDay #IrishHistory #WarOfIndependence