Individual accounts,etc
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Name index to 1930s papers I have put links for a lot of these names thru to the relevant article from those papers, but there's a lot more to go in. If anyone comes across a broken link, pplease let me know. CC, Belfast 20/4/8 |
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Inistioge, Kilkenny, commeoration of George Brown June 28th 2008 |
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George Brown - Portrait of a Communist leader. A pamphlet by Mick Jenkins. |
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Dublin Boys – Amazing Escape - Blake and Cochrane in the Dublin Evening Mail, 5th October 1937 |
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Bill Bailey - Irish-American- extracts from his biography. |
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Joe Boyd remembered |
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Joe Boyd, from Tyrone, 1976 newspaper report from unidentified Northern Irish paper, CC. |
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George BrowneA poem about Manhchester based Irish Volunteer, A leading comrade in the CPGB, KIA |
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Paddy Cochrane brief interview on "Shapes of Time" website, . |
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Paddy Cochrane features in the Sunday Times, Oct. 20th 2007 |
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Kit Conway |
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Red Cushing |
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Cushing remembered |
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Cushing and Stalin's son |
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Cushing timeline |
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From Monageer to Spain – the story of Peter Daly
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Peter Daly - inaugural commemoration event
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1996 letter about Peter Daly by Mick O'Riordan |
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Frank Deegan Brothers in Arms -Liverpool Irishman interviewed by Tony Birtill, Irish Post, August 30 1986 |
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Frank Deegan - a 1988 trip back to Spain |
| Collected Charlie Donnelly articles |
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Anti-fascist Arthur - help sought - [Archie Doran], January 31, 2008, page 76 - Bath Chronicle |
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Call for info on soldier - [Archie Doran] - Page 46, February 5, 2008 - Bristol Evening Post |
| A collection of articles by and about Eugene Downing. Updated 27th October 2007 |
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Eugene Downing appears on TnaG television programme with subtitles. |
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Downing about Connolly House seige |
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Downing on the Ebro.htm |
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Downing Fox's funeral |
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Downing on the Lenin School |
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Downing in Charge! |
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Downing interviewed |
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Downing - hospital letters |
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Downing as a writer! |
| Downing - Nehru's visit |
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Downing - a 1976 visit to Spain |
| Downing - On the Thetis submarine experiemnt in WW2. - involves P Duff, O'Daire, etc. |
| Collection of pieces by/about Bob Doyle Updated August 13th 2008 |
| Bob interviewed in the Irish News, 11th April. |
| Bob Doyle interviewed |
| Bob Doyle - writes about Jarama in Irish Freedom, Feb. 1944 |
| Bob Doyle's Belfast meeting, 2006 reported on by Mary Horton in Unity, Sept. 2006 |
| Bob Doyle's Sligo meeting, 2006 reported on. |
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Dunvegan Castle - Vol. David Ryan |
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Frank Edwards |
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Edwards and Waterford |
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Joe Gibbons - An Irish vol. interviewed in a US military magazine in 1942. |
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Joe Gibbons - on his experiences when his ship was sunk! |
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Joe Gibbons - Letter about a mountain trip and death in the Spanish Civil War |
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Patrick (Harry) Glasson 1910-1937 - a recent article detailing the experiences of this volunteer. Added 11 November 2007 |
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Brian Goold-Verschoyle - soviet purge victim. |
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Jim Haughey letter home in 1939 |
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Haughey's poem |
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Hilliard - remembered |
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Hilliard 2005 document with new material, written by John Corcoran. |
| Olympians at War Article on Hilliard, with notes on O'Duffy. about their participation in the Olympics. |
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Hilliard: - the fighting pastor - Another one from the Daily Mail. |
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Hilliard's GAA activity |
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International Brigaders |
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International Brigadiers A-E |
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International Brigadiers F-K |
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International Brigadiers L-O |
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International Brigadiers P-Z |
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Thomas Kerr letter home |
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Mick Lehane |
| James Maley - Glasgow Irish vol. (1908 - 9 April 2007) This is by his son Wiley and actually links thru to 2 other obituaires. |
| Jim Maley commemorated in song on YouTube! It's called 'These Hands', and the lyrics are based on an interview by him for The Big Issue back in September 2006. Added 11th April 2008. |
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Patsy McAllister |
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Patsy McAllister |
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Eoin MacNamee |
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Paddy Roe McLaughlin - By Gerry Duddy in Moville |
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Memoirs of several IB men |
| Brendan Moroney attacks the IB in 1938 |
| Brendan Moroney defends the IB in later life. |
| Jack Nalty biography His nephew has written quite a good, short book. Here's extracts. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006) |
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Mick O'Riordan: Memories of a veteran communist. Article in the Kildare Nationalist, Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
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A 1998 interview with Mick O'Riordan about anti-racism |
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O'Riordan at Irish LP conf, 2001 |
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Mick O'Riordan in 1986 |
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Untouched by the Tiger [Mick O’Riordan]
Irish Times, April 15, 1999. |
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Anti-Fascist Action interview with Mick O'Riordan. |
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Peadar O'Donnell and the SCW |
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Peter O'Connor and Waterford |
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Peter O'Connor |
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Thomas Patten 3 articles on this Achill volunteer, one of the first Irish dead. Added 29 May 2007 |
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Jim Prendergast "When I met Will Paynter on the battlefield" in the Railway Review, 13th December 1968. |
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David Pritchard, a Newtownards (via Canada) IBer from the Newtownards Chronicle, August and December 1939.Added 22 Feb. 2008 |
| Pat Reads obituary |
| Pat Read A Biography |
| Frank Ryan in the News of the World! |
| Eugene Downing article from Irish Front, 1941. |
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| In Green and Red: The Lives of Frank Ryan by Adrian HoarBook review Sunday Business Post, 5 Dec 2004
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Bill Scott at SPNI meeting |
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| Yesterday’s horrors – today’s memories Bill Scott interviewed Grimsby Evening Telegraph, 21st Nov. 1975 |
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40,000 men did do something
Letter from Bill Scott in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, 18th Oct 1975 |
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misc-BBCRadio.htm |
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International Women's Day |
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IWD -Lecture on women in Spain |
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IWD - Irish women in Spain |
Notes on some photographs
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| International Brigade Photos - some points. |
History articles, etc. Updated 20/5/7 |
| My Experiences with the Irish Section of the Lincolns Volunteers, By David Smith in The Volunteer 2001 |
| Ulstermen and the Spanish Civil War
Article by Ciaran Crossey, in "Due North" in 2002. Added 20th May 2007. |
| The Spanish Civil War extract from Mike Milotte's 1977 thesis on Communism in Ireland. |
| Letter to Saothar from Eugene Downing Paddy O’Daire & the Thetis Experiment: Setting the record straight |
| Major Frank Ryan: Recollections from Tom Jones, North Wales fellow prisoner at De Burgos Penitentiary. |
| Leopold H. Kerney: Irish Minister to Spain 1935-46 Manus O'Riordan reviews Eamon Kerney's new website |
| Peadar O'Donnell and the Spanish Revolution. |
| Claremen in the SCW a 1996 local history by Peadar McNamara |
| Fascism Then And Now by John Pilger, Morning Star, 2 Aug 2005, IBMT memorial meeting, London. |
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C Donnelly:- 3 articles from 1935-6 |
| A Diversity of VolunteersSpeech by Manus, at IBCC meeting, Belfast, Sept. 2006. A lot on Haughey and CJ McGuinness |
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Gaelic book:- translated notes on McGrotty, etc. |
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International Lenin School |
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Irish and Jewish volunteers in SCW |
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Joe Monks pamphlet With the Reds in Andulasia |
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Behind the legend: Waterfordmen in the International Brigades by Emmet O'Connor, Magee College (PDF format)
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Reports from events, book launches, etc.Updated 13 August 2008 |
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Belfast Memorial Unveiled - initial reports on the unveiling of the Belfast Memorial with the IBMT AGM held in Belfast, 13-14 October 2007. Added 1 November 2007 |
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Inistioge, Kilkenny, commeoration of George Brown June 28th 2008 |
| 70 Walkers commemorate 70 years of the International Brigades |
| Commemorative Address by Manus O'Riordan - crossing of the Pyrenees |
| Jarama 2007 Bob Doyle's attendance noted. |
| Jarama 2007 by Alan Warren in the Morning Star, 14th Feb. 07 |
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Charlie Donnelly lecture and plaque - A talk by Gerry Dawe on Donnelly, followed by the unveiling of a plaque in University College Dublin, Feb. 26th at 7pm. Added 15 Feb.2008 |
| Bob Doyle writing on Jarama, 1944 |
| Bob Doyle's Cork Meeting, 20th Feb. 2007 |
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Connolly Column - republished |
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Connolly Column launch - C O'Shannon |
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Connolly Column launch - Manus O'Riordan |
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Connolly Column launch - Mick O'Riordan |
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Connolly Column launch - |
| Conway Memorial - press report |
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Conway Memorial - Bob Doyle |
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Conway Memorial - Mick O'Riordan |
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Conway Memorial - Manus O'Riordan |
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Conway Memorial - Spanish Speech |
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Conway Memorial - song |
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Conway Memorial - Full Contents |
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Peter O'Connor speaking in 1994 at the unveiling of the Memorial plaque in Waterford. |
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Waterford memorial |
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Waterford memorial 2 |
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Waterford memorial appeal |
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Waterford memorial BBC reports |
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Waterford memorial - press reports |
Book Reviews, Bibliography
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| Brigadista reviewed by the Irish Socialist Network. |
| Review of Irish play on SCW Guernica Hotel - Irish SCW play |
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The revolution starts now - By Michael McCaughan, reviews Bob Doyles book:- in Village, September 21, 2006 |
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Bob Doyle: Collection of reviews, and other articles about Bob following publication of Brigadista in June '06 |
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"Connolly Column" John Corcoran reviews the reprinted book for the Morning Star April 26, 2005 |
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IRSP review of Connolly Column |
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Jim Monaghan's reviews |
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McGarry's book on Ryan reviewed 2 |
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McGarry's book on Ryan reviewed 3 |
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McGarry's book on Ryan Stradlings review |
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USSR chapter on Irish role in SCW |
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"A rather one sided fight" The Worker and the Spanish Civil War, a document study from Saothar, Vol. 23, 1998. |
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Harry Midgley |
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Socialist Party of NI |
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Ben Murray - letter on the death of Alec Muir |
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IBMT - AGM, 15/10/5 |
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IBMT - Ryan Commemoration 16/10/05 |
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Jack Jones replies to Irish Times |
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Jack Nalty's death reported in the News of the World!! |
Obituaries |
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Bill Bailey (1911-1995) |
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Paul Burns In The Volunteer, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Winter, 1996-7 |
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Paul Burns by Fisher. |
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Beatrice de Courcey Ireland 1911-1999 [Added 14th April 2006] |
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Charlie Donnelly obituary by Montague Slater, Left Review and Irish Democrat 1937. [Plus note from Joe Donnelly] |
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Eugene Downing: Veteran who stayed true to ideals of Spanish war The Irish Times, August 9, 2003 |
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Eugene Downing in Saothar |
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Eugene Downing by Manus O'Riordan |
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Eugene Downing by Oisin Breatnach |
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Frank Edwards |
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Harry Fisher (US Vol.) |
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Clarence Forrester - A USA-Finnish/Irish volunteer! |
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Obituary for Danny Gibbons |
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George Gilmore (1985) |
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Hugh Hunter |
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Maurice Levitas |
| James Maley - Glasgow Irish vol. (1908 - 9 April 2007) |
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Letter about Patsy McAllister The Irish Times, Sept. 29, 1997 |
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Patsy McAllister by the Workers' Party in 1997 |
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Ewart Milne |
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Joe Monks. |
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Joe Monks by CPI |
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Ben Murray |
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Peter O'Connor |
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Peter O'Connor 2 |
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Peter O'Connor obit in Saothar |
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The shop steward who led the Major Attlee Company - The Record, Feb 1982 [newspaper of the ATGWU] |
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Charles O'Flaherty -
The Volunteer, Nov 1984 [organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade] |
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Dick O'Neill |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006)
Waterford Today reports. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006) -Workers World, 25/05/2006 |
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M O'Riordan - Daily Mail |
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M O'Riordan - Daily Mail May 22nd 2006 |
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M O'Riordan - Daily Telegraph |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006 - Eoin O'Murchu in An Phoblacht, 26/05/2006 |
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Mick O'Riordan, Daily Ireland, May 23rd - O’Riordan admirers by - Tommy McKearney |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Eugene McCartan, Sec. CPI, tribute at the funeral service, May 20th |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), a CPI biographical note. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Sunday Independent, May 21st |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Morning Star report of the funeral |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Irish Times, Sat May 20th |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Morning Star, Fri. 19th May |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Eugene McCartan from the CPI in Daily Ireland, 19th May. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Irish Times, 19th May. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Irish News, 19th May. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), Irish Examiner, a short note on 19th May. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006) Irish Independent 19 May. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), La, 19th May, Gaelic paper. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006), a short note in Daily Ireland, 19th May. |
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Mick O'Riordan (1917-2006) RTE, 18 May. |
| Pat Read Irish-American anarchist in Spain. |
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Bill Scott 1988 |
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Liam Tumilson |
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Tommy WOOD - Irish Democrat, 31st July, 1937 |
International Brigadiers and other anti-fascists of Irish origin |
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Irish volunteers This is a working list of the volunteers from Ireland. Updated 25th May 2004 |
Irish Anarchism and the SCW |
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Pat Read - an essay by Ciaran Crossey about this anarchist and SCW veteran. Added April 7th 2008 |
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Pat Read - a collection of articles by and about this genuine Irish anarchist. Added Nov. 11th 2007 |
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"Jack White of Ballymena". By T.J. McElligott, Ballymena Guardian 3 August 1989,p. 8 "He did not just have strong views on everything and anything, he had views which might be considered extreme on most matters." Added January 22nd 2005, CC
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Jack White in Donegal - a labour hisotry piece by Anton McCabe |
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A rebel in Barcelona: Jack White's first Spanish impressionsThis article was reproduced from KSL No 14, March 1998. "I came out to Barcelona as administrator of the second British Red Cross Unit. Two nurses and myself came on in advance to find a site for the hospital of the Unit somewhere on the Teruel front." |
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Where Casement would have stood To-day By CAPTAIN J. R. WHITE Being the substance of an address delivered to the Roger Casement Sinn Fein Club on the 20th Anniversary of Casement's death. |
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1919: The Significance of Sinn Fein - Psychological, Political, and Economic |
