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JAMES CONNOLLY “should forever be remembered as a son of Scotland,” his great-grandson said in a message read out to a weekend conference in Glasgow marking the 150th anniversary of the Irish revolutionary’s birth.
James Connolly Heron said his great-grandfather’s vow to create “a full, free and happy life for all or for none” remained the challenge today.
He said the trade unionist and Easter Rising leader offered an analysis that “remains a valid description of the way governments continue to marginalise, ignore and abandon great numbers of citizens, leaving them in desperate circumstances.
DAVID McKINSTRY welcomes the republication of a meticulous portrait of Brother Walfrid, the founder of Celtic FC
JOE DWYER of Sinn Fein reflects on the links between the Irish and Cuban struggles for independence and on Castro’s personal engagement with the cause of Irish freedom
JIM JUMP introduces two new publications that examine both sides of the Irish participation in the Spanish civil war
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH