Posted in Spanish Civil War, Spain, Ireland on Jun 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
The Third Annual George Brown Memorial Weekend takes place in Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny on Friday and Saturday, 25/26 June.
George Brown was the son of Francis Brown from Inistioge and Mary Lackey from Tullogher. George was reared in Manchester during the early decades of the twentieth century. At that time it was an urban area of […]
Posted in Spanish Civil War, Irish Labour History, Spain on May 28th, 2010 No Comments »
[Thanks to Ciarán Crossey of Ireland and the Spanish Civil War for the pamphlet.]
A pdf of the pamphlet, which was first published by the Belfast Executive of Republican Clubs in 1976, is available to download here.
Posted in Spanish Civil War, irish culture, Irish Labour History, Spain on Jan 22nd, 2010 3 Comments »
There’s a Valley in Spain called Jarama,
It’s a place that we all know so well,
It is there that we gave of our manhood,
And so many of our brave comrades fell.”
Among the heavy casualties taken by the poorly-equipped Republicans in the bloody battle at Jarama to save Madrid from Franco’s fascist army in February 1937 was […]
Posted in Spanish Civil War, History on Jul 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
I see that the person who told me about this talk also contacted WorldbyStorm on Cedars, who was more prompt in putting it up than I was. Still I didn’t want to bump down Conor’s great post below too quickly.
For those of you interested, Roma Marquez Santo, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War will […]