Republican Prisoners’ Release Association, 9 North Frederick Street The Republican Prisoners’ Release Association (RPRA) was established in October 1945 by long-standing IRA veterans including Maurice Twomey, Jim Killeen and Simon Donnelly (who had been inactive since the Civil War). At the time,...
1. A Day-to-Night in Stoneybatter Many of the street names in this on-the-up-and-up northside enclave (Sigurd Road, Thor Place, Ivar Street) recall the era (ca. A.D. 841) when the neighborhood’s primary inhabitants were Vikings. Here’s how longtime resident and Today FM radioDJ ...
The Republican Prisoners’ Release Association (RPRA) was established in October 1945 by long-standing IRA veterans including Maurice Twomey, Jim Killeen and Simon Donnelly (who had been inactive since the Civil War). At the time, there were 80 republicans in jail in Belfast, 40 in England an...