Irish Left Archive

#OnThisDay 22nd February 2014, a rally held at the Spire in Dublin on 22nd February 2014 calling for an end to the US military’s use of Shannon Airport and the release of Margaretta D’Arcy, who was imprisoned for her refusal to sign a bond committing not to enter Shannon Airport as part of the campaign

The #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction project includes documents distributed at the rally.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6173/

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#OnThisDay 29th March 1975, The Non-Stop Connolly Show, a 24-hour play dramatising the life of James Connolly by Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden, was first performed on Saturday 29th March 1975. The play was in part supported by Official Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/03/29/#event-5522

#OTD #IrishLeftArchive #OfficialSinnFéin #MargarettaDArcy #JohnArden