Martin Meehan Photo
Photo of the late Martin Meehan being arrested on October 5th, 1968 at the civil rights march in Duke Street Derry.
Month: July 2008
Derry Housing Action Committee [D.H.A.C]
Click on an image to view the large version Originally published: Reality, No. 7, Centre Pages ’68 D.H.A.C. ’69 On a cold February day last year four women and two young men sat in the Corporation Housing Dept. discussing the housing position in the city, and in particular the case of the four women … Read more
Memories of Duke Street -Recollectons by Fionnbarra Ó Dochartaigh, Doire
Buoyed up by the fact that the Coalisland to Dungannon march on August 24th had been, in the main, peaceful, and deemed to be highly successful, the Derry Housing Action Committee formally requested the Civil Rights Association executive to consider holding its next demonstration in the city to highlight the need for democratic reforms, and … Read more
Photo Gallery…
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Dr. Conn and Mrs. Patricia McCluskey
Click photo to enlarge Dr. Conn and Mrs. Patricia McCluskey of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, were founders of the Campaign for Social Justice in N. Ireland. After extensive lobbying, in Tyrone and other counties, and despite several disappointments it was launched at a press conference in the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast on 14 January 1964. It … Read more
Original 1968 Civil Rights Poster
Click on the poster to see a larger version of it…. This poster was printed as part of the mobilisation for Derry’s first-ever Civil Rights demo on Oct. 5th 1968. Some years later its designer, Fionnbarra Ó Dochartaigh, pointed out that such was the haste to obtain it off the presses that it was not … Read more
Historical Document – Banning Order
This “banning order” was delivered by the RUC to those named on the instructions of the Stormont Minister for Home Affairs who viewed these four men as being the prime organisers of Derry’s first official civil rights march. The late Sean (John) Gallagher was the chief marshall on the day. The three others named were … Read more
Rebecca McGlade – A Tribute in the Northern People 1989
The hundreds of people who attended Rebecca McGlade’s funeral last Sunday was testimony to the love and respect she had built up during her life. Rebecca was a Republican in the truest sense of the word and she was fiercely proud of her beliefs. Her republicanism was that of Wolfe Tone and she spent her … Read more
Cathy Harkin: An Appreciation
Please click on an image to view the large version… Cathy Harkin died on 22nd July, 1985 On her headstone are the words: “It was as brief as it was difficult.” Though the words were placed by Cathy in memory of her greatly loved mother, no words could better sum up Cathy’s own life. Cathy … Read more