Irish Republican Army Part 02 · p.280

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MRRISAXDSELWYN
CSAY YESTO
ARK GIFT TO CHICACO
HE.LIN
OMPANY
POLITICAL
ANERICAN
ASYLUMFOR
JUSTICEFOR
DOHERTYNOY
DOHERTY.NOT
rise again.Slippingfurtivelyinto
BRITINJUSTICE
Irelandthenextyearwiththetask
ofleadingUlsterinrebellion,he
wasleftwithoutsupportafter
RobertEmmetts’failure inthe
DublinrisingThisfamousballad
byFlorenceWilson telsofRus-
sell'sstopforanightatAndy
Lemon's InninKillyleagh, County
Down.TheinnwasfullofUnited
men.They did not know who he
ChicagoSupporters
wasneitherwasRussell aware of
theirsentiments.OnOctober21,
St.Patrick'sDayin.Chicagonumbers.Onefloatbythefriends
1803,Russellwas captured and
was anythingbutafinedayforaofJoeDohertydrewthebiggest
then hanged at the county jail in
parade.Thefreezingrain,thehigh
1response.It depicted a small jail
DownpatrickMaryAnnMc
wind,andthemarble-sizedhailall
cell,ablow-uppicture ofJoe,and
Cracken would raise his graves-
contributed tobothshiveringpar-
clear statements to theUnited
toneinthelocalProtestant
ticipants andshiveringspectators.
Statesgovernment to“FreeJoe
cemetery, it bore the simple
However,thisdidnotdeteragreat
Doherty”and“Political Asylum
inscription:
“TheGrave
turnout,and manybecame obli-I
DoesNotMeanSolitaryCon-
of
Russell."
vious to thebitterconditionsin
finement--FreeDohertyNow."
theirenthusiasticsupportforJoe
The enthusiastic support for Joe
Doherty's freedom.
thenbegantogenerateasizable
As bothfloats and groups sup-
crowd intheFederal Plaza,com-
porting Joe Dohertymarched
posedofbothparadeparticipants
downDearbornStreet,observers
andspectators.Allwere demand
alongtheroutespontaneouslyand
ing Joe's freedom witha con-
repeatedly shouted,LetJoeGo,tinuous chant,“LetJoeGo,Let
LetJoeGo”inoverwhelming
JoeGo."
BORN TO
EMIGRATE
A CONFERENCE in Falcarragh, County Donegal,was told
OMASRUSSELL
.on.Saturday..that.the.number.of.people.emigrating.lastyear.
wasequaltohalfthebirthrate.Amongthe70peoplewho
ettin'onpasttheheato'theyear
attended theconferenceintheGaeltachttownweremany
toNewtownfair,
speakerswhocondemnedtheDublingovernment'sactive
uld(thedealerswerenear
encouragement of emigration.Health Forum in London detailed
undeightfortheInnishsteer,
Paul Corrigan,SinnFein coun-the effects ofemigration,racism
tall for the marel)
cilloronFermanaghUDCconcen-
andcolonialismwhichleadto
Keein the throngo'the street
tratedontheeffectsofemigration
IrishpeopleinEnglandbeingtwo
egrasshasgrown under ourfeet
inNorthWestIrelandandon
anda half times more likely to
'ngedyoungWarwickhere."
attempts madebyhiscouncil'toneedpsychiatric treatment than
createjobs.Thearea suffersfrom
thenational average.
averyhigh emigrationrate anda
"The26-County politician
me thatBoney hadpromised help
recentGAAsurveyofelevenclubs
holdingout the one month's
Dublintown
have emigrated over the past two to emigrate is the mirror image of
ye've laid thepike on theshelf
ohomehot-footbyyerself
years.Around 115 miles of the
borderofCountyFermanaghruns
alongthedivisionbetweentheSix
andthe26Countiesandthe
re take it down"
potentialof the area is seriously
roadItrottedthegray
utcorm untilKilleyleagh
damagedbybeingcutofffromits
naturalhinterland:"it cannot
ontherisin'ground
attainitsfulldevelopmentuntil
o'dayswesatwaitin'theword
the British presenceisremoved”
'O at it like men,
saidCorrigan.
hships sailed into ClougheyBay,
itheblacknews onaharvestday
Speakingofeconomic under-
ewaslostagain.
developmentand1992Raymond
Ime,andWullyBoyScott,
Crotty,the agricultural economist
ourselveswe'dasliefasnot
referredtothe"50-30-20factor':
ndinthethicko'theslain.
50%youthemigration，30%living