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PHILADELPHIA IRISH REPUBLICAN CLUBS
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PH T-2 stated that the rally was allegedly
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sponsored by the Philadelphia Irish Republican Club of
243 Sydney Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 191l9, telephone
CH7-4193.
The Philadelphia Cross-Reference Telenhone
Directory reflects the aadress of
Phila-.
delphia; to be listed to one
telephone CH 7-
4193.
·On January 22, 1973,
BoAC,.advised a representative of the FBl that he
had received a pamphlet from the Philadelphia Irish Republican
Clubs concerning the demonstration on January 27, in the
mail in an envelope containing the return address of 5942
Blair,Street, Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia City Directory"
does not list any 5942. Blair. Street.
On January 29, 1973, PH T-3,who has furnished
reliable information' in.the past, advised that on Saturday, *.
January 27, 1973, approximately 60 persons participated in a
picket line.sponsored by the Irish Republican Clubs .of Phila~
delphia' in'the BOAC' offices at'i8th"and John'F. Kenneay
Boulevard. According to PH T-3 many of the demonstrators
were not Irish but appeared to be in svmpathy yith the Irish
cause.
PH T-3 stated that
thedemonstra-
tion was
whowas
of
Philaderpua
'The first speaker of the demonstration was Jack
Mc Kinney, a. Philadelphia sports columnistowho had recently
returned from Ireland.Mc Kinney was extremely critical of
President Nixon and his anti-Irish attitude. Mc Kinney
described his recent visit to Ireland where British troops
used an overkill attack including centurion tanks against
civilians involved in peaceful demonstration against the
British present in Northern Ireland. He highly criticized
Prime Minister Lynch, whom he identified as "union Jack Lynch"
as being a British collaborator. Mc Kinney described in great
detail the massacre of 13 Irishmen in Derry at a civil rights
demonstration on January 30, 1972.
According to PH T-3 Frank Houlihan then addressed
'the group and
expanded even.further on the massacre of the 13
people at the civil rights demonstration.
introduced Owen Omarachu of the official IRA who also %told ^
Houlihan then
the group of various British atrocities in Northern Ireland.
During this speech numerous canisters were passed around the
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PH T-2 stated that the rally was allegedly
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sponsored by the Philadelphia Irish Republican Club of
243 Sydney Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 191l9, telephone
CH7-4193.
The Philadelphia Cross-Reference Telenhone
Directory reflects the aadress of
Phila-.
delphia; to be listed to one
telephone CH 7-
4193.
·On January 22, 1973,
BoAC,.advised a representative of the FBl that he
had received a pamphlet from the Philadelphia Irish Republican
Clubs concerning the demonstration on January 27, in the
mail in an envelope containing the return address of 5942
Blair,Street, Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia City Directory"
does not list any 5942. Blair. Street.
On January 29, 1973, PH T-3,who has furnished
reliable information' in.the past, advised that on Saturday, *.
January 27, 1973, approximately 60 persons participated in a
picket line.sponsored by the Irish Republican Clubs .of Phila~
delphia' in'the BOAC' offices at'i8th"and John'F. Kenneay
Boulevard. According to PH T-3 many of the demonstrators
were not Irish but appeared to be in svmpathy yith the Irish
cause.
PH T-3 stated that
thedemonstra-
tion was
whowas
of
Philaderpua
'The first speaker of the demonstration was Jack
Mc Kinney, a. Philadelphia sports columnistowho had recently
returned from Ireland.Mc Kinney was extremely critical of
President Nixon and his anti-Irish attitude. Mc Kinney
described his recent visit to Ireland where British troops
used an overkill attack including centurion tanks against
civilians involved in peaceful demonstration against the
British present in Northern Ireland. He highly criticized
Prime Minister Lynch, whom he identified as "union Jack Lynch"
as being a British collaborator. Mc Kinney described in great
detail the massacre of 13 Irishmen in Derry at a civil rights
demonstration on January 30, 1972.
According to PH T-3 Frank Houlihan then addressed
'the group and
expanded even.further on the massacre of the 13
people at the civil rights demonstration.
introduced Owen Omarachu of the official IRA who also %told ^
Houlihan then
the group of various British atrocities in Northern Ireland.
During this speech numerous canisters were passed around the
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