WINTER LECTURE SERIES: Feminism and Nationalism, A Necessary
Antagonism? by Geraldine Meaney (UCD). 7.30pm Thursday 9 December,
Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, DUBLIN. Organised by the Ireland Institute,
27 Pearse Street, BAC 2, Fón 6398429. Email: aosnodaigh@bnag.ie
SF FUNCTION: 10pm-1am Saturday 10 December, U Drop Inn, BALLEYBOFEY,
County Donegal. Music by Spirit of Freedom. Christmas draw with £2,000
first prize. Táille £3
IRISH NIGHT: Friday 10 December, Croft Bar, MOATE, County Westmeath.
Music by Na lads. Táille £3
SF RACE NIGHT: 9pm Friday 10 December, Brady's Lounge, Ludlow Street,
NAVAN, County Meath. Organised by Navan SF
CHRISTMAS SOCIAL: For the Friends of the Garvaghy Road. 8 till late
Saturday 11 December, Family Tree, the Roundway, LONDON, England.
Comedy and music with Jeremy Hardy, Seán Brady and the Harmolites.
Tickets £4/£3
SF Fundraiser: Featuring Spirit of Freedom. 9pm, Saturday 11 December,
Coopers Bar, High Street, Sligo. Táille £
FUNDRAISER: For the legal costs of Cllr Kieran McCarthy. 8pm Saturday
11 December, High Chaperal Bar, Ballymore, COBH, County Cork. Ballads
by Lanigan's Ball. Táille £4
PORTLAOISE PRISON PROTEST: Release all POWs. Assemble 2pm Saturday 11
December, Portlaoise Prison, PORTLAOISE, County Laois. Bus departs
Parnell Square, Dublin at 11am. Organised by Ogra Shinn Féin
REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION: Liam Mellows commemoration. Assemble 2pm
Sunday 12 December, National School, CASTLETOWN, County Wexford
WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY and Mass in remembrance of Sinn Féin member
Malachy Carey. 11.30am Sunday 12 December, LOUGHGIEL, County Antrim
FUNDRAISER: For the Latin America Solidarity Centre.'MaSamba' Live
followed by DJ Don ``R''. 8pm Monday 13 December Whelans, Wexford St,
DUBLIN. Adm £5
PUBLIC MEETING: Disband the RUC. 8pm Tuesday 14 December, Liberty
Hall, DUBLIN. Speaker: Francie Molloy (Tyrone)
PUBLIC LECTURE: Popular Culture and the Dublin Working Class. 7.45pm
Tuesday 14 December, AT&GWU Hall, Middle Abbey Street, DUBLIN.
Speaker: Des McGuinness (Lecturer in cultural and media studies,
Dublin City University). Chair: Robert Ballagh. Organised by the James
Connolly Education Trust
PUBLIC MEETING: Robert Hamill: A Victim of a Racist Murder. 7.30pm
Tuesday 14 December, Council Chamber, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street,
LONDON, England. Speakers: Diane Hamill, Michael Masfield QC, Gareth
Pierce, Dr Robbie McVeigh, Jeremy Hardy, Imran Kahn, Sukhdev Reel,
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Suresh Grover. Organised by the NCRM and Robert
Hamill Campaign
PRISONERS ACTIVITIES: Ardoyne/Bone/Ligoniel Sinn Fein Cumainn,
Belfast, joint activities to remember our prisoners: Candlelit vigil
at Bone Memorial on Wednesday 15 December at 7pm; Four-hour vigil on
Saturday 18 December 12 noon to 4pm outside the Shamrock Club.
Republican Items now on sale in Ardoyne Sinn Féin Centre 100 Brompton
Park PH 713272
PUBLIC MEETING: Stop Deaths in Police Custody. 7.30pm Wednesday 15
December, Spittlemore pub, Lower Ford Street, COVENTRY, England
CHRISTMAS Ballads: With Justice. Saturday 18 December, Widow
Scallan's, Pearse Street, DUBLIN. Spot Prizes and guest speakers.
Táille £3. Organised by Dublin Southeast Inner City Sinn Féin
SF IRISH NIGHT: And Grand Christmas draw. Thursday 23 December, Ramies
Bar, CLOGHER, County Tyrone. Star prize £150, 2nd £50 and numerous
other prizes. Music by Céilí Swing. Adm free. Draw made by prominent
SF member. Organised by the Jim Lynagh SF Cumann
BLOODY SUNDAY MARCH: Assemble 12 noon Saturday 22 January, Whitehall
Place, LONDON, England
THE Wolfe Tone Society will be having educationals throughout the
winter in Central London on subjects such as the Equality Agenda, GAA
and Irish Freedom struggle, Disbanding the RUC and many more subjects.
Info from the WTS, BM Box 6191, London WC1N 3XX or tel 0181-442 8778
or E mail on: wts@brosna.demon.co.uk
THE Coalisland/Clonoe Republican Flute Band is available for
commemorations, parades, etc for the year 2000. Three to four weeks
notice required. For further information contact Seamus O'Donnell at
01868 748129
SF BOOK SHOP: The Sinn Féin Shop in Parnell Square, Dublin has now in
stock a selection of Republican Books, Crafts, T-Shirts, Badges,
posters and CDs/Tapes. Open six days a week 11am-4pm, Mon-Fri, and
10am-5pm on Saturdays
SF SHOP: The Sinn Féin Siopa in Monaghan town now has a large
selection of leathercraft and other republican items for sale. Tel
82917/Fax 71849
Blanchardstown Lotto Nos 2 December. This week's nos 5,12,16. No
winner. Consolation prizes: £300, Samantha Fagan; £200, Cathleen and
Rory; £100, Paul Donnelly; £50, Bernie Lennon, Seán Ryan, Frances
Gleeson, Yvonne Ryan; £25, L Sallinger, M Heffernan, Dermot Fagan, B
Conlon, C Costello, Breda O'Dwyer, Linda Fagan, Jimmy Coogan.
Sth Derry SF Lotto Winning nos 2,5,17,20. No jackpot winners. 5 x £10
winners.Cormac McCollum, c/o Newbridge; Una Ní Ghruagain,
Ballinascreen; Kevin Shaw, c/o Magherafelt; Thomas Convery, c/o
Maghera; Kevin Murray, c/o Ballinascreen Next week's jackpot £1,100.
Joe Clarke SF Cumann, Dublin, Monthly Draw 1st: Christy Burn, c/o
Green Lizard; 2nd: Up the Bhoys, c/o Ken.
POW FUNCTION: Saturday, 18 December, Verona Sport &
Leisure Club, Coolmine, BLANCHARDSTOWN, County Dublin. Featuring Bik
McFarlane and Tuan. Táille £5
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