Republican News · Thursday 25 October 2001

CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY

Belfast, City Hall

Saturday 27 October

2.30pm

Support the parents and children of Holy Cross Girls School

RESIDENTS AGAINST RACISM: Table Quiz. 8pm Thursday 25 October, Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Square, DUBLIN. £3/£2 per person

SOUTH ARMAGH WEEKEND: weekend of events organised by Coiste na nIarchimí and Ogra Shinn Féin. Includes educationals on republican history. Billets will be provided and a bus will leave SF Head Office at 6.30pm on Friday 26 October

SF FUNCTION: Featuring Foggy Dew. 9pm Friday 26 October, The Well, MOATE, County Westmeath. Táille £5

REPUBLICAN FUNCTION: Fermanagh ex-Prisoners present Dawn Folk. Friday 26 October, Roaches Bar, KINAWLEY, County Fermanagh. In aid of new building fund. Táille £5

BALLAD SESSION: Featuring Akeragh. 10pm Friday 26 October, Godley's Bar, FENIT, County Kerry. Organised by Cumann Sheain O Leathlobhair, Baile Ui Thaidhg

SF FUNCTION: Saturday 27 October, Lakeview, LOUGH EGLISH, County Monaghan. Music by Justice. Táille £2.50

PROTEST: Against terror being inflicted on Holy Cross children. 3pm Saturday 27 October, Daunt Square, CORK. Organised by Ogra Shinn Féin

BALLAD SESSION: Featuring Akeragh. 10pm Saturday 27 October, the Slieve Mish Bar, TRALEE, County Kerry

HUNGER STRIKES COMMEMORATION: Through Song and Stories. 9pm Saturday 27 October, GAA Centre, DERRYTRESK, County Tyrone. £3 donation at door

IRISH NIGHT: Featuring Dawn Folk. Saturday 27 October, Derrygannon Hall, County Fermanagh

REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION: Annual Commemoration for the Republican Martyrs from The Falls. Assemble 12.45am Sunday 28 October for wreath-laying ceremony, followed by a march to Milltown Cemetery, BELFAST, County Antrim. We call on all people of the area to remember the heroic sacrifice of our fallen comrades by attending Sunday's events

NATIONAL HUNGER STRIKE Exhibition: 8pm Monday 28 October, Tourist Info Office, Market Street, OMAGH, County Tyrone. Runs to Friday 2 November; Table Quiz: 9pm Wednesday 31 October, Molly Sweeney's; True Stories from the Blocks. 9pm Friday 2 November, Molly Sweeney's. Workshops facilitated by former Blanket men; Unveiling of Hunger Strike Wall Murals. Assemble 2pm Saturday 3 November, Strathroy and Strule 3pm. Local former POWs vs SF Select. Football match at Drumragh pitch. Throw in 5pm; Commemorative Function: Molly Sweeney's. Music by the Borderbusters. Táille £5; Hunger Strike Rally. Assemble 2pm Sunday 4 November Coach Inn Car Park and march to Omagh Court House. Bands and prominent speakers

REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION: Pilltown Ambush commemoration (81st Ann). Assemble 2pm Sunday 28 October, the Church, PILLTOWN, County Waterford. Speaker: Laurence McKeown (ex-Hunger Striker). Band include Youghal RFB, Youghal Pipe Band and Bonmahon/Seafield Pipe Band. Organised by Pilltown Ambush Committee, SF and West Waterford IRA Memorial Committee; Function afterwards in Coopers' Bar, Clashmore

SF FUNDRAISER: Featuring Justice. 9pm Sunday 28 October, O'Rahilly's GAA Club, DROGHEDA, County Louth. Táille £5. Organised by the Bobby Sands SF Cumann

SF FUNCTION: Featuring the Spirit of Freedom. 9.30pm Sunday 28 October, Jimmy G's, Watergate Street, BANDON, County Cork. Táille £5

HUNGER STRIKE MEMORIAL PLAQUE UNVEILING: Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 28 October, INNISKEEN, County Monaghan. Caoighmhín O Caoiláin TD, Pipe bands and prominent speakers will attend. All welcome Followed by an Irish night in McNello's Bar, Inniskeen, 9pm. Music by Shan Nos. Táille £2.50

KEVIN BARRY COMMEMORATION: Assemble 7.30pm Thursday 1 November, SF Office, Moyderwell, TRALEE, County Kerry and will proceed to Kevin Barry Monument at Kevin Barry Villas. Followed by Ballad session in the Shoemaker Bar, Castleisland

SF FUNCTION: Featuring the Irish Brigade. Doors open 8.30pm Friday 2 November, County Bar, Decies Road, Ballyfermot, DUBLIN

IRISH HIGHT: Featuring Celtic Swing. Friday 2 November, Lizzie Buggies, BALLYCONNELL, County Cavan

COLUMBIA 3 FUNDRAISER: Featuring the Irish Brigade. 8pm Saturday 3 November, Widow Scallan's, Pearse Street, DUBLIN. Sponsored by the Jackie Griffith/Mairéad Farrell Cumann Dublin South East. For tickets or information ring 086-8534666

SF FUNCTION: 9pm Saturday 3 November, Lawlor's RATHVILLY, County Carlow. Details from John Dwyer, 087-2969065

STOP THE WAR PROTEST: National Demo. Assemble 3pm Saturday 3 November, Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, DUBLIN

SPONSORED WALK: For the Columbia Three Campaign. Sunday 4 November, GLENDALOUGH, County Wicklow. Bus will going from Dublin City Centre, buses from elsewhere may be organised as needed. For Sponsorship Sheets, suggested equipment list and further information contact Kieran at 086/3424027. All levels of walkers (age 14 yrs and over) welcome

REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION: In memory of Kevin Barry. Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 4 November, Rathvilly Village, County Carlow. Speaker: John Dwyer (SF councillor). Organised by the O'Hanrahan/Barry SF Cumann

SF FUNDRAISER: Featuring the Irish Brigade. Sunday 4 November, Penthouse pub, Ballymun, DUBLIN. Táille £5. Organised by Dublin Northwest SF

ANNUAL GEOFFREY PALMER TOUR: 12 noon Sunday 4 November. Meet at main gates at 11.45am. Price £2.50. Pay at Kilmainham, adjoining to Patriots Inn, Kilmainham

IRISH Republican Band Federation will hold a meeting in Belfast on Sunday 4 November at 5pm. To elect a new committee. Ring Peter for details of venue on 07779572656

REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION: Annual Edentubber Martyrs commemoration. Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 11 November, CARRICKARON, County Louth. Promient speaker

WOMEN'S FORUM 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Theme: Equality, Freedom and Justice. Saturday 17 November, Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, DUBLIN. Address by Michelle Gildernew MP

CONFERENCE: Partition and Memory: Ireland, India, Palestine. An international, interdisciplinary conference The Keough Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame 6-9 December. For further information and registration details, please contact Harriet Baldwin, Conference Co-ordinator, Centre for Continuing Education, 123 McKenna Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA. Tel (+1) 219 631 7864. Email Baldwin.1@nd.edu 0r. Mary Burgess, Conference Director, Keogh Institute for Irish Studies, Flanner Hall, University of Notre Dame. Tel (+1) 219 631 3419. Email: smyth.12@nd.edu

PUBLIC MEETING: 20 Years Since The Hungerstrike, A one day conference on the current situation in the North of Ireland. 10am-5.30pm Saturday 1 December, County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, CARDIFF, Wales. Topics for Discussion. The Labour Government & the Peace Process; The RUC and the Future of Policing; The Bloody Sunday Tribunal (+Slides & Video Show); Speakers: Mitchell McLaughlin, Sinn Fein Assembly Member; Breandan MacCionnaith, Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition; Gerry McLaughlin, Derry City Councillor; John Kelly, Brother of Mickey Kelly shot dead on Bloody Sunday; Invited Jeremy Corbyn MP & Arthur Scargill, Soc Lab. Evening Social featuring Glasgow Irish Band Claymore. The Conference is also a tribute to Mary Crofton who died on 4th May this year. Organised by the South Wales Hungerstrike Commemoration Committee and supported by the Troops Out Movement. Admission £5 waged £3 unwaged Donations welcome. Info: PO Box 5 Greenleaf Bookshop 82 Colstan Street Bristol BS1. Tel: 0797 017 4167

REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION: For the Manchester Martyrs. Assmeble 3pm Sunday 2 December, National Monement, Allen Square, BANDON, County Cork and march to Graveyard, Kilbrogan. Speaker: John J Hassett (Ireland Institute)

FOLK BAND available for bookings. Play rebel or republican music. Contact Bobby 028 831680 or Kevin 07833551603

WOLFE TONE Republican Flute Band welcome new members, anyone wishing to join Contact Shug 028-90351543

SF SHOPS: SIOPA NA HÉALAINNE BELFAST: The Art Shop, 53 Falls Road for Arts, Crafts and books, now stocking a wide range of children's books; DERRY: SF Centre, Main St, Dungiven. Tel 028-77742488, sinnfeindungiven@eircom.net; DUBLIN: Sinn Féin Shop in 44 Parnell Square. Open six days a week 11am-4pm, Monday-Friday, and 10am-5pm on Saturdays. Website: www.sinnfeinbookshop.com; NORTH STRAND: open 10am-4,30pm weekdays and 12 noon-3.3opm Saturdays. Nicky Kehoe Advice Centre also available; MAYO: Shop and Constituency Office, Unit 6, SMA Mall, O Rahilly Street, Ballina. Tel: 096 76821/087 9190680, email: sinnfein_maigheo@ireland.com. Open 9.30-5.30pm Monday-Saturday. MONAGHAN: Sinn Féin Siopa Monaghan Town, tel 82917/Fax 71849; KERRY: Kerry Sinn Fein's new premises, including shop and constituency office, are now open. Republican arts and crafts, t-shirts, books, badges, etc. Visitors welcome. Contact Kerry Sinn Féin, 2, Moyderwell, Tralee. Tel/Fax :066-7129545. E-Mail: kerrysinnfein@hotmail.com; New SF shop and constituency office, Market Street, Listowel. opening times, Tues -Sat, 11am-4pm, tel 068-24949; CORK: 136 Barrack Street, tel (021)4311 389, www.corksf.20m.com and our new e mail address is sinnfeincorcaigh@eircom.net. Prices available on badges to cumainn. Open Monday-Saturday 11-5pm; LOUTH: SF Dundalk shop open from Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, tel 042-9328859; SF Drogheda: Tues, 2-5pm, Thurs, 7-9pm, Sat, 10am-1pm. Tel 041-9873823; NEWRY: 1 Kilmorey Terrace, Patrick Street. Open 10am - 4pm Mon-Fri, 10am - 12pm Sat. Tel (028) 302 68538. e-mail newrysinnfein@ireland.com. Website http://website.lineone.net/~newrysinnfein; WICKLOW: SF Shop, Wicklow Town, 086-8576409; SCOTLAND: Connolly Bookshop, 101 St Leonard Street, Edinburgh EH 8 9QY

Blanchardstown SF lotto

18 October. No winner. Jackpot £150. Nos 4,13,19. 5 x £10 consolation prizes.Bernie Maguire, Tony Bevo, Mary Healy, Bernie Clarke, F Heffernan. Next week's jackpot £300

Sth Derry SF Lotto

22 October. Winning nos 1,11,13,15. No jackpot winners. 1 x £50. M McCrory, c/o Ballinascreen. Next week's jackpot £2,450.