The Irish Republican Digital Archive Update (Number 4)
Hi All,
Welcome to the 4th edition of our Newsletter. For this update we have added 39 documents to the archive. We are sending slightly earlier than planned due to the Easter holiday.
Ireland’s War
Ireland’s War was a Scottish publication published in the 1980s by the Glasgow Irish Freedom Action Committee. A lot of material in Ireland’s War was reproduced from An Phoblacht and the Starry Plough and they gave uncritical support to both the PIRA and INLA. They also reported on marches organised by the West of Scotland Bands Alliance. We have added 23 issues to the archive.
https://republicanarchive.com/2025/04/12/irelands-war/
International Solidarity
We have added five publications from French support groups, to our Miscellaneous section in collaboration with @TroublsInFrance on Twitter. We will launch a full International Solidarity section once we gather some more material.
Irlande En Lutte (No 6, 1979)
Irlande Libre (No 9, Nov 1980)
Irlande Libre (No 34, Dec 1983/Jan 1984)
Irlandais Vincennes Leaflet (1984)
Solidarité Irlande (No 13, Jul/Aug 1994)
https://republicanarchive.com/2025/03/25/miscellaneous/
New IRIS Issues Added
Following on from our last update we've added four more issues of IRIS – the Republican Magazine.
IRIS #19 – A 100 page special released in 2006 on the 25th Anniversary 1981 Hunger Strikers.
IRIS #20 – Resistance, The story of the struggle in British Occupied Ireland. A reproduction of the classic 1957 book by the IRA Chief of Staff Seán Cronin.
IRIS #22 – Towards a United Ireland. Gerry Adams sets out the PSF strategy. This issue also marks the 20th Anniversary of the death of former Sinn Féin Vice-President John Joe McGirl.
IRIS #23 – 1969, the point of no return. This issue covers the outbreak of sectarian attacks in Belfast in 1969, the Clonard Pogrom, the battle of the Bogside and features some unique rediscovered photographs taken by amateur photographer Gerry Collins.
https://republicanarchive.com/2024/09/15/iris-magazine/
Joe MacManus
Joe MacManus, was a volunteer in the Sligo Brigade of the PIRA who was killed in 1992 during a shoot-out with a UDR soldier in County Fermanagh. We have uploaded the following documents related to him:
Joe MacManus APRN – The 13th of February 1992 issue of An Phoblacht/Republican News covering his death and funeral.
https://republicanarchive.com/2024/12/30/an-phoblacht-republican-news-ap-rn/
His Name Was Joe MacManus – A booklet released by the Joseph MacManus Committee in the 1990s.
https://republicanarchive.com/2024/10/14/booklets/
Booklets
The following booklets are now available in the archive:
They Stood As One – The story of revolutionary women published by the ’81 committee highlighting the struggle of Republican women prisoners who were imprisoned in jails such as Armagh and Maghaberry.
RSF 100th Anniversary Booklet – Produced to mark the centenary of Republican Sinn Féin in 2005. This commemorative booklet is based on a lecture delivered by the then RSF Vice-President Des Dalton.
Irish Felons Booklet – Published by the Irish Republican Felons Association to mark their 40th Anniversary in 2004.
Irish Songs of Resistance (1978) – A book of Irish Rebel songs released by Dargen Press in 1978.
In Whose Name – A Troops Out Movement publication from the 1990s ‘examining the political roots of the conflict, the facts of the war and the demand for Irish self-determination.’
https://republicanarchive.com/2024/10/14/booklets/
Subscribers Section
We added three issues of Ireland’s War to the subscribers section as a preview last week.
We have also added the Republican News issue from 12 November 1977 covering the reburial of Hunger Striker Frank Stagg and a tribute to Seamus Costello.
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Next Update
Our next update is expected around April 27th, and will include:
A new section focussing on 1974 featuring over 30 issues of An Phoblacht and Republican News.
2 issues of Ardoyne Volunteer from the early 1970s.
Thank you for your continued support to both the archive and this newsletter. If you have any documents to donate, feel free to get in touch by email at irisharchive@outlook.com or message us on Instagram.
Please share this email and details of the archive with those you think might find it of interest. It would be of great help.
Kind regards,
Alan
Irish Republican Digital Archive