1957 - 1960 AD

                                                                                                                                       "Fianna Fail Party  / Sean Lemass."

1957 AD January 1st : Fergal O Hanlon, a 19 year old youth from Co. Monaghan in Southern Ulster, and Sean South a 27 year old from Co. Limerick in the mid - south - west of the Munster Province were "killed" during a raid on the Brookesborough Ascendancy "Official" Unionist R.U.C police barracks in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, which grew to become an "Anti - Treaty IRA" legend, where several of the "Anti - Treaty IRA" were to be "wounded" and left behind , while the Irish Garda police in the Irish Republic were to "capture" documents outlining the "future plans" of the "Anti - Treaty IRA."

January: Sean Mac Bride, the leader of the "political" Clann na Pobhlachta Party, who were part of the Irish Republican Coalition Government, moved a motion of "no confidence" in their own Fine Gael Coalition Government, which was under the leadership of John A. Costello, as he personally blamed the Fine Gael Party for their "economic" failure, and also for not formulating and pursuing a "policy" to bring about the "re - unification" of the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial Coalition Government

February 12th: John A. Costello, the leader of the Fine Gael Coalition Government "dissolved" the Dail Eireann / Irish Parliament.             

March 3rd: Cardinal D'Alton, put forward a proposal that each of the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial Coalition Government, be now given the opportunity to "choose" between the Irish Republic Government in Dublin, or the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government in Belfast in Co. Antrim, and also that Ireland be treated by the British Imperial Conservative Government, just as India was now being treated under the Commonwealth of Nations. 

March 5th: In the "General Elections", in the Irish Republic, the previous Fine Gael Coalition under John A. Costello was "defeated," when they lost 10 seats, and the under Eamonn de Valera, with 593,000 votes or 48.3% of the overall votes was "re - elected," with over half the seats, including a large 9 seat "majority" as they had won 13 extra seats altogether, while the Irish Labour Party had lost 7 seats, and were now down to 12 seats, and Sean Mac Bride, the leader of the "political" Clann na Pobhlachta Party, who had brought it on, was to also "lose" his own seat, and this saw the "end" of his particular political Clann na Pobhlachta Party altogether in the Irish Republic.

      Although the "political" Sinn Fein Party's votes were down, due to the fact that they had returned only 5% of the vote, they had won 4 seats with 66,000 votes, but they still would not take up their seats in the Irish Republic Parliament, which was a "discouragement" for anyone to continue to "waste" their vote, by voting for them in the first place.

     Eamonn de Valera, now 75 year old, became the new Taoiseach (Prime Minister) once again in the Irish Republic, and placed Frank Aiken in his previous situation as the Minister of External Affairs until 1969 and Oscar Traynor, became the Minister for Justice until 1960 who had had originally participated in the 1916 Irish Easter Rising and the "Civil War" and had been elected to the Dail Eireann / Irish Parliament in 1925, and had remained with the political Sinn Fein Party previously against the then newly formed Fianna Fail Party, but had finally joined in with them in 1932, and he was to continue to serve in the Fianna Fail Government until he was to retire in 1962, while Sean Moylan who was also from the Fianna Fail Party, was "defeated" in his seat, but became a Senator instead in the other House.          

     Eamonn de Valera, the newly elected (Prime Minister) Taoiseach in the Irish Republic, now had the "political" Sinn Fein Party leaders "arrested" and interned, and 200 Irish suspected of Irish Republican "sympathies" were also "interred."

   The "Anti - Treaty IRA" in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial Coalition Government began "assassinating" the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont R.U.C police there, and raiding their barracks along with British Imperial Military installations, including "blowing up" a National Guard Centre there at Dungannon in Co. Tyrone.   

    A new player who was now to appear on the Irish scene was to be Charles Haughey, who had been born at Castlebar in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province, who was a son of Sean Haughey who had participated in the "Anglo - Irish War" and Sarah nee Mac Williams, who were both originally from Co. Derry in the north - east of the Ulster Province, and he entered the Irish Republic Parliament for the seat of North - East Dublin for the first time, as a T. Deputy in the Dail Eirean / Irish Parliament under the auspices of the Fianna Fail Party led by Eamonn de Valera.

August: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province and still under British Imperial Conservative Government control an Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont R.U.C policeman, Sgt. A. Ovens, was "killed" by a booby trap in a farm house near Coalisland in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster Province.

November: 5 people were "killed" by a home made mine at Edentubber in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, adjoining the Ulster Province.  

December: James Ryan became the Minister for Finance in the Fianna Fail Party Cabinet in the Irish Republic under Eamonn de Valera.

     In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province still under the control of the British Imperial Conservative Government, the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government forces there were "increased" by another 3,000 of their R.U.C police and 12,000 of their "B" Specials.

        Sir Anthony Eden resigned as the British Conservative Prime Minster in England, and Harold Mac Millan replaced him as the British Conservative Prime Minister until 1963.  

1958 In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Imperial Conservative Government, Dr. G.B. Newe was appointed by Brian Faulkner the newly elected Ascendancy Prime Minister of the "Official" Unionist Stormont Government, as the Minister of State, and he was to be the "first" Catholic to ever sit in the Ascendancy Stormont Government.

January 14th: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Imperial Conservative Government, 70 "Anti - Treaty IRA" members raided the "Official " Unionist Stormont R.U.C. police barracks at Swatragh in the south of Co. Derry in the north - east of the Ulster Province, sealing off the village.

    Peig Sayers,(1873 - 1958) died this year, who had written "An Old Woman's Reflections."  

1959 - 1973. January: Eamonn de Valera, the aged Fianna Fail Prime Minister of Ireland, informed the members of his Fianna Fail Government in the Irish Republic, that he intended to "retire" early, and give the new leader an opportunity to strengthen his position, and that it was also his intention to stand for the position of President of Ireland, which was to be vacated soon by Sean T. O Kelly, who under the Irish Constitution could not run for a  third term. "

     in the Irish Republic, Richard Mulcahy now gave up the leadership of the "Opposition" Fine Gael Party, which he had held since 1944 on the resignation of their previous leader, William T. Cosgrave, and James Dillon, a son of John Dillon a previous leader of the "old" Irish Parliamentary Party, replaced him.

March: In the Irish Republic, a Bill to do away with "Proportional Representation" that was to be replaced by the "first past" the post legislation, was "defeated" by one vote in the Senate, but was bought before the Irish Parliament again 6 weeks later on, as Eamonn de Valera wanted the Dail Eireann / Irish Parliament  to pass a resolution that the Bill was deemed to be passed by both Houses, to remove the Senate opposition, and Sean Mac Eoin who had previously nominated him for President in 1921, actually put up the strongest "opposition" to his motion, and it was "lost."

June 17th: Eamonn de Valera became the 3rd President of Ireland following on from Douglas Hyde and Sean T. O Kelly and Sean Lemass, as the Minister for Industry & Commerce, had carried out the "reconstruction" of Ireland, during Eamonn de Valera's rule and had been the Deputy Premier / Tanaiste for the previous 14 years, and he now became the leader of the Fianna Fail Party, and the "new" Prime Minister / Taoiseach of Ireland. 

June 25th: Eamonn de Valera, was inaugurated at St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle, and moved into the residence of the President of the Irish Republic known as Aras an Uachtarain in Phoenix Park in Dublin.

November 2nd: The Irish Republic Bill, to initiate an "Amendment" to the Irish Constitution, to change the "Proportional Representation" with it's transferable voting system, initiated by Eamonn de Valera, was "again" re - introduced into the Dail Eireann / Irish Parliament, and was "opposed" by the "Opposition" and the motion was lost "again."

     The Fianna Fail Government, now under the leadership of Sean Lemass, introduced the " Industrial Development Act,"  to bring in "foreign" capital, with a new policy of Free Enterprise, similar to the one carried out by the "Official" Unionist Stormont Government in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" in the Ulster Province. 

    In the Irish Republic, Copper had been mined in Castletownebere in Co. Cork in Southern Munster, and Lead and Zinc at Navan in Co. Meath in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

    In the Irish Republic, The King - Harman family handed over the Rockingham Estates near Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht, to the Forestry Commission, which is now known as Loch Key Forest Park.

 December: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of the British Imperial Conservative Government, Irish Catholic membership of the "Official" Unionist Party was "raised" by Progressives, but Sir George Clark the "Grand Master" of the Grand Orange Lodge was "against" it, and their anti - Catholic Prime Minister, Lord Brookeborough said, "They are beating their heads against a wall, which did not exist and probably never will."

      In the Westminster Elections, for the British Parliament in England, the "political" Sinn Fein Party votes had dropped from 150,000 in 1955, down to 73,500, and the "artificial partition border" campaign for the return of the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province to the whole of Ireland by the "Anti - Treaty IRA" at this time "petered out."

1960 In the Irish Republic, now under the leadership of Sean Lemass, 350 new "foreign" companies were to establish there up to 1969.

    Lord Gort refurbished Bunratty Castle in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, as a "tourist" centre.  

   The Fianna Fail Coalition Party, under Sean Lemass, as their Taoiseach (Prime Minister), was now running the Irish Republic, which became a member of the "United Nations," and Frederick H. Boland was elected as the President of the United Nations General Assembly, where he was forced to call the Russian President, Krushev to order.  Ireland because of it's policy of "neutrality" during the "War years," had been "excluded" previously from the United Nations for 10 years.  

    Brendan Corish / Mac Fheorais (descended from the Anglo - Norman Berminghams of Connacht Province) became the leader of the Irish Labour Party.

   The 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties  in the Ulster Province were by now "costing" the British Conservative Government around $ 90,000,000 a year to keep under their "Imperial" control.

   The number of Irish Catholic students who were now attending the Queen's University there in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the Ulster Province was now up to 25% as "democracy" there was finally on the march.

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