RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA
1980 - 1981
"Garret Fitzgerald
became the
Fine Gael Party
Taoiseach
/ Prime Minister of
Ireland"
1980 AD
The Irish
population
had increased by 1/2 %.
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government,
4 of
the "prisoners" in the Maze Prison had taken their
"Internment Without Trial." cases to the
European Court of
Human Rights. March:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government,
Humphrey Atkins the British Government appointed Secretary in these
6 Counties in Ulster
Province announced that there was now "no political status" for
Irish prisoners who had been found guilty prior to
March 1st 1976, but he would allow the prisoners in the
Maze Prison to wear
track suites during exercise, which they "rejected" so later in the year
he offered to allow them to wear"
civilian" clothes that would be issued by the prison authorities.
May 21st:
Charles
Haughey,
the
Fianna
Fail
Prime Minister of Ireland, was keen to explore discussions on the
6 Counties "artificially
partitioned" from the 9
Counties in
the Ulster Province by the British Imperial
Coalition Government
in 1922,
to try and bring about "Peace" and a United
Ireland,
and he met with
Margaret Thatcher
the
British
Conservative Prime Minister in
London, but "nothing" was achieved
and
Humphrey Atkins her acting British
Secretary in the
6
Counties in Ulster
Province
at first "tightened" his grip further on these
6 Counties
in
Ulster
Province
and then
offered to release it "slightly."
June:
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative
Government, the European Court of Human Rights announced that it was
"acceptable" for the Irish prisoners to be treated as
"criminals," but "condemned" the British Conservative Government for failing to be
"flexible" enough to find an "answer" to the problem.
John Turnly from the
Irish Independent Party was "gunned down" and Mr. and Mrs. Bunting were
"shot" in their own house in Belfast in Co. Antrim for being members of the I.R.S. Party and the
"Anti - Treaty Provos" suspected that some of the British
Military Forces were involved in these attacks.
October 27th:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, 7 "Anti - Treaty Provos" seeing there was no end in
sight went on a "hunger strike" and the National H Block Committee began
"demonstrations" throughout Ireland,
while "associated" groups also held some demonstrations also in
Britain and there was also support from "abroad" and the Catholic Church in Ireland,
especially from Tomas O Fiaich the Primate of
Ireland.
December:
Charles
Haughey, the Fianna Fail Prime
Minister of Ireland,
declared that the British Imperial Coalition Government
Ascendancy's experiment in these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9
Counties in the Ulster
Province had "failed," and he met with
Margaret Thatcher
the British Conservative Prime Minister, again in
Dublin Castle,
where they agreed
to "collaborate," by setting up an
Anglo
- Irish Inter Governmental Council
of
Ministers
and
Civil Servants and Charles Haughey
was now "retreating" from giving full backing
to the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A / Provos " and the Irish Republicans
in the these 6 Counties in
Ulster Province, while Margaret Thatcher also came to realise that the government
in Dublin had to be "involved" to reach a real "solution."
Humphrey Atkins and
Margaret Thatcher agreed to set up study teams to investigate matters of mutual
concern, while Rev. Ian Paisley the religious fanatic
who had his own agenda was "upset" with this move
towards "progress" and he began a campaign to
sign a Solemn Oath and Covenant
similar to the one in the 19th Century to defeat all, and
defy their attempts to remove British Nationality. In the meantime
Sean Mac Kenna a prisoner in the
Maze Prison by now
was now close to "death."
December 17th: Humphrey Atkins
the British
Conservative Government
Secretary
in these
6
Counties in the Ulster Province "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, announced they were willing to accept a "compromise," but by now the
"hunger strike" had widened involving also 3 women at Armagh
Prison and 6 U.D.A. men joining in who were to be
"segregated" from the Irish Republicans.
December 18th:
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government,
Humphrey Atkins the
British Government Secretary said that the
prisoners must "end" the strike "first," and the "Anti - Treaty Provos" who were
by now worried about the
depreciating "physical" condition of Sean Mac Kenna
so they
decided to call "off" the strike, but all the "Anti - Treaty Provos" could peceive from taking this
decision was that the British Conservative Government
had made a "vague" reinterpretation of the
Prison "rules."
Another
75
people
had met with
"violent deaths"
1981
January 16th: In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of the British Conservative
Government,
Margaret Thatcher
the Conservative British Prime
Minister appointed
James Prior as her
new Secretary in these
6 Counties in Ulster
Province until
1984.
Bernadette Devlin
/ Mac Aliskey,
the young Civil Rights M.P.
in the Westminster Parliament
and her husband, were
"physically
attacked" in Co. Tyrone
one of these
6 Counties in Ulster
Province by Loyalist Unionist gunmen
and both were badly "wounded."
January 21st:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government,
Sir Norman Stronge and his son,
James, who were
2 former Unionist politicians, were
"killed" in their
home at Tynan Abbey in Co. Armagh and a
warning was issued that the same would be carried out on other leading Loyalists
and the previous "sectarian attacks" suddenly stopped. January : Near the end of this
month the National H Block Armagh
Committee in another of these
6 Counties in the Ulster Province realised that the
"first" hunger strike was a "failure" and called a
conference to decide if a second one was necessary and there was arguments over
further support for the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A" campaign of "violence" and whether they should seek
trade union and Catholic Church "aid," and it was finally decided to begin a "second"
hunger strike. February:
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret
Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, in the countryside surrounding Belfast
several thousand non -
Catholics rallied
and 500 men produced gun licenses to defend
against the Irish Republicans, and the
British
Conservative Government for "treachery."
March 1st:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, Bobby Sands
who was born in 1954
at
Rathcoole, from where his family had been driven out of
by the
Northern Unionist Loyalists, and
along with this previous
result, and the "treatment" metered out to him by his "Interment
without Trial "in the
Maze Prison,
had convinced him to become a member of the "Anti - Treaty
I.R.A."
and while in the
Maze
Prison, he decided on a "hunger strike" to
"protest" against the removal of his "political status"
and he was joined in the hunger strike by
9 other
Irish internees, and those "Interned
Without Trial" in the Maze Prison and
Armagh called off their ongoing "dirty" protest to allow the focus to be
just on him.
5,000 demonstrators "protested" on the same day down
the Falls Road to support his
stand, and for the prisoners to wear their own clothes, to be exempt from Penal
labour, free association to organise their own "recreation" and the restoration of
remission for "good behaviour." The whole
10 of the "hunger strikers" were to
die this
year within a period of
217 days, due to the "intransigence" of
"The Iron Lady,"
Margaret Thatcher
who would not even allow them to wear there "own clothes."
February 13th: In the Irish Republic
48 people
died on this day, in a disastrous
"fire" at the
Stardust Ballroom
in
Dublin
in the north - east of Southern Leinster, which was the day before the
Fianna Fail Convention / Ard Fheis
was
to be held.
February 18th:
In the Irish Republic,
the
Fianna Fail Government under
Charles Haughey was
"defeated," and
Garret Fitzgerald
the leader of the
Fine Gael Party became the new
Taoiseach
/ Prime Minister of
Ireland.
In the
Irish Republic,
"The
O Gorman
Mahon"
/
Charles J.P. Mahon died at
91 years of age,
and had been involved in
13 duels during his lifetime.
March 15th:
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative Government,
Bobby Sands was joined in the "hunger
strike" by Francis Hughes from South Derry
A.S.U. / Active Service Unit.
March 22nd:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcer
and the British Conservative Government, 2 more
"prisoners" joined in with Bobby
Sands and Francis Hughes and were soon followed by
"others," and as Frank Maguire the
Westminster M.P. for Fermanagh / South Tyrone,
died, the National H Block
Committee, because of Bobby Sands strong "determination" and the
publicity he had generated for the cause of those
"Imprisoned without Trial," nominated Bobby Sands to replace him, and the
Social Democratic Labour Party /S.D.L. Party did not run
a candidate also, while the Unionists were represented by
Harry West.
April 7th:
In these
6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government,
a 29 Year old woman and part time Census taker was
"shot
dead" in Derry.
April 9th:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, "Election Day"
occurred with a heavy turnout and
Bobby Sands was "elected" in
the electoral seat left vacant due to the death of
Frank Maguire
the previous S. D..L. P. /
Social Democratic Party candidate, and he
defeated Harry West by 1,000 votes in a
60,000 poll and there
was to be "rioting" on the Easter weekend as Bobby Sands physical condition
continued to "deteriorate" and there was no reaction from "The Iron Lady,"
Margaret Thatcher, and
Charles Haughey had the European Human Rights
commission offer to mediate to end the chance of any deaths occurring due to the
hunger strike.
April 26th: In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative Government, 20,000 people gathered in the Falls area
to hear General Ramsey Clark the former USA attorney, and Daniel Berrigan a
Peace activist speak. In Britain only 32 out of
270 Labour Opposition M.P.'s signed a statement
urging Margaret Thatcher to negotiate to settle the dispute
with the hunger strikers, while at a rally in London to have the
British
Military Forces "withdrawn" from these 6 Counties in
Ulster Province only 1,000
people attended.
May 5th:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative
Government, Bobby Sands,
"died" and
Humphrey Atkins the British Conservative Secretary stated that he had committed
"suicide," and "rioting" broke out in Belfast in Co. Antrim
where 2
people were "killed."
May 12th:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative Government,
Francis Hughes also died and there was more
"rioting."
May 13th:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province,
Bobby Sands,
had been allowed to die in the
Maze Prison in
Belfast in
Co. Antrim by Margaret Thatcher the
British Conservative Prime Minister despite
all the "pleas for some sign of humanity" from all over the
World and
Church leaders,
and he was laid to rest in the cemetery in
West
Belfast in Co.
Antrim, where out of respect and a show of
protest at her actions
100,000
people were to attend his funeral.
May 19th:
In these
6
Counties ""artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government, the "Anti - Treaty Provos" came out in force and 5
members of the British Military
Forces were "killed" in South Armagh
in
Co. Armagh.
May 21st:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, 2 more hunger strikers,
died and there
was more "riots" and more funerals, but still Margaret Thatcher did
"nothing" to alleviate the problem and while
all of this was going on there were "local elections" in these
6 Counties in Ulster
Province and a General
Election in the Irish Republic.
June:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province,
Kieran
Doherty,
another of the participants in the
"hunger strike"
from the
H - Block
Prison, who was also trying to gain political
status, "won" the electoral seat as an
Independent
for
Co. Cavan
in Southern Ulster,
which was still in the
Irish Republic,
and he stood with the
principals of the
"political"
Sinn Fein Party,
but he was never to be able
to take up his seat. The
Irish Independence Party who were anti - Unionist
and not connected to any of the "Para Military" groups were to have some success
in the "local elections," while the Peoples Democracy gained
Gerry Fitt's seat in
West Belfast, and the
Paisleyites ran a close second to the "Official" Unionists.
June 11th:
In the Irish Republic, the
General Election
was conducted
where the
Fianna Fail Party only gained
45%
of
the vote with
78
seats, while the
Fine Gael Party won
65, and the
Irish Labour Party
15 seats, the
Independents 8, which
included 3
to the
Workers Party,
but Frank Mac Cluskey,
the leader of the
Irish Labour Party
lost his seat, and he was replaced as their leader by
Michael O Leary, who formed a very
unstable All
Ireland Forum for a
New Ireland
Coalition Government in the Irish
Republic, with
Garret Fitz Gerald the leader of the
Fine Gael
Party together with some
Independents.
(This New Ireland
Coalition was to include
Noel Browne
and
James Kemmy.)
Of the other
Independents,
Sean Loftus
and
Joseph Sherlock remained "neutral," while
Neil Blaney still continued to support the
Fianna Fail Party
Opposition under
the leadership of
Charles Haughey.
Patrick Agnew,
had also won a seat while representing
the "political" Sinn Fein
Party, but he could not
take it up as he was to
die in
a pitiful state also in a prison
in
the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in the
Ulster Province, still under
the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative British
Government, as did
Kieran Doherty who was
by now also in a similar state
there. Garret
Fitz Gerald voiced "condolences" whenever a prisoner died
and also criticized
Margaret Thatcher for her "inflexibility," but "refused" the H Block Committees
demands to "withdraw" the Irish Republic's Ambassador
from London or to "expel" the British Ambassador, and cease the cross border co -
operation with the British Military Forces in the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" in the Ulster
Province. June 21st: The
British
Parliament passed a Bill "prohibiting" convicted criminals from standing for
"election" due to Bobby Sands previous election to ensure that no other prisoner took his place, and the
"Anti - Treaty Provos" saw this as proof that British democracy was a
"sham," so Owen Carron who had
been Bobby Sands election agent "stood" instead. July:
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative Government, 2 more of the hunger strikers, died and
the Catholic Church was now more "active" through the Irish
Commission for Justice and Peace and it now offered to "mediate" and the
prisoners said they were ready to "negotiate" and Humphrey Atkins was also ready to
act on behalf of the British Conservative Government if the strike was called
"off " first, but
the British Conservative Government, and the "Anti - Treaty Provos" due to the 2
recent deaths were not ready and it came to nothing.
Garret Fitz Gerald asked
Ronald Regan to intervene, but he "declined" so the
"Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A / Provos" continued
on with their attacks. August:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher
and the British Conservative
Government,
Owen Carron "won"
the bye - election with a larger "majority."
August 5th:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A / Provos" were especially active with "bombings" through
out these 6 Counties in Ulster
Province,
and by the end of August the whole 10 of the "hunger
strikers" had died with Margaret Thatcher showing no sign of
"humanity" at all to
their plight and the
I.N.L.A.
refused to let anymore of the men join in the "hunger strike"as it was achieving little
and Father Denis Faul who was well respected by the
Irish Republican elements "persuaded" the
strikers families to get them "medical" help.
September:
In the
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative
Government, 3
of the other hunger strikers "gave up" their task and although
October 3rd:
In these
6
Counties "artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in
the Ulster Province, the
"hunger strike"
previously
being
carried out to gain re - recognition of the
internees
there as
"political" prisoners was called off by the
"Anti - Treaty
I.R.A
" command, and the relations between
Ireland
and the
British
Conservative Government in
England
under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher was at
it's lowest ebb and in fact the
British Conservative Government's
shares all over the
World were by now well and truly "badly damaged," as
Margaret Thatcher had continued to show
complete "disregard"
for any sign of "humanity," for the
life of
these young
Irishmen
and that nothing had changed in her or the
Conservative Party's
outlook. In the meantime the political
Sinn Fein
Party had
only "increased" in popularity with the
Irish population,
as one after another of these young
Irish internees, involved in the "hunger strike" were to
die.
By now the political Sinn Fein Party's
popularity, under the leadership of
Gerry Adams,
had grown so
much, that it now threatened the popularity of the
S.D.L. P. / Social Democratic Labour Party
under
John Hume in these
6 Counties in Ulster
Province.
November 6th:
Garret Fitz Gerald,
the
Fine Gael Coalition
Prime Minister of Ireland,
met with
Margaret Thatcher the
British
Conservative Prime Minister in
London, trying to bring about some way of increasing the strength of the
Democratic Nationals
in these
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the Ulster Province,
and
weaken the "support" for the "Anti -
Treaty Provisional I.R.A.
/ Provos" and
also the "political"
Sinn Fein Party there, hoping for an
Anglo
- Irish Agreement
along these lines.
November: the bombings in
London " finished" and the A.S.U./ Active Service Units
"disappeared"
In