At the weekend Éirígí activists, along with our comrades in the 1916 Societies, held a joint commemoration at Crosstown, Co. Wexford, for those brave patriots murdered by counter-revolutionaries in Wexford Gaol on the 13th March, 1923. #CounterRevolution1922
On this day 103-years-ago, Joseph MacDonagh, a TD for Sinn Féin, died while on hunger strike. #CounterRevolution1922
As dawn broke on this day 103-years-ago, Irish republican revolutionaries Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey, Rory O’Connor and Richard Barrett were taken from their cells in Mountjoy Gaol and executed in cold blood by the counter-revolutionary Free State government. #CounterRevolution1922
On this day in 1922, Republican revolutionary Erskine Childers, was executed by counter-revolutionaries in Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin. #ErskineChilders | #CounterRevolution1922
On this day in 1922, four young Republicans were executed by counter-revolutionaries in Kilmainham Gaol using the recently introduced ‘Public Safety Bill’ - also known as the ‘Murder Bill’. #CounterRevolution1922
Cathal Brugha, ex-IRA Chief of Staff, Minister for Defence and hero of Easter Week 1916, died as he lived, under oath of allegiance to, and in the service of, the Irish Republic. #IrishRepublic | #CounterRevolution1922
On this day 103-years-ago, the Battle of Dublin ended with defeat for the defenders of the Republic. #CounterRevolution1922
As dawn broke on this day 102-years-ago, Irish republican revolutionaries Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey, Rory O’Connor and Richard Barrett were taken from their cells in Mountjoy Gaol and executed in cold blood by the counter-revolutionary Free State government. #CounterRevolution1922 🧵
On this day in 1922, Republican revolutionary Erskine Childers, was executed by counter-revolutionaries in Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin. #ErskineChilders | #CounterRevolution1922
On this day in 1922, four young Republicans were executed by counter-revolutionaries in Kilmainham Gaol using the recently introduced ‘Public Safety Bill’ - also known as the ‘Murder Bill’. #CounterRevolution1922 🧵
On this day 102-years-ago, counter-revolutionaries kidnapped young Fianna Éireann members Seán Cole and Alfred Colley, executing them shortly after. #CounterRevolution1922
Cathal Brugha, ex-IRA Chief of Staff, Minister for Defence and hero of Easter Week 1916, died as he lived, under oath of allegiance to, and in the service of, the Irish Republic. #IrishRepublic | #CounterRevolution1922 -8
On this day 102 years ago, the Battle of Dublin ended with defeat for the defenders of the Republic. #CounterRevolution1922 🧵
