Screenshot Chrissy Knight-O'Connor post re Irish Research on pensions for women who served Ireland in the War of Independence ) Tan War

Women of the #IrishVolunteers were routinely denied military pensions granted men for comparable service in the #WoI War of Independence #AngloIrishWar / Tan War
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Michael Collins’ “Squad”: “No man shot without full proof of his guilt” Discussions about the history of Ireland tend to be fraught with political debate.  Sometimes with moral debate; sometimes with politics masquerading as moral debate.  While killings before …

This is the difference between #IrishVolunteers in the #WarofIdependence vs political assassinations aimed at subverting democracy and cheating the public of their political choice: wp.me/p43KWx-cm #IrishResearch #Ireland #IrishHistory #MichaelCollins
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Soloheadbeg: the shot heard round the world January 21 marks the anniversary of the Soloheadbeg raid: first action of Ireland’s War of Independence. Volunteers Dan Breen, Sean Treacy, & Seamus Robinson of Tipperary took a momentous…

#OTD 1919 #IrishVolunteers first opened fire on British colonial occupation forces, opening #Ireland 's #WarofIndependence or #TanWarIreland
Read Dan Breen's own account of how this came about: wp.me/p43KWx-5K #History #IrishHistory #Dail #Ireland

Image shows a group of 9 middle aged men in suits at a gathering. All have a. Irish republican flag in their lapel.

A gathering of #IrishVolunteers who were on hunger strike together in 1918 during the #IrishRevolution
My great grandfather, William, Liam, McGinley is in the back right. He was a tailor whose family traveled from Omagh to Dublin, then Glasgow, and back to Dublin in time to join the volunteers!