The #CrossbarryAmbush, occurring #ThisDayInHistory in 1921, was one of the bigger battles of the #IrishWarOfIndependence. ~1200 British troops tried to surround 100 #IrishRepublicanArmy (#IRA) volunteers in #CountyCork but failed — 10 soldiers and three IRA fighters were killed.
Born #Onthisday 1893 Kathleen Balfe-founder member of Cumann na mBan in Drogheda & in 1967 the 1st woman member of the Drogheda corporation. During the #IrishWarofIndependence she delivered intelligence & hid a machine gun under her coat for an attack on the RIC barracks in Ardee
Died #Onthisday 1922 in #Cork, #Kerry born Percy Hannifin, fatally wounded while guarding a meeting of IRA men during the #IrishWarofIndependence www.ucc.ie/en/theirishr...
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1919, #Ireland (once again) declared independence, and its #FirstDáil issued a declaration. On the same day, nine #IRA men attacked a #RIC convoy carrying #gelignite explosives that they could reuse. The #IrishWarOfIndependence was officially under way.
Historian Tim Pat Coogan reveals the harsh truth behind Michael Collins's IRA assassination unit. See our review.
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#ThisDayInHistory holds two related anniversaries. In 1921, the #AngloIrishTreaty was signed, ending the #IrishWarOfIndependence. And in 1922, #IrishFreeState and #NorthernIreland came into existence. #Ireland later rejected Commonwealth & became a republic; NI is still occupied.
#Onthisday 1920 key members of the Anti Sinn Fein Society in #Cork, James & Frederick Blemens were abducted & executed, accused of being spies, their burial place is unknown. #IrishWarofIndependence www.ucc.ie/en/theirishr...
Died #Onthisday 1970 Nora Wallace who with her sister Sheila ran a small in the shadow of St. Augustine’s Church, in the centre of #Cork City, central to Volunteer activities during the #IrishWarofIndependence as were the sisters
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Collins led Ireland’s fight with brain and bravery. He built the IRA’s intelligence and outsmarted the British. This book shows how he did it.
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Died #OnThisDay 1927 the enigmatic Countess Constance de Markievicz - prior to her involvement in #IrishWarofIndependence she studied art in Paris where she got the nickname 'velo' @SmithsonianMag smithsonianmag.com/history/daug...
.... the Irish Free State was created as a self-governing Dominion on 6 December 1922. 2/2
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"It was the Presentation nuns who made a rebel of me - This article explores the interconnections between female religious orders and nationalist activity of the Irish Revolutionary Era (1912–23) ..." 1/2
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On 28 April 1921 a public notice warned the people of Tipperary that 'a civilian with his hands in his pockets is necessarily an object of suspicion … and renders him liable to arrest and, in an emergency, runs the risk of coming under fire.'
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She actively agitated for Home Rule and then for the republic declared in 1916. She was long-time love interest of WB Yeats. 2/2
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...which covered most of Limerick city and a part of the county. The soviet ran the city for the period, printed its own money and organised the supply of food. 3/3
#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishWarOfIndependence #Limerick #LimerickSoviet #OnThisDay
Among Clancy's friends at the university were James Joyce and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. Clancey features as the character Michael Davin, in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishWarOfIndependence #GeorgeClancy #MichaelOCallaghan #Limerick #JamesJoyce
Born #Onthisday 1893 in #Louth Kathleen Balfe-founder member of #Drogheda Cumann na mBan-In 1967 the 1st woman member of the Drogheda corporation. During the #IrishWarofIndependence she delivered intelligence & hid a gun under her coat for an attack on the Ardee RIC barracks @clodaghfinn.bsky.social
IRA volunteers of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade led by Séumas Robinson and including Seán Treacy and Dan Breen, acting on their own initiative, ambushed and killed two RIC officers at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishWarOfIndependence #SeánTreacy #DanBreen
A wanted poster for Dan Breen.
The Irish War of Independence began on 21 January 1919. Sinn Féin TDs assembled in Dublin, forming the First Dáil and issuing the Irish Declaration of Independence. On the same day the Soloheadbeg ambush took place. 1/2
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Black and Tans guarding a Dublin street after a shooting on Gloucester Road.
The first contingents of the Black and Tans began arriving in Ireland on 7 January 1920. Alongside the Auxiliaries, the Black and Tans went on to commit many of atrocities and terrorise the civilian population in Ireland.
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Coyle was appointed to the executive of Cumann na mBan in 1924 and was elected as president in 1926, after Constance Markievicz resigned to join Fianna Fáil. It was a post she held until her resignation in 1941. 7/7
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#OnThisDay 1920 The first Black and Tan was recruited into the RIC, 70011 Henry Batters from Nottingham #IrishWarofIndependence
In January 1927, he became the first anti-Treaty TD to take the Oath of Allegiance and sit in the Dáil Éireann after the establishment of the Irish Free State. 2/2
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Ina Boyle Advent Calendar Day 18
🎄Ina Boyle at Advent Day 18!
🎼Imagine composing music amidst the turmoil of two World Wars and the Irish Civil War.
👇Discover Ina's remarkable story.
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Many civilians reported being beaten, shot at, and robbed by British forces. Firefighters testified that British forces hindered their attempts to tackle the blazes by intimidation, cutting their hoses and shooting at them. 2/2
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#Onthisday 1920 one of the worst days of the #IrishWarOfIndependence Bloody Sunday - more @CrokePark tinyurl.com/mvfhrnck
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1920, during the #IrishWarOfIndependence, the UK's #BlackAndTans went on a rampage in #Balbriggan, burning 50 homes and businesses, looting and beating people, and killing two locals. Such atrocities highlight the violent basis of colonial occupation.
