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…

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Read Dan Breen's own account of how this came about: wp.me/p43KWx-5K #History #IrishHistory #Dail #Ireland