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Kevin Barry's execution on November 1, 1920, is considered to be the "final straw" for Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. Kevin Barry, an 18-year-old student, was executed over the murder of a British soldier. Dermot McEvoy believes this was what tipped Michael Collins over the edge.
Remembering the Past - 100 years ago • (clockwise from top left) Patrick Doyle, Frank Flood, Bernard Ryan, Thomas Whelan, Patrick Moran and Thomas Bryan » Mícheál Mac Donncha 100 years ago the British regime executed six IRA Volunteers in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin. They were hanged on the morning of 14 March as tens of thousands of people, including their families, gathered outside the prison and as hundreds of thousands of workers staged a half-day general strike in protest. The six men were tried by the British Army at Field General Courts Martial in the Council Chamber of Dublin’s ...
• The bridge in Drumcondra where the attempted ambush took place » Mícheál Mac Donncha and Mark Dawson January 2021 marks the centenary of the ambush in Drumcondra, Dublin, which was a tragic and costly defeat for the IRA and led to the fatal wounding of one Volunteer, the capture and subsequent executions of four Volunteers, and a life sentence for another. Drumcondra in 1921 was on the northern edge of the city and one of the main routes into the capital. British crown forces from Collinstown (now Dublin Airport), Gormanstown and other bases regularly passed along Drumcondra Road and...
Timeline of '21: Ireland faces tricky commemorative year as violence leads to Treaty What are the main commemorative dates to keep an eye on this year? By Rónán Duffy Friday 1 Jan 2021, 8:00 AM Jan 1st 2021, 8:00 AM 23,965 Views 27 Comments The President of the GAA lays a wreath in Croke Park to commemorate Bloody Sunday. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO IRELAND’S DECADE OF commemorations continues this year as the country remembers 192...