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Lord Derby denies that Irish visit was a British government peace mission TAGS Liverpool, 27 April 1921 – Speculation surrounds former cabinet member Lord Derby’s recent visit to Ireland. Lord Derby has claimed that the newspapers have exaggerated the importance of his trip and has rejected reports that he was on a peace mission to Ireland or that he was sent by the government. ‘A mountain has been made out of a molehill, and I propose now to reduce the mountain to its proper proportions as a molehill.’ Responding to allegations that he had travelled incognito – that he had worn sp...

American support for Irish liberty is crucial, de Valera tells Chicago convention TAGS Chicago, 26 April 1921 – The American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, which met in Chicago last week, received a message of encouragement from Sinn Féin President Éamon de Valera: ‘Sincerest greetings to you all. Democratic, open, honest, direct – your organisation will not fail.’ De Valera, in a telegram addressed to the chairman of the convention, claimed that the ‘instinct for fair-play alone will not let Americans side with a grasping empire against a people fighting s...

James Connolly (1868-1916), the son of Irish immigrants, was born in Edinburgh. He came to Ireland in 1896 as paid organiser of the Dublin Socialist Club and founded The Workers' Republic, Ireland's first socialist newspaper. In 1911 he was appointed Belfast organiser of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. With James Larkin, he led the workers of Dublin during the Great Lockout of 1913 and when Larkin went to the USA the following year, Connolly assumed leadership of the union. His tiny Irish Citizen Army took part in the 1916 Rising, following which he was executed. This short bo...

Austen Chamberlain succeeds Bonar Law as Tory leader TAGS London, 22 March 1921 - Austen Chamberlain has been unanimously elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons. The election, which took place yesterday in the Carlton Club in London, was precipitated by the surprise resignation of party leader Andrew Bonar Law owing to ill-health. His departure has left a vacancy in the coalition government in which he was a senior figure. News of Bonar Law’s retirement was delivered to the House of Commons on 17 March by the Prime Minister David Lloyd George. In his res...

Six men executed in Victoria Barracks in Cork City TAGS Cork, 1 March 1921 - Six Irishmen have been executed in Victoria Barracks in Cork. The men were shot by firing squad yesterday. Five of the six men – Thomas O’Brien, Daniel O’Callaghan, John Lyons, Timothy McCarthy and Patrick O’Mahony, all from Co. Cork – were found guilty of ‘levying war against his Majesty’, in an ambush on crown forces near Dripsey on 28 January 1921. The sixth man, Seán Allen was, in a separate incident, convicted of being in possession of a revolver, ammunition and documents considered to be ‘p...