Fermanagh in 1923: Things in General and Nothing in Particular
AN ANATOMICAL PUZZLE
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AN ANATOMICAL PUZZLE
Ireland and Irish America's leading newspapers told very different stories regarding the 1916 Easter Rising. The differing reactions to the Easter 1916 Rising in Irish America and Ireland can be gauged by the editorials in the two most popular Irish papers in their respective countries.
Winston Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea. As Secretary of State for War and Air from 1919 to 1921, and then as Colonial Secretary in 1921 and 1922, Winston Churchill ordered the use of aerial bombing on three occasions, first in 1920 against the IRA.
Winston Churchill, British Secretary of State for War, sent the Black and Tans into Ireland on March 25, 1920. It was a fatal mistake by the British that drove Irish opposition to British rule to new heights.
“THE question of the withdrawal of British troops from Pettigo is at present the subject of negotiation between the Provisional Government and the…