The tale of Ireland's 'House Burning Mania' of 1919-1923
January 10, 2021 Muckloon, County Mayo, the ruined house and estate of aristocrat and wine merchant George Henry Moore. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo Between 1919 and 1923, in the War of Independence and the subsequent civil war, nearly 300 country houses were burned in Ireland. To mark the centenary of the events, Terence Dooley re-appraises the motives behind this destruction. Late on the night of February 4, 1921, a local company of the Irish Republican Army came to Summerhill House, Co Meath, home of the 5th Baron Langford, and knocked very loudly on the back door. The men came on th...
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