In an effort to highlight the rapacity of the British military, and in particular the actions of the Black and Tans in reprisal, newspapers such as Irish Bulletin published the names and details of those who had been subjected to extreme violence or who had been murdered. In November 1920 the Bulletin carried the following information about the terror campaign in Ireland:   Murder of Denis Carey of Nenagh, taken fro...

The events on Bloody Sunday, particularly in Croke Park where a football match between Tipperary and Dublin was attacked by the Black and Tans, has received considerable media attention this month on the 100th anniversary of the event. In Croke Park recently the names of the 14 victims, including Tipperary footballer Michael Hogan were remembered in a very poignant ceremony. Less well known though are the names of some of t...

The events on Bloody Sunday in Croke Park; the murder of members of the ‘Cairo Gang’ by Michael Collins’ ‘Squad; the execution of Kevin Barry and the ambush of the Black & Tans at Kilmichael loom large over the story of the War of Independence in November 1920. But what else happened during that month in Ireland 100 years ago? The pages of the Irish Newspaper Archive and Radical Newspaper Archive provide the answ...

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Tipperary Vs Dublin 21.November.1920 - Match Preview Sunday Independent  As excitement grew on the morning of the  21.November.1920 the Sunday Independent match preview reads like so many others. Little did the travelling supporters or the footballers know what the day would bring. The shocking events that unfolded at Croke Park that day would stun the nation and the world.  Download the Sunday Independents pre-match rev...

There was plenty of activity in Roscommon in October 1920 but an IRA attack on the RIC barracks in the village of Frenchpark ended in failure when the heavily outnumbered police force managed to stave off their attackers. The raiders occupied the post office and two houses close to the barrack from which they launched their attack. Again, using a different time and in an effort to catch the RIC by surprise, the barracks was...

What followed a month of reprisal and intimidation was an upsurge in attacks on the RIC and the military. Aided by the cover of darkness that the autumn evenings provided, the IRA once more upped the ante on the military and met them head on. October 1920 was a month of ambush and shooting recorded in the pages of the Irish Newspaper Archive & the Radical Newspaper Archive. Somewhat unfortunately, the newspaper account...

While the statistics quoted earlier this month about the success of IRA ambushes and attacks on the police barracks highlighted the failure of some, occasionally the IRA managed to inflict heavy casualty rates on the police and military. Three policemen were killed and two others wounded during an ambush near Roscommon town on 12 October 1920. A patrol having left Roscommon was ambushed at Four Mile with shots coming from b...

The shooting of Michael Kelly in county Monaghan in October 1920 occurred under strange circumstances and the military attempts to prevent an inquest taking place added to the suspicion.   When a car carrying Kelly and Rev L Murray of Tydavnet from a funeral in Enniskillen crashed, John Kelly of Glaslough Street, Monaghan town, a brother of the deceased answered the call to bring a replacement car and duly made his ...

In early October 1920 news of the death of a farmer named John Keane, aged 60, who was wounded during the ambush near Miltown Malbay the previous month was widely lamented in Clare. Drawing hay near the scene of the battle, Keane was struck by a bullet to the knee from a machine gun and died a few days later of blood poisoning. His death also coincided with the discovery of a coffin containing the body of Capt AC Lendrum wh...