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admin | February 28, 2011
We have been contacted by Tadgh Creed form West Cork and has has sent us a lovely painting he completed on Michael Collins,. It is a fine painting. Well done tadgh and maybe you will do more? Thanks Tadgh!. If any reader has more paintings or drawings or indeed photos please e mail them to [...]
admin | February 28, 2011
To Whom It May Concern, I’ve been viewing your excellent website “The Irish War” for a period of several months now and have been very impressed with the information that it contains. In that regards, I am wondering if anyone can help me in identifying what regiment my great uncle Patrick Flynn might have belonged [...]
admin | February 24, 2011
By Admin : Recently we have had requests for more information on the RIC/Black and Tans /Auxillaries. So, to get a different perspective please see the article below. By Author Ernest McCall The Auxiliary Division Royal Irish Constabulary – The first anti-terrorist unit in the world The Auxiliary Division Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) came into [...]
admin | February 21, 2011
British I.R.A. Volunteers 1921 . An article by padraig O Ruairc. Very often the history of Irish Republicanism is presented in over simplistic black and white terms of Catholic Vs Protestant – English Vs Irish. Any one who has undertaken even the most basic study of Irish history from the 1700’s onwards will know that [...]
admin | February 18, 2011
An article by Padraig O Ruairc Brief History of the Irish Citizens Army The army rose out of the great strike of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union in 1913, known as the Lockout of 1913. The dispute was over the recognition of this labour union founded by James Larkin. It began when William [...]
admin | February 15, 2011
The Irish Volunteers Irish (National) Volunteers, a militia founded 25 November 1913 at the Rotunda in Dublin They were founded as a direct response to the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force , founded 1912 )) , the UVF opposed Home Rule for Ireland and wished to maintain the union with Britain. To ensure that Home Rule would [...]
admin | February 2, 2011
We have been contacted by Dan McNamara , grandson of IRA Volunteer Dan McNamara cork no.1 brigade . 9th bat A coy. Dan is looking for any information on his grandfather , if anybody has any relevant information please post a reply on this post section. Dan has been good enough to send us pages [...]