Monday, April 12, 2021

ON A PARTICULAR DATE IN APRIL, 1920 - 1923...

ON A PARTICULAR DATE IN APRIL, 1920 - 1923...

On the same date in the month of April, in the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923, the following incidents took place in Ireland :

1920 - A British spy was shot dead in Dublin City Centre, an RIC Sergeant was shot in Balbriggan in Dublin, another RIC Sergeant killed himself in the Phoenix Park in Dublin and hundreds of political and 'ODC' prisoners were released by mistake by the British.

1921 - a 'Big House' was destroyed and the British 'Sir' that lived in it was shot dead.

1922 - IRA 'Legal Eagles' (!) make a move on a courthouse, a man who joined the Free State Army on that particular date in 1922 was to die a few months afterwards.


1923 - An IRA strategist was 'arrested' by the Staters, the IRA and Free Staters exchanged gunfire in Kilkenny and a gunfight in Limerick resulted in the death of a Free State soldier.

On Wednesday, 14th April 2021, we'll be posting a 9-part post in which, among other items, we'll be detailing the above incidents. Hope you can check-in with us then!

...and thanks for popping in now ; see ye all on Wednesday, 14th April.

Sharon.