We're working on another 17-part post for Wednesday, 20th December 2023, and I'm told - despite the Christmas distractions - it'll be ready to go by then (Ho! Ho! Ho!).
Among the 17 occurrances we'll be posting about is one in which, over one hundred years ago, a shopkeeper in Dublin received some callers he didn't welcome whereas they, in turn, welcomed the opportunity to pay him a visit. He gets a mention in two of our pieces, so popular was he, apparently...!
In 1919, Westminster decided to send one of its top paramilitary operatives to Dublin, with a 'hit team' he picked himself, to sort out the damned Irish rebels in Dublin ; it was hoped that he could 'chop the head off the snake' and he thought he could do it, too. On a fine day in December, he ventured out into the city centre, probably to do some Christmas shopping, but he got more than he could afford to pay for...
This man was over in London, representing the Irish Republican Movement but, on his return to Dublin, he wasn't representing the Movement anymore...
From the 1920's in Ireland - the story of how a stray shot from an IRA gun caused two different sections of the Crown Forces to begin shooting at each other...
Two armed British Auxies were a bit stuck for Christmas drinking money and decided to rob the cash from the local pub, shooting dead an employee in the process. But they were caught, imprisoned, "escaped from custody", caught again, and sentenced to death. But, when the media attention had been focussed elsewhere...
Dublin, 1920's - a 'Private Session' by the IRA leadership discussed the military situation in Ireland and one of those who spoke was to betray his own words in the then near future...
A train journey in the 1920's turned into more than that when armed men boarded the train and ordered the passengers to disembark...
Thanks for droppin' by - hope ya check in with us again on Wednesday, 20th December 2023.
See yis then!
Sharon and the team.