So ya had to leave the house you were sheltering in quickly, and you left a bit of gear behind, but at least you managed to get away, as did your comrades.
The grouping that you and your mates escaped from weren't calling for a cup of tea, but you were still annoyed that you left a certain something behind and, so annoyed were ya, that you wrote a letter to the bossman of that grouping insisting that it be returned to you!
And sure whaddya know - didn't he write back with a favourable response...
...and that's just one of the twenty-one pieces that we'll be writing about on Wednesday, 18th June, 2025 -
South-East Ireland, early 1920's - dozens of armed IRA Volunteers were laying in wait for the enemy troops when they heard noises from behind them. Those that escaped established an inquiry and the informer was paid a visit...
1920's - Items of clothing were left behind in an IRA safe house in the South of the country but, as the British soldiers were closing-in for the kill, the owners of those items escaped. But they weren't content to leave it at that and letters were exchanged between the British Commander and the IRA leader...
Early 1920's, Dublin : a republican-gamekeeper-turned-Free State-poacher produced a diagram which, he hoped, would help him to square a circle...
Thanks for dropping in, and for reading this 'lil promo piece : we'll be filling in the above three gaps, and eighteen other ones that ya don't know about yet, on Wednesday, 18th June 2025.
We'll see yis then, hopefully!
Sharon and the team.
