Ireland, 1920's - the Four Courts in Dublin wasn't the only conflict zone in the country between the IRA and Free Staters that the Staters went cap-in-hand to the British Government and its army, looking for a lend of artillery pieces to use against their former comrades...
That's one of a number of pieces we'll be writing about on this blog on Wednesday, 16th July 2025, naming some of those who agreed with Michael Collins in demanding heavy artillery pieces to use against their former IRA comrades ; the Four Courts in Dublin is perhaps the best known such occasion, but it wasn't the only one, for shame.
In this Irish county in the 1920's, the Crown Forces and their colleagues in the RIC were proud of having established more that two dozen fixed bases from which they 'kept the peace' in that particular county.
But their peace-keeping (!) prowess was called into question by the local rebels and, within eight months, they were reduced to having only six such structures to duck and dive in...
Ireland, 1920's - this British 'super sleuth' in Ireland, who had made a name for himself as "a wicked-looking marvel" in other British outposts further afield than Ireland, verbally bet his bottom dollar on the outcome of a certain phase in the on-going Irish struggle, nearly had the hand taken off him...and lost the bet!
So do, please, give us a shout back here on Wednesday, 16th July 2025.
'Cause if'n ya don't, we might have to borrow somethin' from the Brits and pay y'all a visit...!
Thanks for reading : see ye on the 16th!
Sharon and the team.