Munster, 1920's - something foreign 'washed-up' on the coast and it caught the attention of the IRA, who went to see for themselves - and they 'found' a tidy amount of treasure...
...and that's just one of the twenty pieces that'll be 'washed-up' on this blog on Wednesday, 2nd July 2025, when we'll also be visiting an Irish gas field which didn't benefit the State economy and we'll be talking about 'pinch-points' and patience -
From 2002 - an Irish gas field, 30 times the size of the previous big find and believed by industry sources to be the biggest find of the time in European waters was (mis)used as a bargaining chip by Leinster House politicians to the point that even their bought-and-paid-for colleagues in the trade union leadership thought it was a bridge too far...
Early 1920's, Munster - on the same day that a 'pinch point' had been established by the IRA, waiting for the Crown Forces to enter it, their comrades over 100 miles across country were also patiently waiting - for a goods train carrying enemy supplies. Forty-five-odd miles away from there, at that same time, this IRA ASU had lost patience with a wannabe spy in its area...
So do, please, have patience (!) and give us a shout on Wednesday, 2nd July 2025, and don't leave us waiting...
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - see y'all on the 2nd!
Sharon and the team.
