This IRA ASU in Leinster, in the 1920's, had a number of serving Free State Army soldiers working with it and, when the split over the Treaty of Surrender took place, the Unit stayed true to its roots and the IRA/FSA soldiers stayed as they were : working for the Cause from within the enemy camp...
That's one of about seventeen pieces we'll be posting about on Wednesday, 19th November 2025, and it's in relation to men who joined the Free State Army - but their hearts weren't in it.
They made contact with the rebels, and it was decided that they should remain within the belly of the beast, and work for the struggle from there...
A lecture delivered in a republican education class 36 years ago questioned the narratives surrounding the death in prison of a republican activist which three political institutions - Leinster House, Stormont and Westminster - continue to present as something other than it could have been, and possibly was...
1920's, Westminster - during a verbal exchange in which 'the Irish situation' was discussed, the dynamics of the fighting rebels and their ability to, apparently (!), indoctrinate a certain form of mechanical transportation raised a few heckles among the learned friends (!) present...!
...and we'd bleedin' love it if our own learned friends (!) could give us a look-see on the 19th for a few more paragraphs on the above three pieces, and a few words on about fourteen other bits and pieces!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - appreciated.
Sharon and the team.
(...and we'll appreciate it all the more if ya call back on Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 - ya know ya wanna!)
