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Three Martyrs: MacSwiney, Treacy, Barry Martyrdom has been an essential element in the Irish republican sense of itself for centuries. At it's most basic, this martyrdom stems even from legend. Chuchulain, the most romantic and impressive of Ireland's legendary heroes,
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Sean Treacy: Remorseless Revolutionary Machine Like most of his peers, Tipperary IRA leader Sean Treacy looked old for his age. Dead in 1920 by the time he was 25, and before the War of Independence which he helped kickstart had reached anything like completion, he didn’t pass the
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Terence MacSwiney Perhaps the most traditional of the Republican martyrs of the Irish War of Independence, Terence MacSwiney was elected Lord Mayor of Cork following the killing of his friend and predecessor Tomas MacCurtain. MacSwiney took office in March 1920 and was dead by 25 October 1920. His life echoes that of Padraig Pearse
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Kevin Barry Kevin Barry was 18 years old when he was hanged in Mountjoy Jail on November 1st 1920. His death at such a young age is possibly the most poignant in recent Irish history. He was born in 1902 in Dublin and grew up both in the capital and in County Carlow. He enrolled in Belvedere College in 1916
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The Irish State, as a mark of respect for their sacrifice, held State Funerals for Kevin Barry, Thomas Bryan, Patrick Doyle, Frank Flood, Patrick Moran, Thomas Whelan, Bernard Ryan, Thomas Traynor, Edmond Foley and Pat [ ... ]

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Hunger strikes have been an important part of the resistance strategy in many places. The suffragette movement applied the tool with some success during their campaign for the vote in the United Kingdom. Perhaps because  [ ... ]

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The famous song 'Kevin Barry' was penned shortly after his death and is still revived in ballad sessions in Ireland to this very day: In Mountjoy jail one Monday morning High upon the gallows tree, Kevin Barry gav [ ... ]

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Book Reviews - War of Independence

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Sean Treacy And The Tan War

Sean Treacy And The Tan War

Sean Treacy and the Tan War Joe Ambrose ISBN 9781856355544 €12.99 A thoroughly interesting book that looks back on the role of Sean Treacy in the guerrilla war in Tipperary. Joe...

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History's Daughter

History's Daughter

History's Daughter: A Memoir from the only child of Terence MacSwiney Máire MacSwiney Brugha ISBN 9780862789862 €19.95 Published by The O'Brien Press Far aside from having on the most haunting covers...

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Anna HaslamAnna Haslam was the founding member of numerous social, suffrage and union associations in Ireland and England. She promoted women's education and successfully campaigned for the rights of women to stand as county councillors.

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