#OnThisDay 1919 Constable Michael Downing of G Division Dublin Metropolitan Police was shot & killed on High Street by Christchurch Cathedral. Downing was 23, from Cork & a good handball player. A reward of £5000 went out for any information about his killer.
#Onthisday 1864 Corporal John Walsh, from Tipperary, was awarded the Medal of Honor for for extraordinary heroism while serving with 5th New York Cavalry, in action at Cedar Creek, Virginia. Corporal Walsh recaptured the flag of the 15th New Jersey Infantry.
#OnThisDay 1781 The British surrendered at Yorktown. General Charles O’Hara, the illegitimate son of Irishman second Baron Tyrawley actually surrendered as Cornwallis was too sick do it. O’Hara surrendered to both Washington & (later) Napoleon.
#OnThisDay 1920 Mid-Clare IRA attack the Ruan RIC barracks in their bare feet so as not to alert local dogs. They attacked in the morning while the guards were asleep & one had left for milk. One RIC man was killed. A large cache of guns & ammo was captured. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1791 United Irishmen have their first public meeting& adopt new resolutions. Originally a parliamentarian organisation hoping to unite all Irishmen regardless of creed, they became republican force to get Britain out of Ireland & become a republic.
The Irish at War 