#OnThisDay 1918 Captain George Waller Vesey (Lendrum), from Fermanagh died of his wounds, having been injured some days earlier during the German Kaiserslacht. His brother Alan Lendrum was assassinated by West Clare IRA in September 1920.
#OnThisDay 1920 The first large contingent of Black and Tans arrived in Ireland, though the very first constable arrived on 7th January. Most were WW1 veterans from England, but roughly 20% of recruits were Irish. Comedian Mike Nono made their nickname famous.
#OnThisDay 1840 Captain Myles Keogh was born in Leighlinbridge, Carlow. He served in the Papal Army in Italy & the Union Army in the US Civil War. Keogh died at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, his body un-mutilated supposedly because of his holy medals.
#OnThisDay 1922 Owen MacMahon, his six sons & a family friend were shot in their home in Belfast by Ulster Specials. Six of the men died, including Owen (50)& his 15 year old son Gerard. 12 year old Michael hid under a couch & lived. Nobody was ever prosecuted.
#OnThisDay 1920 Tom Crean, the Antarctic explorer, was retired from the Royal Navy on medical grounds, his vision began to deteriorate after he had a bad fall. Crean moved back to Annascaul and in 1927 opened a pub called “The South Pole Inn’.
The Irish at War 