#OnThisDay 1920 During an IRA ambush on RIC at Crowes Bridge, Vice Commandant Martin Devitt of the Mid-Clare Brigade “died from a bullet wounded received while fighting for the freedom of his country, which freedom is prevented by mis-government”. He was 25.
#OnThisDay 1917 Louisa Nolan (left) was awarded the Military Medal for Heroism from King George V for tending to the wounded while under fire on Mount Street during the Easter Rising. Nelson, a teenager, is among only 150 women to ever receive the award.
#OnThisDay 1841 John Holland was born in Liscannor, Clare. Holland, a maths teacher, designed & invented the modern submarine. Both the US Navy & the Royal Navy’s first commissioned submarines were named in his honour.
#OnThisDay 1966 Sergeant Patrick Nevin from Claremorris, Mayo was killed in action in the Kim Son Valley during The Vietnam War. Nevin enlisted in East Chicago & served with the 1st Cav Div. His tour began in August 1965. Nevin is buried back home in Mayo.
#OnThisDay 1965 Roger Casement’s body was repatriated to Ireland nearly fifty years after his execution. Although Casement wished to be buried in Antrim, to prevent an escalation of sectarian tensions, he was given a state funeral &buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
The Irish at War 