#OnThisDay 1920 Bloody Sunday occurred. Roughly 100 members of the Auxiliaries & RIC fired over 200 rounds into the crowd at Croke Park. 13 killed including Tipperary Captain Michael Hogan & 3 boys who were aged 10, 11 & 14. Jeannie Boyle was 25 & due to be married in 5 days died that day too.
#OnThisDay 1920, at 9:00 Michael Collins’ Squad killed 15 men in Dublin city, most were British intelligence officers. The retaliation from the British Authorities led to the Bloody Sunday shooting in Croke Park later that day.
(Pic: Not the Cairo gang, possibly the Igoe gang but most likely members of F Coy Auxiliaries. They are:
#OnThisDay 1887 Joseph Mary Plunkett was born in Dublin. Plunkett was a poet, journalist, Irish nationalist & one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising. Plunkett created the military plan for the Rising. Hours before his execution he married Grace Gifford. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1917 Both Patrick McKee(L) & John Laverty(R) from Ballymoney, Antrim died while manning a machinegun in the face of a heavy German attack which allowed their unit to safely withdraw. Both men were awarded a Military Medal for actions in August.
#OnThisDay 1917 At the Battle of Cambrai, the “swift & successful operation by 16th (Irish) Division was a model of attack with a limited objective.” They captured 3,000 yards of trench, took 635 prisoners & 330 German bodies were counted in the trenches. #Ireland #History #WW1
#OnThisDay 1830 Brigadier General Patrick Jones was born in Westmeath. Jones moved to New York & despite being poor and poorly educated, became a prominent lawyer. During the American Civil War he joined the “Irish Rifles” as a private & quickly rose through the ranks. He was so effective he was promoted to Brigadier General after taking part in Sherman’s March to the Sea.
