#OnThisDay 1975 Éamon de Valera died in Dublin. Dev dominated Irish politics for nearly 60 years as the surviving leader from the 1916 Rising, President of Dáil Éireann, Anti-Treaty Leader, Founder of Fianna Fail, 3-term Taoiseach & 2-term President of Ireland.
#OnThisDay 1950 Fr Patrick Reilly from Drumraney, Westmeath was arrested & shot dead by the North Korean Army in Mukho. When the NKA took Mukho, Reilly refused to leave his congregation but he had gone into hiding. His body was found on a mountain pass.
#OnThisDay 1906 Lt. Col. James Quinlan MOH died. From Clonmel, Quinlan was a Major in the Union Cavalry during the American Civil War. He charged&silenced the enemy guns, held the position against overwhelming numbers& covered the retreat of the 2nd Army Corps.
#OnThisDay 1940 Four bombs were dropped by the Luftwaffe over the Shelbourne Co-Op in Campile Co. Wexford, killing three women; sisters Mary Ellen (30)& Kitty Kent (26)& Kathleen Hurley (27). This was the first Luftwaffe bombing in Ireland during the war.
#OnThisDay 1921 The workers in the mill & bakery in Bruree, Limerick flew a red flag, declared a soviet & took over running of the business. This was in protest of staff dismissal. They dropped the price of goods which boosted orders & wages increased too.
The Irish at War 