#OnThisDay 1920 Two RIC constables were shot in an IRA ambush outside of Tuam. Two others were disarmed & released. Later that evening, Tuam became the first town to suffer a reprisal as Black and Tans burn the town hall, shoot & throw grenades in the streets.
#OnThisDay 1919 Peace Day Parade took place in Dublin. 20,000 soldiers marched from Dame St to St. Stephen’s Green celebrating the end of The Great War. Thousands came to celebrate. The mood changed that night when 2 soldiers were attacked &a DMP man shot.
#OnThisDay 1944 Lieutenant John Gorman from Omagh rammed his Sherman tank into a 70 tonne King Tiger tank disabling both. Gorman saved his crew, got a Firefly tank, destroyed the Tiger & rescued friendlies. He was awarded a Military Cross for his actions.
#OnThisDay 1944 The Allies launch Operation Goodwood in Normandy. The Irish Guards as part of the Guards Division, despite heavy presence of German armour take the town of Cagny. Pictured here are three Irish Guards with dust covers on a Loyd carrier.
#OnThisDay 1874 Cathal Brugha was born Charles Burgess in Dublin. Severely wounded in the Easter Rising, he survived & was Chief of Staff of the IRA from 1917-1919 & Minister of Defence 1919-1922. He opposed the Treaty & was fatally wounded in the Civil War.
The Irish at War 