#OnThisDay 1779 Dillon’s & Walsh’s regiments from the Irish Brigade of France aid their American counterparts in large scale attacks to lift the Siege of Savannah, Georgia during the American War of Independence. But despite heavy casualties on both sides, the Irish losing nearly 200 casualties, the British held the town.
#OnThisDay 1922 Three teenage boys, (16, 17& 17) were found dead at Red Cow in Clondalkin. They had been arrested the day before for putting up Anti-Treaty posters, were arrested & interrogated by Charlie Dalton (Ex-Squad member and brother to Emmet Dalton) in Wellington Barracks, released but never seen alive again.
Hughes and Holohan had been shot twice in the head and chest, the other, Rogers, who seems to have tried to get away, was riddled with bullets, shot more than 16 times.
The deceased were:
#OnThisDay 1918 Royal Irish Fusiliers. report “The day passed quietly except for heavy enemy counter preparation in which only 4.2s and 77mm were used. During the night Mansard Farm and copse K.24.b.5.3 were occupied without opposition. Few casualties suffered during the night from machine-gun fire. 2nd Lieutenant Bryson was killed on patrol whilst reconnoitring Goldflake Farm which was found to be occupied in force by the enemy.”
#OnThisDay 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell the “Uncrowned King of Ireland” passed away. A Nationalist politician who championed land rights for Irish farmers & lead the Home Rule movement. P.M. Gladstone described him as “the most remarkable man I ever met’. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1175 The Treaty of Windsor is signed by Rory O’Connor. He submitted to King Henry II offering tribute. O’Connor was king of the parts of Ireland not ruled by Norman lords. But O’Connor cannot contain the Norman expansion & the Treaty soon falls apart.
The Irish at War 