#OnThisDay 1972 Lt Cmdr Brett commissioned the L.E. Deirdre, the first of the 4 Emer Class ships in the Irish @naval_service. L.E. Deirdre was the first purposely built ship for the Naval service to patrol Ireland’s waters. L.E. Deirdre was built in Cork.
#OnThisDay 1921 Private Smith of the Devonshire Regiment was shot in the head & died while transporting the dead body of an RIC constable in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary. The Regiment fought back their assailants (IRA), who disappeared into the local countryside. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1981 Nora Connolly O’Brien, member of Cumann na mBán, activist, Irish republican & daughter to executed leader James Connolly passed away. Nora was in Liberty Hall on the first day of the Rising but Pearse ordered her to Tyrone to muster the troops.
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#OnThisDay 1822 Confederate Colonel James Hagan was born in Tyrone. Although he commanded a brigade in the Civil War, he was never officially promoted to Brigadier General. His pre-war fortune was converted to Confederate money so he was penniless after the war.
#OnThisDay 1921 The Thompson sub-machine gun,(Tommy-Gun)made famous by Al Capone & Chicago gangsters, was used for the first time in combat ever by the IRA. They fired on a train coming through Drumcondra station in Dublin that was carrying British soldiers from the West Kent Regiment and injured three.
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The Irish at War 