Plenty flew the Union Jack and when the wind changed had the tri- colour up … i’d take a lot of these claims with a pinch of salt… obviously, there were plenty who were highly involved too tho.
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It was in everyone’s interest to exaggerate their participation to get the pension and I’m sure there was plenty of nonsense stories being corroborated by others as it suited everyone involved
Fuck off.
Reading through the west limerick brigade reports last night that certainly seems to be the case. “All members of the company took part in this action” appears frequently
No one is doubting your families proclivities for moving around undetected at night mate. He’s merely raising a general point
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I felt the full force of the South Carlow Brigade there
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Darning was off the charts during this period.
Fuck sake Billy Big Balls here. Pays a few bob a year to join Fianna Fáil Lite and he thinks he’s Che Guevara.
Dont shoot the messenger just because you dont like the message.
Normanton.
He has an Eire 32 Celtic jersey as well tbf
Excellent hour long debate on the life of Willie Redmond just ended on Newstalk talking history, worth a listen back
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No kid
I assume they are from General Lucas ?
http://fermoyireland.50megs.com/lynchandlucas.htm
“Tension remained high in the town and troops were further infuriated by being taunted by youths singing a song , Can Anybody Tell Me Where Did General Lucas Go, a ribald version of the Blarney Roses”
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Had they been there for a month? I had always heard that they were tracked there by a military intelligence officer. Either that or betrayed.
In either case I think those risks were taken because of how brutal life on the run was. They had little food, almost no money, and exposed to the elements while marching miles and miles everyday throughout freezing winters. At Kilmichael they were lying on the cold, wet ground in late November for 8-9 hours on the day of the ambush. All this while facing a well supplied, well fed enemy that could be withdrawn from the hot areas for months to recuperate.
It’s no wonder so many of the column volunteers suffered poor health and often died young in later years. It was an enormous sacrifice.
A 5 month hiatus … I hope you have a very good excuse?
The reason I dropped in was to share these interviews that would be of interest to readers of this thread. First hand accounts of both the burnings of Cork and Ennistymon. The Ennistymon one is a good listen due to the chap being a bit cracked and doing a great job of describing the madness of living in a town occupied by the Tans.
The Cork lad is good too, with plenty of stories about different characters of the period. Unsurprisingly he found Tom Barry to be a bit of a detached oddball if a likeable character.
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