An attempt on the life of the Lord Lieutenant | December 19th 1919 - Episode 18
Following a less than stellar performance as Commander-in-Chief of the BEF during the First World War, John French was selected for the role of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918. It was considered that the previous Chief Secretary had been too soft on the Irish republican movement and French was given considerable power to go after them. This he did, suppressing Dáil Éireann and outlawing Sinn Féin.
From October of 1919 numerous attempts were made to kill him, both for the propaganda value of killing the King’s representative and the shock this would have sent through the British establishment. The Ashtown Ambush in December would be the IRA’s most daring operation yet.
References:
Peter Hart - “Mick; the Real Michael Collins”
T. Ryle Dwyer - “The Squad”
John Joe Ambrose - “Seán Treacy”
Dan Breen - “My Fight for Irish Freedom”
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Main Sources:
Military Archives - www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie
Century Ireland - www.rte.ie/centuryireland
Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/
Atlas of the Irish Revolution
Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom”
Charles Townshend - "The Republic"
Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence”
Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble”
Photos:
Military Archives
NLI Flickr account
Wiki Commons
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Thank you this series history shud be getting taught promoted by education system. Our children don't know the lrish national anthem it doesn't get played or promoted. Our kids aren't been taught Catholic reglion cause the schools are multicultural today. Our government is teaching training the teachers diversity inclusive is way they are in our land so should integrate to our beliefs culture ways not use been tolerant to them our kids having international days to please the immigrants. We are ripped apart dieing as country cause we are totally been promoted as European we are lrish celts a little lsland were our own children are leaving as have done threw centuries cause the rulers elites land stole our wealth our burden us a death that means leaving for prosperity as the option. 👍☘🇮🇪Godbless🙏
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indeed
It's not true that collins had had no military experience because he was in the GPO in 1916. But would agree that he had limited military experience in battle.
The terroar was no good. Every household in Ireland should of just occupied everything that was being taken by the English and made it a thing to the point where it replaced their jobs because the looting and success would of been so good instead of having to take what the English do in lands that does not belong to them.