The War of Independence enters a new phase | Jan - Apr 1920 - Episode 23
Throughout the War of Independence is said to have begun on the 21st of January 1919 just 15 RIC and DMP officers would be killed by the IRA over the next year. IRA General Headquarters in Dublin remained silent, refusing to sanction attacks and privately denouncing the likes of Tipperary’s Big Four for their escapades. The suppression of Sinn Féin and Dáil Éireann, as well as the arrival of British ex-servicemen to reinforce the RIC, changed matters in early 1920. From January attacks on barracks were sanctioned with the aim of seizing weapons and destroying the buildings, marking a new phase in the War of Independence and its true beginning according to the likes of Richard Mulcahy. This phase of barrack attacks would be short lived however, as soon the Black and Tans would help reinforce the remaining ones to a level the IRA could not attack, prompting another change in tactics.
References:
T. Ryle Dwyer - “The Squad”
Tim Pat Coogan - “Michael Collins”
Peter Hart - “The IRA at War 1916 - 1923”
Ireland’s Wars: The Carrigtwohill Barracks Attack - neverfeltbetter.wordpress.com...
Capture of Carrigtwohill RIC Barracks - homepage.eircom.net/~corkcount...
Cobh prepares to rise - cobh1916.wordpress.com/the-hi...
Attacks on police barracks extend to Ulster - www.rte.ie/centuryireland/ind...
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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”
Richard Abbot - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922”
Photos:
Military Archives
NLI Flickr account
Wiki Commons
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Proud of my grandfather! Who was involved as a member of the East Clare flying column!
Excellent work. Loving the series.
@TheIrishNationLives
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Best wishes and good health to everybody in these difficult times. There would have been plans to commemorate many of the barrack attacks mentioned in this episode but these have had to be cancelled due to the covid-19 virus. A massively reduced commemoration for the death of Tomás MacCurtain was held a few days ago, attended only by the current Lord Mayor, a member of his family, a piper and the bare minimum of media. This is a difficult time to live through but tougher men and women then us have seen tougher days and I hope we can play our part in minimizing the viruses spread and getting through this together.
Great videos, please keep them coming
@TheIrishNationLives
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them, thanks for checking out the channel
Another blinder James. Look after yourself buddy, we can't lose you. God Bless Ireland
@TheIrishNationLives
4 жыл бұрын
Ha, thanks very much! Best wishes to you too, stay safe.
Excellent
Question for you: Where did they get all the Gelignite from for the attacks? I would have thought it would have been a controlled substance
@TheIrishNationLives
4 жыл бұрын
Great question. Most of it was taken from raids on quarries. Often the men working there were members of the IRA or it was taken in raids similar to Soloheadbeg where 160lbs was captured. It would have been taken on raids of RIC barracks as well as it was often stored their for safety. 4,000 detonator caps were found in an ambush on an RIC patrol in April of 1920.
@tommercury3349
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Most from Liverpool and Scotland