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Occupying Istanbul – Photograph album of Lt Andrew J. Horne, 1923 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Occupying Istanbul Photograph album of Lt Andrew J. Horne, 1923. November 9, 2014. The last post on the blog looked at the experience of two Dublin brothers Thomas and Joseph McEnroe. Another image shows the railway station building at Haider Pasha on the Asian side on the city, underneath which is written ‘bombed and set on fire by our aeroplanes ...
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The IRA ‘Big Gun’ and the Death of Matt Furlong, 1920 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. The IRA ‘Big Gun’ and the Death of Matt Furlong, 1920. May 17, 2015. The story of this mortar is an interesting insight into the making of improvised munitions during the War of Independence, but it is also a tragedy which led to the death of Matthew Furlong. During mid 1920 it had been decided that there was a need for a portable heavy gun to aid ...
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Bicycle Pump, The Battle of Ashbourne, 1916 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Bicycle Pump, The Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. April 17, 2013. Royal Irish Constabulary Casualties. RIC County Inspector Alexander Gray, injured at the Battle of Ashbourne and later died of his wounds on 10th May. Shot by Volunteer Frank Lawless. Aged 57, he had served for 33 years and 5 months. RIC Constable James Cleary, No. 64900. Aged 28,...John ...
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November « 2014 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Monthly Archives: November 2014. Occupying Istanbul Photograph album of Lt Andrew J. Horne, 1923. November 9, 2014. The last post on the blog looked at the experience of two Dublin brothers Thomas and Joseph McEnroe. Another image shows the railway station building at Haider Pasha on the Asian side on the city, underneath which is written ‘bombed a...
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May « 2015 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Monthly Archives: May 2015. The IRA ‘Big Gun’ and the Death of Matt Furlong, 1920. May 17, 2015. The story of this mortar is an interesting insight into the making of improvised munitions during the War of Independence, but it is also a tragedy which led to the death of Matthew Furlong. During mid 1920 it had been decided that there was a need for ...
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Irish Citizen Army (and James Larkin) at Croydon Park, 1914 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Irish Citizen Army (and James Larkin) at Croydon Park, 1914. January 21, 2015. The Irish Citizen Army was formed as a workers’ militia to protect people in the aftermath of the August 31. April 1914, so this photograph was taken on or after that date. The presence of James Larkin in the second version of the ICA at Croydon Park photograph also ...
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May « 2014 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Monthly Archives: May 2014. De Valera’s ‘Last Letter’, Kilmainham, May 1916. May 18, 2014. May, sentenced to death and transferred to Kilmainham Gaol, which, though it had been closed as a prison since 1910, was now in use by the British Military as a detention centre for military prisoners. They were executed on the 3. May in the copy). He wri...
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March « 2014 « The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland
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The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Objects from the Historical Collections of the National Museum of Ireland. About The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland. Monthly Archives: March 2014. Irish Volunteer Tunic, The Surrender at Jacob’s Factory, 1916 Rising. March 2, 2014. During the week of the Easter Rising the site of Jacob’s Biscuit Factory on Bishop Street was occupied by up to 150 Irish Volunteers, Fianna Éireann and Cumann na mBan, led by Thomas MacDonagh, John McBride and Michael O’Hanrahan.