The Irish Nation Lives

The Burning of the Custom House | May 1921

De Valera’s return from the United States saw a disagreement over the conduct of the War of Independence. He believed that the ambushes and assassinations were mere “pinpricks” and that to bring the British to the negotiating table they would need large propaganda spectacles. Months of planning eventually led to the attack on the Custom House; seen by some as the blow that broke the British military and by others as a disaster which almost destroyed the IRA. References: T. Ryle Dwyer - “The Squad” David McCullagh - “De Valera: Rise” Las Fallon - Burning the Custom House: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/custom-house-dublin-fire-brigade-5446490-May2021/ Oscar Traynor - BMH statement: https://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0340.pdf The Clock is Still Going - Custom House Commemoration: https://www.customhousecommemoration.com Photos from South Dublin Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/10599/11044, http://hdl.handle.net/10599/10625, http://hdl.handle.net/10599/10622 Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://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

The Poisonous Friendship of Collins and Brugha | Jan - Mar 1921

As the War of Independence approached its conclusion another conflict was taking shape; that between Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha. Most often Brugha is castigated as petty, bitter and jealous, trying to knock down the man who was single handedly fighting off the British. The reality is that Brugha was unnerved by the power Collins possessed, alongside his leadership of a shadowy, secret organisation... References: Tim Pat Coogan - “Michael Collins” Peter Hart - “Mick: The Real Michael Collins” Dolan and Murphy - “Michael Collins: The Man and the Revolution” Doherty and Keogh (editors) - “Michael Collins and the making of the Irish State” Dail Debates, 25 January 1921 - https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1921-01-25/8/ Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://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

De Valera in America Part 5 | Aug - Dec 1920

While de Valera had plans to remain on in the United States into 1921, his stay came to an end in December. By then he had moved against the Friends of Irish Freedom and created a new organisation, though he had left before it grew to over 700,000 members. He would leave as quietly has he had arrived, but he and the Irish Delegation had done much to promote Ireland's cause, as well as doing much to unbalance Irish-America. References: David McCullagh - “De Valera: Rise” Dave Hannigan - “De Valera in America” Eileen McGough - “Diarmuid Lynch: A Forgotten Irish Patriot” David Fitzpatrick - “Harry Boland’s Irish Revolution” Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNati... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnat... Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnation... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/t... Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maniacalinc Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://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

The Kilmichael Ambush | November 28th 1920

Two men are claimed to have been shot during the false surrender, not 3 as given here. The Kilmichael Ambush stands as one of the most famous actions of the War of Independence but remains shrouded in mystery. An audacious operation which boosted Republican morale and shocked the British government, debate continues over the false surrender alleged by Tom Barry and suggestions he had prisoners executed in cold blood. While the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, it continues to cause controversy 100 years on. If you are interested in purchasing any of the books used to research this episode, please consider using the affiliate links below to support the continued production of The Irish Nation Lives. References: Tom Barry - “Guerilla Days in Ireland” - https://amzn.to/2Jd2Cv9 D. M. Leeson - “The Black & Tans” - https://amzn.to/3fxHY4G Paul O’Brien - “Havoc” - https://amzn.to/2J7Crpf Meda Ryan - “Tom Barry” - https://amzn.to/2Jb0LXs W.H. Kautt - “Ambushes in the War of Independence” in “Atlas of the Irish Revolution” - https://amzn.to/3npOEFj From gunner to guerrilla - Tom Barry’s road to rebellion https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/from-gunner-to-guerrilla-tom-barry-s-road-to-rebellion-1.4192752 Distant Thunder - The Journal of the Irish Branches of The Western Front Association https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/media/9459/distant-thunder-issue-3.pdf Eve Morrison on the Kilmichael Ambush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVryG55kqs Kilmichael Revisited: Tom Barry and the ‘False Surrender’ https://www.academia.edu/40821390/Morrison_Kilmichael_Revisited_2012_ Letter: Insight into Peter Hart’s Methods https://www.southernstar.ie/news/letter-insight-into-peter-harts-methods-4144592 Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/ The Auxiliary Division - https://theauxiliaries.com/ Atlas of the Irish Revolution - https://amzn.to/3npOEFj Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom” - https://amzn.to/30Dtutx Charles Townshend - "The Republic" - https://amzn.to/33AJ0IC Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence” - https://amzn.to/2Sxif1l Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble” - https://amzn.to/2SFUiF7 Ronan Fanning - “Fatal Path” - https://amzn.to/3lmswKq Richard Abbott - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922” - https://amzn.to/3lmsMJo Photos: Military Archives NLI Flickr account Wiki Commons

Bloody Sunday | November 21st 1920

On the morning of the 21st of November 1920 teams of IRA men shot and killed British Intelligence agents throughout Dublin in a concentrated attack. Hours later British forces responded by entering a Gaelic Football match at Croke Park and firing into the crowd, resulting in the deaths of 14 civilians. Immortalized as Bloody Sunday, just one of a number of violent days in Irish history to be given the title, the events and those involved have become legendary, to the point of becoming myth. Who were the men who were shot dead that morning and what was “the Cairo Gang”? If you are interested in purchasing any of the books used to research this episode, please consider using the affiliate links below to support the continued production of The Irish Nation Lives. References: T. Ryle Dwyer - “The Squad” - https://amzn.to/36QZLQt Paul McMahon - “British Spies & Irish Rebels” - https://amzn.to/38UGIY4 Fergus O’Farrell - “Cathal Brugha” - https://amzn.to/2HdNU61 Anne Dolan, William Murphy - “Michael Collins” - https://amzn.to/2HdVgqh Truth, Lies & Revenge: The Squad, ASU, GHQ Intelligence - and More https://www.customhousecommemoration.com/2017/10/14/truth-lies-revenge-the-squad-asu-and-the-intelligence-office-and-more-custom-house-burning/ Killing and Bloody Sunday, November 1920 http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/57090/Killing%20and%20Bloody%20Sunday,%20November%201920.pdf?sequence=1 Seán Russell and the IRA https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/07/02/the-only-irishman-that-was-incorruptible-sean-russell-and-the-ira-part-one-1893-1930/#.X7VbpWj7SUl British Intelligence in Ireland http://www.bloodysunday.co.uk/ Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/ The Auxiliary Division - https://theauxiliaries.com/ Atlas of the Irish Revolution - https://amzn.to/3npOEFj Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom” - https://amzn.to/30Dtutx Charles Townshend - "The Republic" - https://amzn.to/33AJ0IC Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence” - https://amzn.to/2Sxif1l Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble” - https://amzn.to/2SFUiF7 Ronan Fanning - “Fatal Path” - https://amzn.to/3lmswKq Richard Abbott - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922” - https://amzn.to/3lmsMJo Photos: Military Archives NLI Flickr account Wiki Commons