From Sevastopol Street to Soloheadbeg: Séumas Robinson and the Irish Revolution
The Soloheadbeg Ambush was and remains a controversial action. Over the years—indeed over the last few days and no doubt in the days ahead—much debate and discussion has taken place and will continue. The motives, and ultimately the ethics of the ambush, are usually the focus. The following blog examines what happened. I have looked …
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Almost one hundred years ago, about midday on Tuesday 21 January 1919 Paddy O’Dwyer cycled furiously along the Donohill Road towards Soloheadbeg Quarry in South Tipperary. It was bitterly cold and raining, but his exertions on the bicycle had insulated him from the worst excesses of the winter weather. He was on high alert, adrenaline …
Continue reading “Setting the Scene: From Sevastopol Street to Soloheadbeg”
Séumas Robinson and the Irish Revolution In my mind there lurks…a conception (deception?), a perception, an inception that the following agglomeration of reminiscences will be “My Last Will and Testament”. Séumas Robinson Welcome to this blog on the role that Séumas Robinson played in the Irish Revolution 1916-1923. I am absolutely delighted to have …
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