Irish Revolutionaries @IrishRevolutio2

Get An Uncensored View Of Irish Revolutionary History. #IrishRevolutionaries irishrevolutionaries.com Dublin City, Ireland Joined August 2018

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The 1798 Rebellion, 225th Aniversary✊🇮🇪 On May 23rd 1798 the largest rebellion in Irish Republican history began. The initial plan (due to take place on May 23rd) was to take Dublin, with the counties bordering Dublin to rise in support and preve… instagr.am/p/CsksidQIGk-/

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Remembering Vol Martin "Doco" Doherty✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary was shot dead by Loyalists at The Widow Scallan's Pub, Pearse Street, Dublin, on May 21st 1994 Martin "Doco" Doherty was born on July 11th 1958 in the Finglas area of Dublin, into a f… instagr.am/p/CsgT2nMoiRr/

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Remembering Patsy O'Hara✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary died on hunger strike in Long Kesh, on May 21st 1981. Patsy O’Hara was born on July 11th, 1957 at Bishop Street in Derry City. His parents owned a small public house and grocery shop above which t… instagr.am/p/Csf1qe4IPCZ/

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Remembering Ray McCreesh✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary died on hunger strike in Long Kesh, on May 21st 1981. Raymond Peter McCreesh, the seventh in a family of eight children, was born in St Malachy's Park, Camlough, on February 25th 1957. He was born… instagr.am/p/CsfuX7AIjrf/

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Remembering Erin's Hope✊🇮🇪 The Fenian ship Erin's Hope arrives in Ireland on May 20th 1867. The New-York based Fenian Brotherhood had decided to send the ship following its long-standing commitment to providing military aid to Ireland. The brothe… instagr.am/p/CsdNO3tIoP-/

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Remembering The Kilmeena Ambush🏴 The IRA in west Mayo was relatively quiet until January 1921, when Michael Kilroy, took over command of the Brigade after Tom Derrig was arrested by the RIC, Kilroy formed a relatively large flying column of 40–50 m… instagr.am/p/Csag4bKoprK/

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On May 19th 1798, Lord Edward Fitzgerald Was Arrested. On May 9th 1798 a reward of £1,000 was offered by Dublin Castle for his apprehension. Since the arrests at Bond's, FitzGerald had been in hiding but had twice visited his wife in disguise and was … instagr.am/p/CsaaFnqoNIL/

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The Wind That Shakes The Barley Premiered At The Cannes Film Festival On May 18th 2006. The 2006 war drama film directed by Ken Loach, was set during the Tan War (1919–1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923). Written by long-time Loach collaborator … instagr.am/reel/CsX7GG9Ab…

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Remembering Seán Mac Stíofáin✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary died on this day in 2001. Although he used the Gaelicised version of his name in later life, Mac Stíofáin was born John Edward Drayton Stephenson in Leytonstone, London, in 1928. His childho… instagr.am/p/CsX0JWzIn0n/

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Remembering The Dublin & Monaghan Bombings🏴 On May 17th 1974 MI5 with the assistance of members of the UVF detonated four bombs in Dublin & Monaghan, killing 34 people. The bombings were carried out to put pressure on the Irish Government to take a… instagr.am/p/CsVa439otlk/

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On May 17th 1918, Sinn Féin leaders were arrested over an alleged ‘German plot’. Article From Century Ireland Dated May 18th 1918: "Dublin, 18 May 1918 - In a dramatic midnight swoop, police and military authorities have arrested leading members of the… instagr.am/p/CsVTmDXoUh9/

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Remembering Joseph Holt✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary died on this day in 1826. During the 1798 Rebellion, Joseph Holt was so enterprising a military commander that he gathered an army of 10,000 men behind him, a significant proportion of whom were de… instagr.am/p/CsSwbAvIuM9/

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The film Hunger premiered at the Cannes film festival on May 15th 2008. Directed by Steve McQueen the film stars Irish actor Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands as he struggles against the Gaol screws while on hunger strike in Long Kesh. According to man… instagr.am/reel/CsQdxHIAG…

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Funeral of Francis Hughes🏴 On May 16th 1981 thousands of people paid their last respects to Oglach Francis Hughes in Bellaghy Co Derry. Earlier that day the RUC had hijacked his funeral cortege to prevent it from passing through West Belfast on it… instagr.am/reel/CsQWK4lgs…

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Remembering Billy Reid✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary was killed in a gun battle with crown forces on May 15th 1971. The Ballad Of Billy Reid: I'll sing You a song of a terrible wrong When the flag it flew at half mast When a man he lay dead was riddl… instagr.am/p/CsQPCviIMJa/

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Remembering The Mountjoy Gaol Break Of May 14th 1921✊🇮🇪 On May 14th 1921, an IRA team led by Paddy Daly and Emmet Dalton mounted an attempt to rescue Sean McEoin from Mountjoy Gaol. Following the escape of Ernie O'Malley and others on February 14th… instagr.am/p/CsNxp8GIY4o/

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Remembering Joe Brady✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary was hanged in Mountjoy Gaol on May 14th 1883. Brady was part of the ‘Invincibles’ who assassinated Lord Cavendish and Thomas Burke in The Phoenix Park Dublin. Ballad of Joe Brady: I am a bold un… instagr.am/p/CsNoB2Po1Ib/

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Remembering Peadar O'Donnell✊🇮🇪 The Irish Revolutionary died on this day in 1986. Peadar O'Donnell was born into an Irish-speaking family in Meenmore, near Dungloe, County Donegal in 1893. Peadar was the fifth son of James O'Donnell, a kiln worker… instagr.am/p/CsLcpAnIW6j/

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Remembering the Knocklong Rescue✊🇮🇪 On May 13th 1919, IRA Vol Seán Hogan was rescued by his comrades at Knocklong train station in Limerick. The Soloheadbeg ambush on January 21st 1919 meant that the IRA Vols of the 2nd Tipperary Brigade who took p… instagr.am/p/CsLJw-DIK9a/

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Remembering The Knockanure Executions On May 12th 1921 a troop of Black and Tans were travelling out from Listowel towards Athea when they arrested four young unarmed men in Gortaglanna. Paddy Dalton, Con Dee, Jerry Lyons and Paddy Walsh, active volun… instagr.am/p/CsJtbJnI08p/