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Commemorating the Attack & Burning of the Dublin Custom House 25th May 1921
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No Country for…. Richard Downes – in James Connolly’s footsteps
Posted on 12th December, 2020
Books and articles have been written about many Old IRA personalities. But uniquely a 2004 novel used the former address ....
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No Country for…. Bob Halpin – A String of Second Chances
Posted on 28th November, 2020
Of the Custom House Men who left these shores, Robert Halpin settled far from his fellow Old IRA emigres, in ....
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Paddy Harold – A Rebel at the Burning
Posted on 14th November, 2020
Funny how small the world can be. Details of life after the Burning and the ultimate fate of this Custom ....
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No Country for…. Michael Duggan – Leave Ireland or Die!
Posted on 27th October, 2020
The lads in 500 NCR gave Michael an inscribed gold pocket watch when he had to leave Ireland in 1927. ....
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Volunteers or Unlucky Civilians? Part 2 – James Angleton
Posted on 26th October, 2020
We have not established definite Old IRA connections for six of the men arrested at the Custom House and interned ....
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Volunteers or Unlucky Civilians? Part 1 – William Adderley
Posted on 14th October, 2020
We have not established definite Old IRA connections for six of the men arrested at the Custom House and interned ....
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No Country for…. Frankie Freyne
Posted on 4th August, 2020
You won’t find his name in the records of Kilmainham Gaol in 1921, or Portlaoise Jail later. But he was ....
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No Country for…. Peter O’Brien
Posted on 2nd July, 2020
This is the story of one man’s tough journey from the Workhouse to the Custom House; and ultimately to his ....
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Custom House Prisoner Insights – Part 1: Where they came from
Posted on 1st July, 2020
How much is really known about the Lads involved in the Burning? Some Readers related to individuals have family memories and ....
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