The Clock Is Still Going

Commemorating the Attack & Burning of the Dublin Custom House 25th May 1921

Pat Moynihan – Collins Man of Many Talents

Pat Moynihan – Collins Man of Many Talents

Pat Moynihan in civvies surrounded by Sam Robinson, Tom Kehoe, Specky Griffin, Jim Slattery and Joe Dolan of the Squad ....

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Peter Ratcliffe – ASU Man of Many Names

Peter Ratcliffe – ASU Man of Many Names

His surname may have appeared several ways, but Peter Ratcliffe was a Dubliner and member of the same IRA Company ....

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Pat McGlynn – High Cost of Custom House Attack

Pat McGlynn – High Cost of Custom House Attack

An Intelligence Officer with Dublin Brigade, Patrick McGlynn’s severe wound at the Burning went unreported in the press or IRA ....

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Civil War Roll of Honour – Custom House Men

Civil War Roll of Honour – Custom House Men

Sadly not all the men involved in the Custom House attack survived the conflict during 1922-1923. To the best of ....

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Sam Robinson – A Sporting Squad Man

Sam Robinson – A Sporting Squad Man

This will be a short article as there are two excellent sources already in existence and linked to below. Jeremiah ‘Sam’ ....

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Gerry Hughes – Lost His Only Brother in the Civil War

Gerry Hughes – Lost His Only Brother in the Civil War

A Dubliner from a relatively well-to-do family, Gerald Hughes joined the Volunteers. He took part in the Burning of the ....

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Volunteer or Unlucky Civilian? Peter Leddy

Volunteer or Unlucky Civilian? Peter Leddy

Full Name: Peter Joseph Leddy, known as Joseph. Address: 14 Upper Buckingham Street. Unit: Claimed to have been in B Coy, 2nd ....

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Paddy Moore – Soccer Player and ‘Mutineer’ Man?

Paddy Moore – Soccer Player and ‘Mutineer’ Man?

Out in 1916 as a thirteen-year-old and a fighter in the War of Independence, Paddy Moore was captured at the ....

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James J. Doyle – ASU Veteran of Mount Street Bridge 1916

James J. Doyle – ASU Veteran of Mount Street Bridge 1916

Wicklow-man Jimmy Doyle survived the carnage in Clanwilliam House and the explosion of his rifle during the Easter Rising. He ....

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