This will be a short article as there are two excellent sources already in existence and linked to below.Jeremiah ‘Sam’ Robinson was an inner-city Dub accepted into the Squad as a teenager. He spent six months in Kilmainham Gaol after the Custom House attack. Already a good soccer player from his early years, he showed more sporting prowess while interned. Himself and John Muldowney reached the final of a prisoners’ handball tournament on 24 August 1921. Unfortunately they were runners-up to Tom Kehoe and Frank Brennan.Civil War times. Sam, back left, with Tom Kehoe, Specky Griffin and seated, Jim Slattery, Pat Moynihan and Joe Dolan (Military Archives IE-MA-ACPS-GPN-042).He was later a Captain in the National Army and worked in civilian ...
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