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Certain amount of talk on the 'Belfast Pogrom' lately - that is violence, disproportionately ag. Catholics there from 1920-22. Most intense period was spring 1922. Want to tweet a little
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So it is now alleged that Sean MacStiofain, founding Provisional and IRA Chief of Staff, was an informant of the Garda Special Branch. Amazing. A few tweets on this.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ira-chief-of-staff-tipped-off-gard
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Whisper it softly, but Oliver Cromwell and his role in Irish history is actually not understood very well at all in Ireland. The best summing up is in John Cunningham's
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Currently working on article on Civil War (1922-23) casualties in Co Limerick. In the meantime we've previously had three articles on CW casualties in Dublin, Tipperary and Cork. Will post
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