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Upcoming Events
DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING
TUESDAY JANUARY 10TH 7p ST. MICHAEL'S
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An earlier communication had the date at 9th, apologies!
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2023 calendar hadn't been calibrated in my head.
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100 Years Ago This Week In The Irish Civil War
29 December The body of a man John Phelan is found in Castlebellingham, with the notice 'Convicted spy, IRA' pinned on him, he had pointed out houses of anti-Treatyites to Free State forces which were subsequently burnt.
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4 January A column of 65 Anti-Treaty fighters from Cork and Kerry IRA units, under Tom Barry, attacks Millstreet, Cork, under cover of darkness. They use 12 machine guns and take three National Army posts in the town, taking 39 prisoners and capturing one Lewis gun and 35 rifles. However they fail to take the main post in the Town Hall, held by 23 Free State soldiers. They withdraw after several hours – one party to Ballyvourney in Cork and the other to the Pap mountains in Kerry. Two Free State soldiers are killed and several more wounded.
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Pro-Treaty/Free State/National Army/Regulars
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Anti-Treaty/IRA/Republican/Irregulars/Volunteers
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In Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity,
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