The above photo was published in Ray Quinn’s history of the IRA in Belfast after 1924, A Rebel Voice. It is a group photo of Joe McKelvey GAC including some of the playing staff. The photo isn’t dated but two individuals are identified, Jimmy Steele in the front row and Joe Hanna in the backContinue reading “Photo of McKelveys GAC”
Category Archives: 1920s
Belfast Brigade IRA members, 1921-22.
Here are some lists of the members of individual companies of the IRA in Belfast on two specific dates in 1921 and 1922 (transcribed from documents at the Military Archives). There some discussion of the lists at the end of this post. The lists were compiled in the mid-1930s and are based on the memory ofContinue reading “Belfast Brigade IRA members, 1921-22.”
Fianna Éireann in Belfast, 1917-24.
This article takes a look at Fianna Éireann in Belfast in the period after the Easter Rising in 1916, through to 1923-24 when the organisation more or less collapsed. It includes a list of members of the 1st Battalion, Belfast Brigade, for 1921 and more detailed accounts of the north Belfast companies (in 2nd battalion). It alsoContinue reading “Fianna Éireann in Belfast, 1917-24.”
List of O/Cs of Belfast IRA, 1924-69.
The following is a draft list of the officers commanding the IRA’s Belfast battalion (the name normally given to its structures in the city) from 1924 to 1969. The list is based on a variety of sources. There are gaps and may well be omissions since those listed are those named in accounts of differentContinue reading “List of O/Cs of Belfast IRA, 1924-69.”
Some possible additions to the @IELeftArchive timeline of the Irish Left
The following are some suggested omissions from the Irish Left Archives twentieth century timeline of the Irish Left. The groups below appear to be consistent with those included in the timeline and are in no particular order here. Irish Citizens Army: Roddy Connolly had wanted to form a Workers Defence Corps in 1929 (the organisation was proscribed inContinue reading “Some possible additions to the @IELeftArchive timeline of the Irish Left”
The banning of An Phoblacht, January 1926.
On 7th January 1926 the northern government made possession of An Phoblacht an offence under Regulation 26 of the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act. The dual purpose of censorship and criminalisation was to provide the northern government with a recurring method of repressing political opposition, starting as soon as An Phoblacht was banned. The publication of An Phoblacht had started again from JuneContinue reading “The banning of An Phoblacht, January 1926.”
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