The Military Archives have released their most recent set of pension files today including documents shedding light on the activities of the IRA, Cumann na mBan and Fianna Éireann. While they primarily relate to the years 1916 to 1923, there is a wealth of information buried within them relating to later periods of equally significantContinue reading “New IRA pension files released today”
Tag Archives: Stephen Hayes
For Not One Of Which Were The Perpetrators Ever Made Amenable To The British Courts Here
A series of ongoing campaigns are trying to force the British government to fully resolve the issues raised by a significant number of killings under both the unionist Stormont regime and direct rule. Many people seem to infer that these issues should really be set aside as the circumstances of the killings were somehow peculiarContinue reading “For Not One Of Which Were The Perpetrators Ever Made Amenable To The British Courts Here”
The Annie Farrelly Papers
Interesting post by Fiona Hughes on the Annie Farrelly papers held in the National Library. One item of particular note is the confession by Stephen Hayes, which appears to be the working copy transcribed by Pearse Kelly. You can read more about it here.
The Great Escape: Derry, 1943
On the 20th March 1943 the IRA staged a mass escape through a tunnel from Derry Jail. The escape was one of a series of high profile actions by the IRA in the north in the first half of 1943. The escape itself is well covered by an episode of the TG4 series, Ealú: ToContinue reading “The Great Escape: Derry, 1943”
The IRA’s ‘Northern Campaign’
Did the IRA mount a ‘northern campaign’ in 1942-43? According to some historians the IRA began a campaign against the northern government in 1942, which most call the ‘Northern Campaign’. Oddly, though, there is no evidence to suggest that the IRA ever formally began such a campaign. In early 1942, under Sean McCool then EoinContinue reading “The IRA’s ‘Northern Campaign’”
Interned for the ‘duration of the war’
Nine months before the outbreak of the second world war, and a month before the IRA’s own Bombing Campaign began in Britain, the unionist government once again began interning republicans in Belfast in 1938. Some were to be held until 1945, without trial or charges. On 22nd December 1938, the RUC carried out a seriesContinue reading “Interned for the ‘duration of the war’”
The Treason Felony Blog 