Tue 21 Nov 2006
In Memory of Brave Men Fallen 86 Years Ago
Posted by gremlin under Ireland
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Today 86 years ago in 1920 14 brave men in Imperial service were brutally murdered – some in front of their wives – by scum that were the Al-Qaeda of their day; Scum who had no regard for law, mankind and God. Who killed unarmed men because they were too scared to take them on face-to-face as armed equals.
The brave murdered men were:
At 28 Pembroke Street Dublin. Major Dowling, Captain Leonard Price, Captain Keenlyside, Colonel Woodcock and Colonel Montgomery. Their muderers include: Andy Cooney, Mick O’Hanlon, Mick Flanagan.
At 119 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin: Lieutenant Donald Lewis MacLean; Vilely Murdered by Vinnie Byrne and Seán Doyle.
At 92 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin: Captain Newbury. Murdered by Bill Stapleton, Joe Leonard and others.
At 38 Upper Mount Street, Dublin. Colonel Peter Ashmunt Aimes ,Captain George Bennett. Murderers unknown.
At 28 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin: Captain Fitzgerald by Murderers unknown.
At 22 Lower Mount Street Dublin: Lieutenant Angliss, real name McMahon. Murdered by Tom Keogh amongst others.
At 119 Baggot Street, Dublin: Captain Bagally; Murdered by a three-men, one of whom was a future Taoiseach, Seán Lemass.
At the Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin: Captain McCormack and Captain Wilde.
Gentlemen rest in peace and may the Lord have mercy on your souls and for whom the following prayer is apt:
Almighty God, grant us thy gift of loyalty. For our homes, give us love and obedience; for our country, sacrifice and service; for our Church, reverence and devotion; and in everything make us true to thee; through thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Today 86 years ago in 1920 14 brave men in Imperial service were brutally murdered – some in front of their wives – by scum that were the Al-Qaeda of their day; Scum who had no regard for law, mankind and God. Who killed unarmed men because they were too scared to take them on face-to-face as armed equals.
To call these men scum and compare them to al qaeda is a joke, tell me this what country where these men murdered in? and what RIGHT did these men have on being in that country?
1. Murdered – some in front of there wives.
True, however the fact that there wives were not harmed showed these men were not malicious. in fact at one the Lieutenant Donald Lewis MacLean was taken to the roof of his home so as not to be shot in front of his wife.
2. Scum who had no regard for law
Of course not you idiot, who in there right mind would obey a law that was imposed by foreign invaders?
i could go on and on but I wont.. just read the following (which is the retaliation by the english)
Dublin were scheduled to play Tipperary on November 21st, 1920. On the night before the match the leader of the Irish revolutionary forces Michael Collins had ordered the assassination of the “Cairo Gang”, 14 British intelligence officers sent to infiltrate his organisation under the guise of commercial travellers. In revenge, one of the British auxiliaries involved in the operation recalled that they tossed a coin over whether they would go on a killing spree in Croke Park or loot O’Connell Street instead.
Despite the unease in the city on the morning of November 21st, some 10,000 spectators went to Croke Park for the match.
The ball was thrown in by referee Mick Sammon from Kildare at 2.45 pm. Shortly afterwards an airplane flew over the ground and a red flare was shot from the cockpit. Black and Tans then raided the ground and an officer on top of the wall fired a revolver shot.
The crowd thought at first they were firing blanks but then machine gunfire was fired in increasing volume. The crowd stampeded towards the Railway wall, furthest from the gunfire.
Two of the players, Michael Hogan and Jim Egan, failed to make it off the pitch. A young Wexford man who attempted to whisper an act of contrition into the dying Hogan’s ear was also shot dead.
The casualties included Jeannie Boyle, who had gone to the match with her fiancee and was due to be married five days later, and 14-year-old John Scott, so mutilated that they thought he had been bayoneted to death. Another two victims were aged 10 and 11 respectively.
The ball was thrown in by referee Mick Sammon from Kildare at 2.45 pm. Shortly afterwards an airplane flew over the ground and a red flare was shot from the cockpit. Black and Tans then raided the ground and an officer on top of the wall fired a revolver shot.
The crowd thought at first they were firing blanks but then machine gunfire was fired in increasing volume. The crowd stampeded towards the Railway wall, furthest from the gunfire.
Two of the players, Michael Hogan and Jim Egan, failed to make it off the pitch. A young Wexford man who attempted to whisper an act of contrition into the dying Hogan’s ear was also shot dead.
The casualties included Jeannie Boyle, who had gone to the match with her fiancee and was due to be married five days later, and 14-year-old John Scott, so mutilated that they thought he had been bayoneted to death. Another two victims were aged 10 and 11 respectively.
I think you said it best Gary Leeson…………………………..
“scum that were the Al-Qaeda of their day; Scum who had no regard for law, mankind and God. Who killed unarmed men because they were too scared to take them on face-to-face as armed equals”
Zach
well said zach well said, this gut obviouslt doesnt research what he writes in his website, pure ignorance on his part
I know my Irish History as well as any Irishman – although probably not as blinkered with “patriotic” zeal.
And onto some of your points (more in a latter post when I am less tired):
1) Whose country was it – well both sides actually since Ireland was part of Great Britian at the time because of the act of union. One side wanted to break the union, the other side to keep ireland within the union; and even before the act of union Ireland was never really a “united” country; more like a collection of petty kingdoms. Brian Boru’s “unified” Ireland never really existed.
2) As to the croker incident, no arguments there. The Black-and-Tans and the Auxillaries were just as bad as the IRA; a complete bunch of Thugs and murderers.
3) What about the pregnant wife who saw her husband killed – a few days latter she mis-carried because of what see saw; Even in modern “catholic” Ireland that can be considered a sin.
I could go on, but the night is late and I have an early start tomorrow.