Aodh de Blácam
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Harold Saunders Blackham was an English-born Irish author, journalist, and editor. He was associated with 20th century Irish nationalism through movements such as Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and Clann na P
Aodh de Blacam
De Blácam was a high-ranking member of Fianna Fáil for 20 years and was particularly enamoured with the vision of Éamon de Valera for Ireland
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that carried on a number of violent campaigns between 1922 and 1969, in pursuit of a 32-county Irish republic. It arose from
Aodh de Blácam
…frequently cited de Blácam's works as proof of the infeasibility of Sinn Féin's aims. De Blácam opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and subsequently aided the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War. For this he was interned by the newly created Irish Free State in 1922. Following his release, de Blácam would continue to…
An Anti-Treaty IRA unit in Old Parish, County Waterford, c. 1922.
Liam Lynch was the first Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA. He died during the Irish Civil War.
Mick Mansfield, Staff Engineer, Waterford Brigade, 1922.
Memorial to anti-Treaty insurgents executed by Free State forces at Ballyseedy, County Kerry, designed by Yann Goulet.