Frank Aiken
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Francis Thomas Aiken was an Irish revolutionary and politician. He was chief of staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA at the end of the Irish Civil War. Aiken later served as Tánaiste from 1965 to 1969 and Min
Aiken in 1944
A poster displaying the members of De Valera's 1932 government cabinet, in which Aiken served as Minister for Defence
Wreath-laying ceremony at Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford in 1963. Pictured are: US President John F. Kennedy, Mayor of Wexford Thomas Burne, Minister of External Affairs of Ireland Frank Aiken, US Ambassador to Ireland Matthew McCloskey (r), Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard
Photograph of Frank Aiken and Maud Davin, taken upon the announcement of their engagement in August 1934
Moss Twomey
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Maurice Twomey was an Irish republican and the longest serving chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army.
During the 1932 election Cumann na nGaedheal attempted to use red scare tactics by linking Fianna Fáil to the IRA, and the IRA to Stalinism.