Joseph Aloysius Sweeney was an Irish politician and military commander. He fought in the Easter Rising in the GPO and was a member of the IRA during the war of independence. He later became Chief of S
Sweeney in 1929
St Enda's Students. Back Row: Joe Sweeney, Peter Butler, Augustine Geary. Front Row: Eunan Mc Ginley, Callaghan
Joe Sweeney, with other 1916 rebels, including Michael Collins and fellow Donegal connection and St Enda's pupil Eunan Mc Ginley (son of PT Mc Ginley), in Stafford Jail, England, c 1916
Entering UCD for the Treaty Debates, 1922. Phil Cosgrave, E. Duggan, J.J. Walsh, Joe Sweeney, and Dr JP McGinley.
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The Irish Free State, also known by its Irish name Saorstát Éireann, was the Irish state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921, initially as a Dominion. The treaty
Funeral procession of Michael Collins, Dublin, 1922
Irish Free State passport (holder's name removed)
Overprinted stamp
Poster promoting Irish Free State farm goods for breakfast to Canadians ("Irish Free State butter, eggs and bacon for our breakfasts")