Richard Barrett, commonly called Dick Barrett, was a prominent Irish Republican Army officer who fought in the War of Independence and on the Anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War. He was assistant
Liam Lynch with some of his divisional staff and officers of the brigades including the 1st Southern Division who attended as delegates to the Anti-treaty Army Convention at the Mansion House, Dublin on 9 April 1922. Barrett is second from the right in the third row back.
Richard Barrett, IRA, page 1 of letter written prior to execution, 1922
Richard Barrett, IRA, page 2 of letter written prior to execution, 1922
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William Joseph Mellows was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician. Born in England to an English father and Irish mother, he grew up in Ashton-under-Lyne before moving to Ireland, being raised i
Mellows c. 1920s
Mellows in uniform
Liam Mellows Gravestone unveiled in 2016
British Army military intelligence file for William Mellowes