RTÉ History Show - Irish War of Independence - The IRA at War

Historians Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, John Borgonovo, Liz Gillis, Paul O'Brien and Las Fallon join Myles Dungan to discuss some of the major military operations of the conflict.
Image shows the assassination of Henry Wilson in 1922 (Credit: Bibliotheque nationale de France)
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God Bless Éireann.☘🇮🇪

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Everyone should read Tom Barry's book

[@ohno2112]

DeValera blew it

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what attack is in that sketch

[@michaelmcmullan2300]

More blarney

[@michaelgallagher5852]

There were two anglos British ex-British soldiers there who fought in the first world war field marshall Willson was got killed by two London's? Willson was British Irish from Longford their say he wasn't orange or Green! But Kitchener was anglo Irish as part English or English saint he was from co Kerry.

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Well done the Dublin fire brigade job well done

[@celticlofts]

You're asking some "historian" whether he agrees with the account of a man who was there? WTF - Typical RTE trying to rewrite history.

[@michaelshanahan4042]

I would think that back then a island of the main land of the Europe. Cut off from Europe you could not fly anything in back then and Britain rolled the waves i can see why getting arms and amo was difficult.they did really well considering