Erskine Childers

2022 - 11 - 23

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Image courtesy of "An Phoblacht"

Dublin remembers executed Republicans (An Phoblacht)

Erskine Childers · Glasnevin, 20 November · The Republican Plot · Sharon Kelly (centre) relative of Peter Cassidy, one of the first four executed · Dessie Ellis TD.

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Image courtesy of "The Irish Times"

'My grandfather was in the firing party that shot Erskine Childers' (The Irish Times)

Fifteen men were selected for the firing squad, but only five had live ammunition. One of them was Samuel Edmonds, a British army veteran who had served with ...

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