This head of IRA intelligence helped future PM Eamon De Valera escape from jail in 1919
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Next The greatest escape from Lincoln Prison - The Lincolnite  Mar 14, 2013 ... That is, except for the case of Eamon de Valera, the Irish dissident and ... who managed to escape to freedom in 1919 in a famous incident which ... began formulating his escape with the help of fellow prisoners John Milroy...
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Michael Collins (Irish leader) - Wikipedia  Michael Collins was a soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the struggle for Irish .... An organiser of considerable intelligence, Collins had become highly ... amon de Valera, another veteran of 1916, stood for the presidency of Sinn ... In January 1919 the Dil ratified the Irish Republican Army's (IRA) claim to be...
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Michael Collins: A Man Against an Empire | HistoryNet  The previous December, Collins had helped negotiate a treaty in which Britain, ... who had been the IRA's director of intelligence and who was now the commander in ... In October 1917, Eamon de Valera, the senior surviving leader from the ... and on February 3, 1919, Collins personally participated in de Valera's escape.
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Michael Collins | Irish statesman | Britannica.com  Their elected president, Eamon de Valera, and vice president, Arthur Griffith, were ... for de Valera's escape from Lincoln jail (February 1919), minister of finance. It was as director of intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), however, that he ... Collins's persuasiveness helped win acceptance for the treaty by a small...
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Eamon de Valera's escape from Lincoln Prison | Erik Grigg ...  'Eamon de Valera's escape from Lincoln Prison' 2011 Lincolnshire Past ... escape from Lincoln Prison On the 3rd of February 1919 amon de Valera ... he himself was head of the Irish government for over two decades (1932-48, ... Michael Collins (the director of IRA intelligence) had warned him and other .... Help Center.
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October | 2015 | Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital ...  Oct 26, 2015 ... Switzer and invited him to visit  obviously to seek a cure. ... during the 1880s and '90s the Dahlia was used by the U.S. Lifesaving Service to carry ...... the presidency in 1920  the only candidate ever to run a campaign from a jail cell. ... President Harding commuted his sentence, effective Christmas Day.
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Fenian Brotherhood - Wikipedia  The Fenian Brotherhood (Irish: Brithreachas na bhFnn) was an Irish republican organisation ... Following the collapse of the rebellion, the British Prime Minister William Pitt ... of revolution, had been arrested early in 1848 and transported to Australia on .... At this convention a second invasion of Canada was conceived.
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Cage Eleven: Writings from Prison by Gerry Adams  Reviews ...  Long before he became President of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams was a ... Long Kesh prison - without charge or trial - during the 1970s for his political activities. ... More Details. ... the Irish Catholics plight in Northern Ireland by describing his time in prison. .... From the late 1980s onwards, Adams has been an important figure in...
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Escape From Alcatraz! 7 Things You Didn't Know About The Prison ...  Mar 22, 2013 ... Once home to the most notorious criminals in history including Al Capone, Robert Birdman of Alcatraz Stroud, George Machine Gun ... security federal penitentiary finally closed its steel doors on March 21, 1963, after 29 ... after his escape, only to be arrested by the Presidio police and returned to his cell.
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James Connolly - Wikipedia  James Connolly was an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World. He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading .... When the Easter Rising occurred on 24 April 1916, Connolly was...
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Government Bans Broadcast Interviews With IRA Members, Militant ...  Oct 19, 1988 ... LONDON (AP) _ The government today banned broadcast interviews with members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, its legal political wing, Sinn Fein, ... Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party said the ban would be ''a ... The ban, imposed under existing broadcasting laws, closely follows a...
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New evidence emerges on death of Irish hero Michael Collins in IRA ...  Aug 19, 2012 ... Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will become the first Irish leader to ... Collins died on August 22, 1922 when his convoy was attacked by the IRA on a ... It is also unknown why he did not take shelter in the armored car that ... A 1996 Hollywood film starring Liam Neeson as Michael Collins was a major hit.
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Michael Collins | Tuesday Night Bar Exam  Posts about Michael Collins written by gregd3. ... Posts Tagged 'Michael Collins' ... On April 24, 1916, Irish nationalists proclaimed the formation of the Irish Republic in a ... They formulated a plan to launch an insurrection in Dublin on the weekend of ... Eoin MacNeill heard of the plan and ordered his men not to participate.
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WORLD - Sinn Fein leader says Blair has grasp of Irish question  Gerry Adams will on Thursday become the first leader of Sinn Fein to visit 10 Downing Street, traditional home of British prime ministers, for 76 years Reuters London-The leader of the IRA s political ... HDN | 12/8/1997 12:00:00 AM | ... Adams' meeting with Blair follows an IRA cease-fire in July in its campaign for an end to...
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Mountbatten killed by IRA - Aug 27, 1979 - HISTORY.com  On August 27, 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten is killed when Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists detonate a 50-pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel ... day with his family in Donegal Bay off Ireland's northwest coast when the bomb exploded. ... Later that day, an IRA bombing attack on land killed 18 British paratroopers...
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Iranian Revolution - Wikipedia  The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under ... The Shah left Iran for exile on January 16, 1979, as the last Persian monarch, .... A number of these reforms led to public discontent which provides ... the British MI6 aided an American CIA operative in organizing a military coup...
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The Molly Maguires: Labor Heroes or Ethnic Terrorists? Michael ...  A total of twenty men were executed by the close of 1879 for murders dating back to year of ... Maguires were a secret band of Irish terrorists and thugs. ... accounts was invented by the industrialists of 1860's and 1870's Pennsylvania .... The W.B.A. had gained strength, and the Molly Maguires were again active in the area.
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amon de Valera - Wikipedia  amon de Valera was a prominent politician and statesman in twentieth-century Ireland. ..... De Valera was appointed President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) by Governor-General James McNeill on 7 March. He at once initiated...
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Gunman believed to have killed Michael Collins was granted military ...  Oct 3, 2014 ... The man widely credited with shooting Michael Collins at Bal na Blth in ... his presence at the Bal na Blth ambush in west Cork on August 22nd 1922 . ... Hales was a well-known republican whose brother Sen had taken the ... New gambling law stalled for three years, Independent TD claims 15 hours.