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Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic

By Gerard Shannon
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By Gerard Shannon
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On 8 December 1922, Rory O’ Connor was executed alongside three comrades in Mountjoy Jail. It was a moment that shocked Ireland, a bitter turning point in the Civil War, and one of the most infamous reprisals in modern Irish history.

An unlikely revolutionary, O’ Connor worked as an engineer on the Canadian railroad before returning to Ireland in 1915 and throwing himself into republicanism. He fought in Easter Week 1916, helped rebuild the shattered movement, and rose to become the IRA’ s D...

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HistoryEuropean HistoryIrish HistoryBritish History - General & MiscellaneousGeneral & Miscellaneous Irish History20th Century British History - General & Miscellaneous