Liam O'Mara IV, PhDDec 8
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1922, just two days after taking power in #Ireland, the #IrishFreeState executed, without trial, four #IrishRepublicanArmy leaders from the anti-treaty side in the #IrishCivilWar. Alphabetically: #DickBarrett, #JoeMcKelvey, #LiamMellows, and #RoryOConnor.
Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂAug 17, 2023
Nine years later, letter to the mother of one of the greatest heroes of the Rising and and War of Independence and Civil War: she can't have a pension – because she'd got the Old Age Pension and was now a plutocrat getting 17/6 (about two-thirds of £1) a week
#LiamMellows #StateCruelty
Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂAug 17, 2023
Our government writes to the mother of Liam Mellows. #FiannaFail was then in power
#LiamMellows #RoryAndLiamAndDickAndJoe
Dean KellyDec 8, 2022
Ag cuimhneamh ar Liam Ó Maoilíosa, remembering Liam Mellows, executed 100 years ago today (25 May 1892 – 8 December 1922) #liammellows #ireland #galway #monument