November
1922
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cNov- 01-22/1 |
After an attempt to capture rifles from
pro-Treaty soldiers goes wrong in Harcourt St in Dublin, an anti-Treaty volunteer
(William ‘Kruger’ Graham) is ‘captured and shot dead in the street’. [One of the participants, Stephen Keys, in his
BMH statement, is critical of the leader of the anti-Treaty ASU, Bill Roe,
for his actions during this operation.] |
Dorney (2017), pg 159 |
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cNov-01-22/2 |
Anti-Treaty volunteers in Dublin carry out a
series of arson attacks – or attempted arson attacks – on income tax offices
in O’Connell St, Gardiner St, Bond St and Adelaide Road. They also destroy
the Rotunda Theatre and the bonded stores in Sheriff St. This is part of the anti-Treaty forces
campaign to economically cripple the emerging state. |
Dorney (2017), pg 210 |
|
Nov-01-22/3 |
Anti-Treaty Lieutenant Patrick Mulchrone is
shot dead by pro-Treaty men in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. It is claimed that he was shot after he was
arrested. |
Price (2012), pgs 246-246 |
|
Nov-02-22/1 |
Pro-Treaty forces, led by Capt Michael ‘Tiny’ Lyons encounter two anti-Treaty army men (Michael O’Sullivan and Denny Connor) at Knockanes near Headford Junction, Co. Kerry. O’Sullivan is killed (after capture it is claimed) and Connor escapes. Also killed on this day is pro-Treaty Private John
Caddigan. |
Macardle (1998), pg 12; Horgan (2018), pg 257; Doyle (2008), pgs 211-212; O’Farrell (1997), pg 202 |
|
Nov-02-22/2 |
In a possible attempt to kill Richard Mulcahy,
four anti-Treaty volunteers approach the sentries on Portobello Barracks
armed with revolvers. One anti-Treaty
volunteer, Frank Power, is shot dead. |
Dorney (2017), pg 171 |
|
Nov-02-22/3 |
An anti-Treaty column, under Charlie Daly, is
captured at Munacool [or Meenabul], Dunlewy, Co. Donegal. The column had not posted sentries and it
was surrounded. They surrendered
without a shot being fired. Along with Charlie Daly, among the other seven anti-Treaty men captured were Timothy O’Sullivan, Daniel Enright and Sean Larkin. The eight men arrested were subsequently sentenced to death on January 18th 1923 – see Mar-14-23/2. Another anti-Treaty column, under Sean Lehane,
escapes from Donegal by taking a boat across Donegal Bay to Sligo. |
Ozseker (2019), pg 191; Ó Duibhir (2011), pgs 210-211 & 222 |
|
Nov-03-22/1 |
Liam Lynch arrives in Dublin and sets up his HQ in Tower House, Santry - the home of Mr and Mrs Michael Fitzgerald and Nora, Kit and Nan Cassidy. |
O’Donoghue (1986), pg 277 |
|
Nov-03-22/2 |
In a robbery on the Post Office in the
Rotunda, Dublin, an anti-Treaty ASU gets away with £2,133. |
Dorney (2017), pg 157 |
|
Nov-03-22/3 |
Three pro-Treaty soldiers are killed when the
car they are travelling in crashes (due to speeding) at the North Wall in
Dublin. A civilian (Edward Kavanagh)
is also killed. |
Dorney (2017), pg 154 |
|
Nov-03-22/4 |
Anti-Treaty forces blow up the bridge at Meanus
between Killarney and Killorglin, Co. Kerry. |
Doyle (2008), pg 212 |
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Nov-03-22/5 |
An eight-man patrol of pro-Treaty soldiers is
attacked at Sallins railway station in Co. Kildare and one soldier (Private
Francis Crampton (from Swordlestown, Naas) is killed. |
Durney (2011), pg 100 |
|
Nov-04-22/1 |
Pro-Treaty Captain James Boyle and Sergeant
Treanor are killed in an ambush at Rockmarshall in Co. Louth. |
Hall (2019), pgs 112 & 150 |
|
Nov-04-22/2 |
Pro-Treaty Private Thomas Gallagher is killed
while attending wounded at Ballineen in Co. Kerry. Also, three pro-Treaty soldiers are shot at
when guarding the drawbridge at Blennerville, Co. Kerry resulting in the
death of Private Peter Conroy from Limerick. |
O’Farrell (1997), pg 205; Doyle (2008), pg 211 |
|
Nov-05-22/1 |
Ernie O'Malley is wounded and captured at his
HQ in Shelia Humphreys’s home in Ailesbury Road in Dublin. At this
time, O'Malley is Assistant Chief of Staff and Commandant of the Northern and
Eastern commands of the anti-Treaty army and had just being appointed
Commandant of the Western Command. A pro-Treaty soldier, Peter McCartney from Ballinamore in Co. Leitrim is killed in this raid when O’Malley tried to shoot his way out. |
O’Donoghue (1986), pg 278; Hopkinson (1988), pg 211; Ferriter (2021), pgs 146-147 |
|
Nov-05-22/2 |
In response to the decrease in sectarian
killings in Belfast, R. Dawson Bates issues internment orders against four
UPA paramilitaries in Belfast and, in the next six weeks, another 12 men had
been interned and others jailed for firearm offences. Parkinson quotes Patrick Buckland as saying that there can “no denying that this [removal of the UPA threat] could have been achieved earlier and lives saved had the [NI] government been willing to use its powers as fully against loyalists as it [did] against nationalists” – see Mar-27-22/6 and Feb-07-23/1. |
Parkinson (2004), pgs 280-281; Parkinson (2020), pgs 153 |
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Nov-05-22/3 |
Following the arrest of eight of his men on November 1st, Frank Carty, O/C of the anti-Treaty South Sligo Brigade, has two men shot dead as spies near Tubbercurry. During follow-up operations by pro-Treaty troops in the area two more people are shot dead. |
Farry (2012), pg 104 |
|
Nov-05-22/4 |
Anti-Treaty prisoner, Bob Kenny, escapes from
Kilkenny Jail – perhaps with the help of a pro-Treaty sentry. |
Walsh (2018), pg 208 |
|
Nov-06-22/1 |
Craig writes to the new Colonial Secretary, Devonshire, with a list of demands. With the UK election due on November 15th, he was trying to squeeze as much as he could out of the British government. Among his demands was the abolition of the Council of Ireland (see Nov-20-22/1) and the renegotiation of outstanding financial questions (see Nov-21 to 22-22/1). |
Matthews (2004), pg 100 |
|
Nov-07-22/1 |
A notice is published in the press, signed by
de Valera, saying that the anti-Treaty side would not be accepting the offer
of amnesty. He also said that the
principles for which the anti-Treatyites were fighting for were not open to
compromise and that victory or utter defeat and extermination were now the
alternatives. |
Kissane (2005), pgs 91 & 108 |
|
Nov-07-22/2 |
IRA Volunteer John Sharry dies of wounds that
he had received when the Black and Tans had shot at people outside Moymore
church in Co. Clare during the War of Independence. |
Ó Ruairc (2009), pg 312 |
|
Nov-07-22/3 |
Cabinet of Provisional Government resolves that
Mulcahy must in future attend all cabinet meetings (as Minister of
Defence). Up to this date, he was
attending one in three. |
Dorney (2017), pg 135 |
|
Nov-08-22/1 |
Attack by the anti-Treaty Dublin ASU, led by
Bill Roe, on Wellington Barracks on the South Circular Road. (Wellington Barracks was a holding centre
for anti-Treaty prisoners. It was also where Army Intelligence was based.) The ASU took up positions on both sides of the
Grand Canal with one group (armed with a Thompson submachine gun) on a rooftop
with a clear line of fire into the parade ground. One pro-Treaty soldier, Thomas Murphy, was
killed and another, James Finlay, later dies of his wounds. Some 20 soldiers and two civilians were
wounded. Another civilian, called Keane, was killed in crossfire. In a follow-up operation, one anti-Treaty man, James Spain, was shot dead on Susan Terrace near Donore Avenue after been captured. The anti-Treatyites named his killer as Christy Clarke. Further information on the killing of James Spain is available here: https://comeheretome.com/2013/02/04/james-spain-of-geraldine-square/ This attack is followed by severe abuse of
anti-Treaty prisoners in Wellington Barracks. |
Dorney (2017), pgs 172-173 |
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Nov-08-22/2 |
A mother and son are caught in an ambush by anti-Treaty volunteers on a pro-Treaty cycle patrol at Milltown village in Co. Kerry. Both are wounded and the son (Jeremiah McKenna) dies on November 12th. The McKeenas lived between Milltown and Castlemaine. |
Doyle (2008), pg 215 |
|
Nov-09-22/1 |
Anti-Treaty volunteers and pro-Treaty troops
engage at Carrigneamo between Macroom and Millstreet in Co. Cork. AT
led by Sean Moylan. |
McDermott (2001), pg 271 |
|
Nov-09-22/2 |
Pro-Treaty Sergeant John O’Callaghan is shot
dead by one of his own men in Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry. |
Doyle (2008), pgs 217-218 & 290 |
|
Nov-10-22/1 |
Erskine Childers is arrested at his cousin’s
Robert Barton house at Annamoe, Co Wicklow. He has a small automatic on
him given to him by Michael Collins. Hopkinson says that he had been summoned back to Dublin by de Valera who had appointed him Minister of Publicity in his anti-Treaty cabinet. However, Curran says that he was dissatisfied with the propaganda work he had been doing in the south, had resigned and returned to Dublin. |
Hopkinson (1988), pg 189; Dorney (2017), pg 2017; Curran pg 257 |
|
Nov-10-22/2 |
Craig and Cosgrave meet for the first
time. Craig later writes to his
schoolgirl daughter “We got on very well together”. |
Fanning (2013), pgs 338-339 |
|
Nov-11-22/1 |
A report to the RC archbishop of Dublin
(Edward Byrne) says that there were “over 92,500 children under 14 living in
conditions of overcrowding in Dublin”. |
Ferriter (2021), pg 72 |
|
Nov-13-22/1 |
Attack by a 12-man strong anti-Treaty ASU
(from South Dublin Brigade) on a 7-man pro-Treaty army patrol on Ulverton
Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin. One pro-Treaty
soldier (Corporal Samuel Webb) and one civilian (called Manning) are killed. |
Dorney (2017), pg 164 |
|
Nov-13-22/2 |
Charles Boyce, son of the owner of a pawn shop
in Michael St, Waterford City, is shot dead in a fracas in his father’s shop
with three men who, it is presumed, were anti-Treaty volunteers. |
McCarthy (2015), pg 114 |
|
Nov-13-22/3 |
Anti-Treaty Captain Peter O’Connell from
Anascual is captured at Farmer’s Bridge, Co. Kerry along with two other
anti-Treaty men after a failed ambush attempt. |
Doyle (2008), pg 218 |
|
Nov-14-22/1 |
Nearly 60 anti-Treaty volunteers are captured
in a number of pro-Treaty sweeps in Co. Kerry. Anti-Treaty Volunteer Michael Flynn is
killed during a sweep on the Slieve Mish/Derrymore area. |
Doyle (2008), pg 218 |
|
Nov-14-22/2 |
The only Civic Guard killed in service during
the Civil War, Garda Henry Phelan, is shot dead by anti-Treaty volunteers in
a shop in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary. The Garda and his two companions were told to
hand over their arms but, of course, they did not have any. The killing is very unpopular. A few weeks
later (see Dec-12-22/4), the anti-Treaty leadership issue an order that
unarmed police men are not to be fired on.
(On November 16th, the Freeman’s Journal has an editorial saying that the Civic Guard should be treated like the DMP.) |
Walsh (2018), pgs 210-211; Garvin (1996), pgs 112-113 |
|
Nov-15-22/1 |
General election in
United Kingdom. Only
two constituencies are contested in Northern Ireland. Two nationalists TJS
Harbison and Cahir Healy (an internee) are elected in the two-seater
Fermanagh and Tyrone constituency with large majorities over their unionist
opponents. Unionist win the other eleven seats – ten of them
uncontested. |
Phoenix (1994), pgs 262-3; Walker (1992), pg 15; Fanning (2013), pg 340; Matthews (2004), pgs 93-94 |
|
Nov-15-22/2 |
Twenty-five anti-Treaty prisoners escape from
Kilkenny Jail |
Walsh (2018), pgs 207-208 |
|
Nov-15-22/3 |
A writ is served on Daithi O’Donoghue (who had
been Secretary to the Dáil Loan and was now interned as he was anti-Treaty)
looking for the Dáil Loan money to be transferred to the new trustees
(appointed by the pro-Treaty government – see Feb-23-22/1). Two weeks later a similar writ is served on Stephen O’Mara (one of the three trustees of the Loan along with de Valera and Bishop Fogarty). O’Mara was also interned at this time. As de Valera was on the run, the court agreed that the writ could be served on him by placing an advertisement in the national newspapers, which was done on December 4th. |
O’Sullivan Greene (2020), pgs 172-173 |
|
Nov-16-22/1 |
The anti-Treaty Director of Intelligence,
Michael Carolan, compiles a list of twelve men who he believes are members of
the “Free State Murder Gang”. The list
includes ex-Squad members William Stapleton, James Conroy, Frank Bolster, and
former IRA Intelligence Section men Sean O’Connell, Charlie Dalton, Joe Dolan
and Charlie Byrne. Also, Sam Robinson
and Robert Halpin are on the list along with three more soldiers without a
pre-Truce record. Other anti-Treaty sources also named John
Bolger and Charles McCabe. (Liam Tobin is not mentioned - he was Director of
Army Intelligence at the time.) |
Dorney (2007), pg 184 |
|
Nov-16-22/2 |
At a meeting of the new British cabinet under
PM Bonar law, it was decided that they would implement the Treaty. (Matthews says that the “ministers resigned
themselves to the fact that they ‘had no alternative’ but to carry on with
the Treaty”.) |
Matthews (2004), pg 96 |
|
Nov-17-22/1 |
An anti-Treaty column enter Manorhamilton, Co.
Leitrim to commandeer goods. In an exchange of fire with a pro-Treaty patrol,
anti-Treaty leader Philip Gilgunn is wounded. He dies the next day. |
McGarty (2020), pg 121 |
|
Nov-17-22/2 |
Childers is brought before a Military Court. He is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, found guilty and sentenced to death. His sentence is confirmed by the pro-Treaty Army Council. See Nov-24-22/1 |
Macardle (1999), pg 811; Curran J M (1980), pg 257 |
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Nov-17-22/3 |
The first executions under the Public Safety
Bill take place. In Kilmainham Jail, four anti-Treaty Volunteers are
executed for possession of revolvers – all were arrested in late
October. They are 21-year old Peter Cassidy (7 Usher St., Dublin); 18-year old James Fisher (Eckland St., Dublin); 21-year old John Gaffney (3 Usher St., Dublin) and 21-year old Richard Twohig or Touhig (1 O’Connor Buildings, Dublin). Cassidy and Gaffney were from the 3rd Battalion and the other two from the 2nd Battalion. Tom Johnson protests in the Dáil decrying the
absence of a public trail and legal representation for the four men. He also
says that the “disadvantages of youth, social standing and education of the
four men ought to have been taken into account”. However, Mulcahy says that he knows that
people will be shocked and saddened by the executions but stern measures had
to be taken or assassins and wreckers would destroy the country. The four men’s relatives were not allowed
to see them before they were shot. See Nov-25-22/1 and Nov-25-22/4 |
O'Farrell P (1997), pg xxiii & 222 & 223 ; Hopkinson (1988), pg 189; Macardle (1999), pg 811; Curran J M (1980), pg 256; Ferriter (2021), pg 89 |
|
Nov-18-22/1 |
Irish Independent comes out against the government’s execution policy. |
Dorney (2017), pg 148 |
|
Nov-18-22/2 |
Pro-Treaty soldiers open fire on a
demonstration supporting anti-Treaty prisoners in O’Connell St in
Dublin. One member of Cumann na mBan
(Lillie Bennet) is killed. |
Dorney (2017), pg 163 |
|
Nov-18-22/3 |
Shots are fired by anti-Treatyites into a
dancehall at Killaloe, Co. Clare killing pro-Treaty Sergeant Manaphone. |
Power (2020), pg 110 |
|
Nov-19-22/1 |
Four anti-Treaty volunteers blow themselves up
when laying a mine on the Nass Road near Inchicore, Dublin. They were Captain Thomas Maguire,
Lieutenant Paddy Egan and Volunteers Thomas S Whelan and Bernard Curtis. |
Dorney (2017), pg 156 |
|
Nov-19-22/2 |
Pro-Treaty Private Michael Bailey is shot dead
in an ambush on the Naas Road, Co. Kildare. |
Durney (2011), pg 101 |
|
Nov-20-22/1 |
British Parliament reassembles with Bonar Law
as Prime Minister. On November 27th, two bills are introduced - “Irish Free State Constitution Bill” and “Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Bill”. They are passed without a division despite the “many mournful groans and gloomy jeremiads from the Ulster and Die-hard members”. The Irish Free State (Consequential
Provisions) Bill included a provision that the Council of Ireland (set up by
the Treaty) would be set aside for up to five years (during which time the
governments in Dublin and Belfast would consider alternatives). This was a goodwill gesture from Cosgrave
as Craig wanted the Council abolished.
(The Treaty gave the Dublin government a say in northern affairs but the Belfast government had no reciprocal right to a say in southern affairs. Matthews argued that by putting the Council of Ireland into cold storage “Not for the last time, a Dublin Government felt that staking out the Free State’s separate identity was more important than Irish unity”.)
|
Macardle (1999), pg 818; Curran J M (1980), pgs 262-263; Fanning (2013), pg 341; Matthews (2004), pgs 98-100 |
|
Nov-21-22/1 |
|
Phoenix (1994), pgs 264-265 |
|
Nov-21 to
22-22/1 |
Craig meets privately with Bonar Law and
Stanley Baldwin (the new British Chancellor of the Exchequer) to discuss
Craig’s demands for changes to the way that Northern Ireland would be
financed (see Nov-06-22/1 above). Craig wanted three issues addressed: (1) NI’s
Imperial contribution; (2) the funding of NI’s social services especially
unemployment and (3) how the USC was to be funded. They decide to set up a committee (called the Northern Ireland Special Arbitration Committee) under Frederick Henry, 1st Baron Colwyn to adjudicate on these matters. It focuses on NI’s Imperial contribution. (Henry was also chair of the Joint Exchequer Board – see Mar-06 to 07-22/1.) This committee was to issue two reports. The second and final report was issued in December 1924 – See cDec-01-24/1. See Nov-23-22/1 for more on the funding of the
USC. |
Matthews (2004), pgs 101-103 |
|
Nov-21-22/2 |
Anti-Treaty forces ambush a pro-Treaty patrol
at Essexford on the Louth/Monaghan border.
Pro-Treaty soldier Louis Conaty is fatally wounded and six others
wounded. The anti-Treaty capture the
arms and ammunition of the pro-Treaty patrol. |
Hall (2019), pg 114 |
|
Nov-22-22/1 |
Writing to O’Caoimh, de Valera says that the
simplest way to peace was to secure for the Irish people their right “to
decide freely without threat of war, internal or external, how they should be
governed and what should be their political relations, if any, with Great
Britain and the British Empire”. |
Kissane (2005), pg 59 |
|
Nov-22-22/2 |
Pro-Treaty Private Peter Behan from Great
Connell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare is killed in action. |
Durney (2011), pg 101 |
|
Nov-23-22/1 |
Craig writes to Baldwin urgently requesting
that the issue of the funding of the Specials be addressed as speedily as
possible. He also requested an
additional £200,000 to fund the Specials for the current financial year
(which he says that he had been promised by Churchill - see
Sep-19-22/2). Baldwin writes back saying he could not
promise any future aid for the Specials and, with regard to the £200,000
request, he was “informed that Winston Churchill made no [such] promise”. See Nov-28-22/1. |
Matthews (2004), pg 106 |
|
Nov-23-22/2 |
An Address from the Soldiers of the Army of
the Republic to Their Former Comrades in the Free State Army and the Civic
Guard (signed by Liam Lynch and de Valera) says “They tell you that the Free
State is to be only a stepping stone to the Republic. Surely you are not
fools – such fools as to believe them. Allow the ‘Free State’ to be set up
and Irishmen in future who try to secure the Republic will be branded as
rebels, as we are branded now, and will be shot down by the King’s ‘Free
State’ troops as we are being shot down now”. |
Kissane (2005), pg 34 |
|
Nov-23-22/3 |
Writing to Austen Stack, Joe McGarrity (leader
of Clan na Gael in the US) says that “future supply must be arranged from
Europe with great saving and better material”. |
McMahon
(2008), pg 117 |
|
Nov-24-22/1 |
Erskine Childers is executed in Beggars Bush
barracks in Dublin by pro-Treaty forces. Firing squad is commanded by
Paddy O’Connor. There is a detailed
description of the lead-up to and the actual execution in the O’Connor and
Connolly book. See Nov-25-22/4. |
O'Farrell P (1997), pg xxiii; Macardle (1999), pg 814; Curran J M (1980), pgs 257-258; Dorney (2017), pg 211; O’Connor and Connolly (2011), pgs 127-131 |
|
Nov-24-22/2 |
Cosgrave meets new British PM Bonar Law in
London. They discussed the Treaty in
general terms but the Boundary Commission is not mentioned. |
Matthews (2004), pg 97 |
|
Nov-24-22/3 |
Michael Kilroy - Commandant of the anti-Treaty 4th Western Division - is wounded and captured during a massive sweep in west and south Mayo which went on for a number of days. The pro-Treaty officer in charge said that five of his troops and 11 anti-Treaty men were killed during this operation. One of those killed is pro-Treaty Captain Joe Ruddy (implicated in the killing of J C Milling RM on March 29th 1919 – see Mar-29-19/2). Another pro-Treaty casualty was Michael Joesph Walsh who was in the West Mayo Flying Column during the WoI. The other pro-Treaty fatalities were Austen Woods from Westport Quay; Patrick McEllin from Kiltimagh and Patrick Murphy from Galway. |
O’Donoghue (1986), pg 278; Hopkinson (1988), pg 217; Price (2012), pg 236; Ferriter (2021), pgs 147-149 |
|
Nov-24-22/4 |
Pro-Treaty Private James Murray killed in
action in Castledermot, Co. Kildare. |
Durney (2011), pg 101 |
|
Nov-24-22/4 |
Resigning as Chairman of the Anti-Partition League, Lord Midleton said “Lloyd George went back on his pledges, Griffith’s soft words have borne no fruit” and he went on to complain about the lack of powers for the Senate. |
Hopkinson (1988), pg 196 |
|
Nov-24-22/5 |
The NI government decides to put the CID under the control of the RUC and amalgamate it with the RUC’s Special Crimes Branch. This comes into effect on December 8th. |
McMahon (2008), pg 156 |
|
Nov-25-22/1 |
Lynch writes to de Valera proposing various reprisals killings for the executions. De Valera writes back on November 27th saying that, while the efficacy of reprisal killings was open to doubt, he saw no other way of stopping the executions and protecting their men. See Nov-27-22/1. |
Kissane (2005), pg 91 |
|
Nov-25-22/3 |
During a raid on the post office in
Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare by anti-Treaty men, the postmistress, Mrs Grant,
collapses and dies. |
Power (2020), pg 106 |
|
Nov-25-22/4 |
The Freeman’s Journal observes that, in contrast to the executions on November 17th, “In 1916 the British military were humane enough to allow our soldiers to bid farewell to their relatives before they were executed”. (According to Ferriter “in contrast to the
working class executed, Childers’s friends communicated with him before his
execution.) |
Ferriter (2021), pgs 89 & 91 |
|
Nov-26-22/1 |
Pro-Treaty soldier Michael Casey dies in
Rathmore, Co. Kerry. A few days earlier, pro-Treaty Private F.
Mullen died from wounds that he received in an ambush at Lixnaw. Co. Kerry. |
O’Farrell (1997), pg 203; Doyle (2008), pg 224
|
|
Nov-26-22/2 |
Ardara House at Ladytown, Co. Kildare is
burned by anti-Treaty forces. Valued at £3,000. |
Durney (2011), pg 137 |
|
Liam Lynch sends a letter to the Ceann
Comhairle of the "Provisional Parliament of Southern Ireland"
saying that "unless your army recognises the rules of warfare in future
we shall adopt very drastic measures to protect our forces." And
he states that all TDs who supported the special powers resolution shared in
the guilt. (Text of letter is given as Appendix 29 in Macardle.) Two days later, he issues a general order to his men to kill listed categories of Provisional Government supporters – TDs who supported the Public Safety Bill, high court judges, senators, Unionist representatives, hostile newspapermen and editors/publishers, etc. Also said that the houses of various pro-Treaty politicians and soldiers are to be burnt.
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O’Donoghue (1986), pg 279; Hopkinson (1988), pg 190; Macardle (1999), pg 822; Curran J M (1980), pg 260; Dorney (2017), pg 213; Ferriter (2021), pg 90; Kissane (2005), pg 91 |
|
|
Nov-27-22/2 |
Two British law officers confirm to Andrew
Bonar Law that there is “nothing in the Constitution [see Oct-25-22/1] of the
IFS as enacted by the Irish Parliament which violates the Treaty”. |
Ferriter (2021), pg 60 |
|
Nov-27-22/3 |
A railway bridge on the line between Listowel
and Lixnaw is blown up by anti-Treatyites. |
Doyle (2008), pg 219 |
|
Nov-28-22/1 |
Craig replies to Baldwin letter of November 23rd (see Nov-23-22/1) and, as was his usual tactic when he did not get his way in London, he threatened to resign. He wrote “I doubt if anyone could be found to
carry on here unless they were assured that the present magnificent system of
Special Constabulary was maintained at its present strength.” Craig also said that his original estimate
of the funding required for 1923-1924 (see Sep-19-22/2) had now risen from
£1.35m to £1.5m. See Dec-04-22/1. |
Matthews (2004), pg 106 |
|
Nov-28 to 29-22/1 |
Macardle (1999), pg 815; Curran J M (1980), pgs 257-260
|
|
|
Nov-28-22/2 |
Pro-Treaty soldiers aboard a train from the
Curragh to Dublin are ambushed resulting in two soldiers being wounded, one
fatally. |
Dorney (2017), pg 165 |
|
Nov-28-22/3 |
Mary MacSwiney, who had earlier gone on hunger
strike, was moved from prison to a nursing home. |
Ferriter (2021), pg 82 |
|
Nov-29-22/1 |
A letter from a pro-Treaty TD, Donal O’Rourke, appears in the press saying he has resigned. (He says that he was a supporter of the Collins-de Valera Pact.) |
Macardle (1999), pg 815 |
|
Nov-29-22/2 |
A civilian, Patrick Griffin, is killed when a Crossley
tender (with pro-Treaty soldiers on board) goes out of control on Lower
John’s Street, Kilkenny City. |
Walsh (2018), pg 247 |
|
Nov-30-22/1 |
Three anti-Treatyites Patrick Farrelly (from
67 Chancery Lane, Dublin), John Murphy (56 Bellview Buildings, Dublin) and
Joseph Spooner (36-37 McCaffery’s Estate, Dublin) are executed in Beggars
Bush, Dublin. They were captured with revolvers and bombs after an
attempt was made to blow up Oriel House on October 30th (see
Oct-30-22/3). When it is announced in the Dáil that these executions have taken place, they are denounced by Tom Johnson as anarchy and he demands that the military trials be made public. He is supported by Darrell Figgis. |
O'Farrell P (1997), pg 223 & 225; Macardle (1998), pg 816; Dorney (2017), pgs 211-214 |
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Nov-30-22/2 |
Patrick Lynch of Moyrisk, Co. Kerry (O/C of 3rd Battalion, anti-Treaty Kerry No.3 Brigade) is killed by pro-Treaty forces during a raid on his house. |
Macardle (1998), pgs 26-28; Doyle (2008), pg 225 |
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Nov-30-22/3 |
Pro-Treaty man, Charles Gyles, was shot at
close range by two men in Clanbrassil St in Dundalk, Co. Louth. According to a pro-Treaty army memo, he had
been involved in intelligence work for some time. |
Hall (2019), pg 112 |
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Nov-30-22/4 |
Two pro-Treaty soldiers are killed in an
ambush outside Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo carried out by Frank Carty’s
anti-Treaty column. |
Parry (2012), pg 104 |
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Nov-1922/1 |
By the end of November, there are 8,338 anti-Treaty
prisoners held through-out Ireland. |
Dorney (2017), pg 192 |
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Nov-1922/2 |
Plans by anti-Treaty forces to capture
Baldonnel Aerodrome and bomb Leinster House and Beggars Bush barracks from
the air were postponed on a number of occasions. They were eventually dropped altogether
after the capture of Mullaney’s column – see
Dec-01-22/2. |
Durney (2011), pgs 101-102 |
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Nov-1922/3 |
Anti-Treaty publicist, Dorothy Macardle, is
arrested |
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Nov-1922/4 |
The leader of the Irish Labour Party, Thomas
Johnson, comments that with one side claiming to be defending the will of the
people and the other side claiming to be defending the will of the people if
Britain’s threat of war is removed, it was difficult to be other than
confused. |
Kissane (2005), pg 60 |
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Nov-1922/5 |
Shortly after the election of the new British
government (see Oct-19-22/3), Andy Cope leaves his post in Dublin. (He had been frequently attacked by people
close to the new government.) He is replaced by his deputy, N. G.
Loughnane. |
McMahon (2008), pgs 91-92 |
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Nov-1922/6 |
Emmet Dalton leaves his command of the
pro-Treaty forces in Cork in, what Hopkinson calls “mysterious circumstances”. However, Dalton’s biographer, Boyne, says
that he resigned due to his opposition the policy of executions. However, there are two issues with this
explanation. One, he did not give this
as his reason until the late 1970s and, two, in a memo to Mulcahy after the Carrigaphocca land mine, in which seven pro-Treaty
soldiers were killed (see Sep-11-22/1),
he supported the policy of executions.
There is difficulty getting a
replacement. After Sean O Muirthile took over for a short time, David
Reynolds was appointed. Dalton took over as Clerk of the Senate. |
Hopkinson (1988), pg 203; Boyne (2015), pgs 196-197 |
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Nov-1922/6 |
Jock McPeake hands over the armoured car, the Slievenamon to the anti-Treaty forces. (McPeake had driven the Slievenamon at Beal na Blath on Aug-22-22/1.) |
Hopkinson (1988), pg 203 |
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