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  • 1922: Joseph O’Sullivan and Reginald Dunne, helping spark the Irish Civil War

    08/10/2023 7:09:29 PM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 8 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | August 10th, 2009 | Headsman
    On December 1921 at 22 Hans Place in Knightsbridge, a treaty was signed between a provisional Irish Government and the British to create what was called the Irish Free State. However only six months later, a few hundred yards away in Eaton Place, an assassination occurred, the reverberations of which could be said to have helped start the Irish Civil War in 1922. At around midday of 22 June 1922, Field-Marshall Sir Henry Wilson unveiled a war memorial at Liverpool Street Station. He made a speech, quoted some relevant Kipling poetry and soon after returned by taxi to his home...