Month: January 2023
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“Only called off at the last moment because of some man’s intervention”

The IRA’s Northern Offensive, May 1922 – Part 3. The third in this series of blog posts examines how the plan drawn up in April 1922 was – and was not – carried out from May onwards.
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“Belfast City to be held up – Republican troops to occupy positions in sufficient strength to hold same”

The IRA’s Northern Offensive, May 1922 – Part 2. The second in this series of blog posts looks at what the planning and preparations for the Northern Offensive entailed.