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The many armies of Patrick Barnes
In a tumultuous decade that took him from the Western Front to the Argenta, one Belfast man served with five different military forces: the British Army in 1914, the Irish Volunteers in the Easter Rising, the IRA during the Pogrom, the anti-Treaty IRA and the National Army in the Curragh.
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Belfast men in the National Army during the Civil War
The outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922 contributed to the diminishing of violence in Belfast. But it saw hundreds of men, former IRA and Fianna members as well as non-republicans, travelling south to enlist in the National Army. What did they experience in that conflict?
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“Catholics being exterminated” – seven days in April 1922
In just one week of vicious sectarian violence, twenty people were killed: men, women, children and combatants from both sides. People were evicted and saw their homes burned. Nationalists were in despair.
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Constitutional nationalists: Part 2
Part 1 of this post examined the roles of Joe Devlin and the Ancient Order of Hibernians up to the General Election of 1921. This part reviews events between the election and the end of the Pogrom.
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Constitutional nationalists: Part 1
Much of the historical writing about the Pogrom from a nationalist perspective has concentrated on the IRA and republicanism more generally. But when the Pogrom began, republicans were a minority among Belfast nationalists – and the IRA were not the only ones with guns.
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Survivors: people who were shot tell their stories
Very few people were charged with attempted murder during the Pogrom. Even fewer were convicted. Their intended victims told the courts what they had gone through – this testimony creates an opportunity to tell the stories of people who were shot but survived.
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“I shall always hate Roman Catholics” – armed loyalists: Part 2
The first part of this post reviewed the activities of the revived UVF and of the newly-formed Ulster Brotherhood, or “Crawford’s Tigers,” and Ulster Imperial Guards. This part looks at the Cromwell Clubs and the Ulster Protestant Association.
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“I shall always hate Roman Catholics” – armed loyalists: Part 1
Various armed loyalist groups were revived or came into existence during the Pogrom. This post examines the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Ulster Brotherhood (“Crawford’s Tigers”) and the Ulster Imperial Guards.
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The Map of the Belfast Pogrom
This is not an article, but a project: a map of all the deaths of the Belfast Pogrom, with each person’s name, the date, nature and location of the killing, who was responsible and when the inquest was reported in the press.
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“The Specials had been firing on the troops” Part 2
Part 1 of this post looked at the political tensions between the Unionist government and the British Army, as well as violent clashes between loyalists and the Norfolk Regiment in north Belfast. This part looks at the experiences of soldiers from other regiments in west and east Belfast.
The Belfast Pogrom 