Irish nationalists in North East England

Month: April 2023

‘The women were better than the men’: Irish nationalist women and the IRA’s Tyneside Brigade, 1920-1922.

Post author By Steve Shannon
Post date April 30, 2023
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In the North East of England, during the Irish War of Independence, a nun and several school teachers actively supported the Tyneside Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. This post will tell the story of these remarkable women. No women were allowed in the ranks of the Irish Volunteers, in contrast to the Irish Citizen […]

Tags Bureau of Military History, Countess Markievicz, Cumann na mBan, Gilbert Barrington, Irish Self-Determination League, Tyneside Brigade IRA