Born in County Durham in 1895, John Joseph King served as secretary to Newcastle’s branch of the Irish Self-Determination League (ISDL) from early 1920, helped raise and then command ‘C’ Company of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the North East of England, was a sworn member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), and was […]
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Gilbert Barrington, South Shields school teacher and IRA officer, has featured in several previous posts to this blog. Now it is time to tell the story of this key figure in the history of Irish republicanism in the North East of England. On 24 April 1922, South Shields Education Committee discussed a written request from […]
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 […]
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