Irish nationalists in North East England

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‘A talker, rather than a soldier’? John Joseph King and Dublin’s Military Service Pensions Board.

Post author By Steve Shannon
Post date December 23, 2024
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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 […]

Tags family-history, genealogy, Gilbert Barrington, history, ireland, Irish National Assurance Company, Irish Republican Army, John King, Michael McEvoy, Military Service Pensions, Newcastle upon Tyne, politics, Tyneside Brigade IRA

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‘Barrington was the brains in the area’: Gilbert Barrington and the Tyneside IRA, 1920-1922.

Post author By Steve Shannon
Post date January 16, 2024
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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 […]

Tags Balbriggan, Cathal Brugha, Gilbert Barrington, Irish Self Determination League, Joseph Patrick Connolly, Liam McMahon, Liam Mellows, Michael McEvoy, Richard Purcell, Rory O'Connor, Tintown, Tyneside Brigade IRA, Tyneside IRA