WELCOME TO OUR PROJECT ON BLOODY SUNDAY

The Morning

• The day began with an I.R.A operation organized by Michael Collins, to assassinate members of the Cairo Gang - a group of undercover British intelligence agents working and living in Dublin. The I.R.A successfully killed or fatally wounded 15 men. Most were British Army officers, one was a R.I.C Sargent and two were Auxiliaries. Sadly at least 2 civilians were killed.

THE BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS

THE 12 APOSTLES

• The most well - knowing operation was eliminated by the Apostles occurred on Bloody Sunday November 21 1920 when British M15 officers linked to the Cairo Gang and significantly involved in spying were shot at various locations in Dublin (14 killed and 6 wounded)

ATROCITY = REPRISAL

IRELAND AT THE TIME

• 1920 Ireland was a tension filled year,the Irish were getting more power and the IRA were killing British intelligence officers almost on a daily basis.

TIME DATE AND WHERE

• On the afternoon of November 21st 1920 during the Irish war for independents, people decided to watch a Gaelic match between Tipperary and Dublin, not expecting the horror that was to come.British forces raided Croke Park and fatally wounded 30 spectators.

WARNINGS

• IRA members gave out a warning to the GAA that to cancel the match,but the GAA’s secretary didn’t want to get in the way of politics and it would be difficult to stop 10000 people from coming. The GAA continued the match, a decision that will prove fatal.

JANE BOYLE (1ST VICTIM)

JAMES BURKE (2ND VICTIM)

DANIEL CARROLL (3RD VICTIM)

MICHAEL FERRY (4TH VICTIM)

MICHAEL HOGAN (5TH VICTIM)

TOM HOGAN (6TH VICTIM)

JAMES MATTHEWS (7TH VICTIM)

PATRICK O’DOWD (8TH VICTIM)

JEROME O’LEARY ™(9TH VICTIM)

WILLIAM ROBINSON (10TH VICTIM)

TOM RYAN (11TH VICTIM)

JOHN WILLIAM SCOTT (12TH VICTIM)

JAMES TEEHAN (13TH VICTIM)

JOSEPH TRAYNOR (14TH VICTIM)

LOCAL CONNECTION

• Joseph Traynor lived in Drimnagh Castle next door to our school.
• He had an older brother who was three and his Dad was an agricultural Laborer.
• The Castle was a first class house, it had between 10-12 rooms. 16 windows in the front and the out houses included 3 stables, a harness room, a cow house, a calf house, a dairy and a piggery.

CENSUS: 1911

• In the 1911 census the family are living in their own house. It says Bluebell but their place names are interchangeable.

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VICTIMS

THE AUXILIARIES

• The Auxiliaries were part of a devision in the devision of the royal Irish constabulary (A.d.r.i.c).
• They are also known as “the Auxies”,and were indeed a paramilitary unit of the royal Irish constabulary (R.I.C) during the Irish war of independence.

THE BLACK AND TANS

• The Black and Tans (Irish:dúchrónaigh) were constables that had been recruited by the English into the royal Irish constabulary (ric) as reinforcements to assist the English during the Irish war of independence.

CLASS VISIT

• Room 15 in Drimnagh Castle Primary School (our class) visited the Castle on 26/11/2020.

LOCAL CONNECTION

• Joseph Traynor lived in Drimnagh Castle next door to our school.
• He had an older brother who was three - at the time of the 1911 census.

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CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY

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