Bloody Sunday | November 21st 1920

The Irish Nation Lives

On the morning of the 21st of November 1920 teams of IRA men shot and killed British Intelligence agents throughout Dublin in a concentrated attack. Hours later British forces responded by entering a Gaelic Football match at Croke Park and firing into the crowd, resulting in the deaths of 14 civilians. Immortalized as Bloody Sunday, just one of a number of violent days in Irish history to be given the title, the events and those involved have become legendary, to the point of becoming myth. Who were the men who were shot dead that morning and what was “the Cairo Gang”? If you are interested in purchasing any of the books used to research this episode, please consider using the affiliate links below to support the continued production of The Irish Nation Lives. References: T. Ryle Dwyer - “The Squad” - https://amzn.to/36QZLQt Paul McMahon - “British Spies & Irish Rebels” - https://amzn.to/38UGIY4 Fergus O’Farrell - “Cathal Brugha” - https://amzn.to/2HdNU61 Anne Dolan, William Murphy - “Michael Collins” - https://amzn.to/2HdVgqh Truth, Lies & Revenge: The Squad, ASU, GHQ Intelligence - and More https://www.customhousecommemoration.com/2017/10/14/truth-lies-revenge-the-squad-asu-and-the-intelligence-office-and-more-custom-house-burning/ Killing and Bloody Sunday, November 1920 http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/57090/Killing%20and%20Bloody%20Sunday,%20November%201920.pdf?sequence=1 Seán Russell and the IRA https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/07/02/the-only-irishman-that-was-incorruptible-sean-russell-and-the-ira-part-one-1893-1930/#.X7VbpWj7SUl British Intelligence in Ireland http://www.bloodysunday.co.uk/ Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/ The Auxiliary Division - https://theauxiliaries.com/ Atlas of the Irish Revolution - https://amzn.to/3npOEFj Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom” - https://amzn.to/30Dtutx Charles Townshend - "The Republic" - https://amzn.to/33AJ0IC Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence” - https://amzn.to/2Sxif1l Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble” - https://amzn.to/2SFUiF7 Ronan Fanning - “Fatal Path” - https://amzn.to/3lmswKq Richard Abbott - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922” - https://amzn.to/3lmsMJo Photos: Military Archives NLI Flickr account Wiki Commons