Sean Treacy
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Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of wounds received
- Heritage
- November 21, 2020, 06:00
MORNING Lieutenant Peter Ames (32): Ames was born into a wealthy American family in Pennsylvania. He moved to London in 1912, joined the Grenadier G(...)

Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle
- Heritage
- November 21, 2020, 06:00
MORNING Lieutenant Peter Ames (32): Ames was born into a wealthy American family in Pennsylvania. He moved to London in 1912, joined the Grenadier G(...)

Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of their wounds
- Heritage
- November 21, 2020, 06:00
MORNING Lieutenant Peter Ames (32): Ames was born into a wealthy American family in Pennsylvania. He moved to London in 1912, joined the Grenadier G(...)

Dogs of War – Frank McNally on the terrier campaign of Michael Collins
- Opinion
- October 22, 2020, 19:05
October 1920 was a tense month in Dublin. Then as now, the city was in lockdown, with a curfew between midnight and 5am. The War of Independence raged(...)

Shot dead in Dublin 100 years ago: the man who started the War of Independence
- Heritage
- October 14, 2020
On October 14th, 1920 Sean Treacy, one of the most-wanted men in Ireland, was killed by a single shot to the head on Talbot Street in Dublin. He had (...)

Neck-grabbing, virus-spreading reservoirs of pathogens: Have ties had their day?
- Fashion
- June 24, 2020, 13:07
Spare a thought for the humble tie. It hasn’t had the best publicity of late. You might even say it’s struggling for relevance in the age of coronavir(...)

1919: a slow-burning start to the War of Independence
- Culture
- June 3, 2020, 00:00
Every student of Irish history is taught that the War of Independence began on January 21st, 1919, with the ambush of a party escorting a cartload of(...)

Tipperary, 1919: The woman who hid Dan Breen after Soloheadbeg ambush
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County: Tipperary Incident: Soloheadbeg ambush Date: January 21st, 1919 Fatalities: 2 The War of Independence began with the shooting dead of two Roy(...)

Cuala and St Brigid’s win Dublin hurling semi-finals
- Hurling
- October 6, 2019, 20:54
Cuala 3-21 St Vincents 1-16 We doubt Con O’Callaghan is even aware but this was his 79th significant GAA game since making his Dublin senior football(...)

GAA Statistics: Band of brothers - how the GAA's keeping it in the family
- Gaelic Games
- June 13, 2019, 06:00
Five Dalys will start Sunday’s Connacht final, from two different families and five sets of brothers across the two teams. They are among 165 bro(...)