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Assassination
History of Ireland
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| | 1634 | Devereux, Walter | |
| 25th Feb Eger Assassinates Wallenstein on the orders of Ferdinand II |
| 1919 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Soloheadbeg The Irish War of Independence begins on the same day the First D il meets, when two policemen guarding a consignment of gelignite are shot dead by IRA volunteers acting without orders |
| 1919 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Soloheadbeag Irish Volunteers shoot dead 2 policemen & civil war erupts |
| 1922 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 7th Jan Dublin Collins orders the killing of Henry Wilson in reprisal for failing to prevent the attacks on Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland |
| 7th Jan Dublin The British forces Collins to take action against the Four Courts men, Collins borrows two 18 pounder artillery pieces from the British and bombards the Four Courts until its garrison surrenders |
| Aug Cork Collins travels to his native Cork, against the advice of his companions, despite suffering from stomach ache and depression, Collins reputedly told his comrades that "They wouldn't shoot me in my own county" |
| Aug Cork In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie O'Donoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce |
| 22nd Aug Cork The ambush party, allegedly commanded by Liam Deasy, had mostly dispersed to a nearby pub by 8pm, when Collins and his men returned to Beal na mBlath but the remaining five ambushers open fire on the convoy |
| 1922 | Deasy, Liam | |
| 22nd Aug Cork The ambush party, allegedly commanded by Liam Deasy, had mostly dispersed to a nearby pub by 8pm, when Collins and his men returned to Beal na mBlath but the remaining five ambushers open fire on the convoy |
| 1922 | Hegarty, Sean | |
| Aug Cork In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie O'Donoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce |
| 1922 | O'Donoghue, Florrie | |
| Aug Cork In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie O'Donoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce |
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