Volunteers needed, War of Independence Living History project...

MouseMan01

Looking for volunteers for this YouTube living history project.

Email me at daraburke78@gmail.com if you'd like to get involved.

https://youtu.be/A-pdJKlwsXA

MouseMan01

The aim of the project is to record for posterity Irish war of independence history.

Digital marketers, video production specialists, (amateur) historians and anyone with an interest in Irish history welcome to participate.

Do you know anyone who might be interested?

Jim2007

I don’t see that this adds anything to our history. There is not a single thing on that tape that the average school goer could not ramble off. No dates, places, actual activities or involvement and a medal with the absence of an active service bar. You’d learn more from checking the pension application about this man’s service than what’s on the tape.

You’d want to do some research and produce something more serious to get people involved who could make a significant contribution.

Mick Tator

The BMH files and the more recently released Pension files are much more educational and entertaining. Your clip has anecdotal mundane comment and is boringly repetitive e.g. ‘felling trees, digging trenches’ was mentioned many times, once to aid the escapr of those who ‘burned barracks’. Those burned invariably were isolated and unoccupied, so escape from what? If that clip is an example of the quality and is trying to sell the project, give up now, 'posterity' (your word) doesn't need duirt bean lion go nduirt bean lei etc banal nonsense.

PS Are you even aware that in September 1920, a Cork IRA Brigade was unique in the War of Independence in seizing a British Army barracks? The one at Mallow, a stone’s throw from Ballyclogh? The Army was so incensed that in revenge they subsequently burned several buildings in Mallow’s Main Street, including the Town Hall.

BalcombeSt4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119969748#Comment_119969748

"Do you know anyone who might be interested?"

Think there might be some Provo Volunteers in Derry & Belfast who have been out of work for 20 years who might do it.

BalcombeSt4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119972084#Comment_119972084

Do you know if it was the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Cork Brigade, as September 1920 would have been around the time Tom Barry became I think 2nd in command of the 3rd Brigade?

BalcombeSt4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119972084#Comment_119972084

This must be the attack & the Tan terrorism after your on about

"28 September 1920: IRA volunteers, led by Liam Lynch and Ernie O'Malley, raided Mallow British Army barracks in County Cork. They seized weaponry, freed prisoners and killed British sergeant W.G. Gibbs of the 17th Lancers/"Duke of Cambridge's Own". It was the only British Army barracks to be captured during the war. British troops burned many buildings in the town in reprisal"

It says only one British Army barracks was captured, but they must have captured a few RIC barracks, the Provos captured Ballygawley & The Birches Barracks, taking documents & weapons, with a much smaller pool of Volunteers to choose from, just 8 armed ones.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2745804/W%20G%20GIBBS/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070905215654/http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/september_1920.htm

Mick Tator

Yes, that was the Mallow raid. The IRA left with a load of ammunition, rifles and a couple of Hotchkiss machine guns. From memory it was the troops who did the burning.

A few occupied RIC barracks were taken, very early on there was one in Kerry (Gort something, between Tralee and Castleisland) and a few in Cork, notably one in Carrigtwohill that surrendered after its gable wall was destroyed by explosives. Mostly it was for PR, militarily it was not strategic. Most RIC Barracks were empty when destroyed – about 500-600 of the more remote barracks / outposts were abandoned and the RIC reposted to larger centres. Within a few months about three quarters were destroyed to prevent reoccupation.

MouseMan01

TBH guys, I'm not pushed either way. Thanks for the feedback though 😀

I personally have moved on from this project and I was hoping someone else out there might be interested enough to run with it and make it their own.