Bloody Sunday (1920)

21 Nov 1920: In the early morning hours, Michael Collins' "Squad" carried out the meticulously planned and nearly simultaneous assassinations of fourteen senior members of The British Army, RIC and Auxies known to be living in Dublin - their addresses having been secured by Collins' network of spies.

 

It was a daring, operation aimed at cutting off the head of these occupying forces for the cause of Irish freedom.

As the day progressed the atmosphere in Dublin could be described as a powder keg, ready to blow at any moment.
In the afternoon, as Dublin took on Tipperary in Gaelic Football at Croke Park, the area was cordoned off by the combined British forces, with offical orders to search attendees. 

What happened instead was a massacre of innocent, unarmed civilians including both spectators and players when the RIC, Auxies and British army opened fire indiscriminately on the crowd - both in the stands and as they fled. 

The day would come to be known as Bloody Sunday, with fourteen civilians losing their lives. They were:

 

-Jane Boyle (26), Dublin

-James Burke (44), Dublin
-Daniel Carroll (31), Tipperary (succumbed to his wounds on the 23rd)
-Michael Feery (40), Dublin
-Michael 'Mick' Hogan (24), Tipperary
-Tom Hogan (19), Limerick (died 26 November)
-James Matthews (38), Dublin
-Patrick O'Dowd (57), Dublin
-Jerome O'Leary (10), Dublin
-William Robinson (11), Dublin (succumbed to his wounds the following day)
-Tom Ryan (27), Wexford
-John William Scott (14), Dublin
-James Teehan (26), Tipperary
-Joe Traynor (21), Dublin

Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a nAnam