Rory O’Connor: The Anti-Treaty IRA leader executed by his former friends
MAR 23, 202628 MIN
Rory O’Connor: The Anti-Treaty IRA leader executed by his former friends
MAR 23, 202628 MIN
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<p>IRA leader Rory O’Connor was once a close comrade of fellow republican Michael Collins and Kevin O’Higgins - indeed he was O’Higgins best man. </p><br><p> But just over a year later after the wedding, O’Higgins signed his friend’s death warrant. </p><p> O’Connor’s execution along with Liam Mellows, Dick Barrett and Joe McKelvey, added to the bitterness of Ireland’s civil war and made O’Connor a republican martyr, albeit a forgotten one. </p><br><p> In ‘To defend the Republic’, the first biography of O’Connor’s life, historian Gerard Shannon tells the story of this enigmatic IRA figure. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>