referentie code
IE CA CP/3/16/3/68
Titel
General Lucas
Datum(s)
- c.1919 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Deel
Omvang en medium
1 p.; Printed
Naam van de archiefvormer
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Bereik en inhoud
A republican flier with the text of a ballad be sung to the air of ‘Where the Blarney roses grow’. The first line reads ‘Twas over in Rathcormac, near the town of old Fermoy’. Cuthbert Lucas became Commander of 17th Infantry Brigade in Ireland in 1919. During the Irish War of Independence, in June 1920 he was captured by the IRA and held in East Clare. He was released four weeks later.