Código de referência
IE CA CP/3/16/3/68
Título
General Lucas
Data(s)
- c.1919 (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Parte
Dimensão e suporte
1 p.; Printed
Nome do produtor
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Entidade detentora
História do arquivo
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Âmbito e conteúdo
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.