
‘They were determined to obtain a sacrifice’: First Irish state executions of IRA members since the Civil War
By Gerard Shannon It was the night of 16 August 1940 and a worried Christy Quearney cycled through Dublin city’s southside. Quearney, a member of the IRA’s Training Department, was frequently on the move these last few months. He knew well his membership of the IRA, and associated activities, put …