A new account of the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP illuminates the contribution of the Irish in Britain to the struggle for Irish freedom
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The killing of British Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, an Irish-born unionist, in June 1922 sparked the Irish Civil War - and was likely ordered by Michael Collins. Historian, journalist, and author Ronan McGreevy shares the story.
One of the events that began Heritage Week locally was the unveiling of a plaque to Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson in Currygrane, Ballinalee, on Sunday.
Often in history, and in politics, plans are overtaken by events. This could be said of the execution by two IRA Volunteers of Henry Wilson, the British military advisor to James Craig's Stormont p.