The Escape from Lincoln Jail (The War of Independence V)
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Last weeks episode looked at the story of the Soloheadbeg Ambush, often considered the opening shots of the war. A few weeks later one of the most audacious IRA operations of the entire war took place in England. This saw three high profile republican prisoners attempt a daring escape from Lincoln Jail . Following on from the Soloheadbeg ambush if successful it would serve as a stunning propaganda coup for the republican movement. However it was fraught with risk and danger.
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| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. My name is Finn DeWire and this is the |
| 0:41.1 | War of Independence Part 5, the Escape from Lincoln Jail. Last week's episode |
| 0:47.0 | covered what are usually referred to as the opening shots of the war, fired at |
| 0:51.3 | Salahead Bag in Tipperary on January the 21st, 1919. Today we look at the next |
| 0:58.0 | major event in the unfolding conflict, one of the most audacious IRA operations |
| 1:02.8 | of the entire war, that saw three high-profile Republican prisoners attempt a |
| 1:07.6 | daring escape from Lincoln Jail in England. Additional research was by the |
| 1:12.4 | archivist and historian Sam Ra, sound was by Jason Looney, additional |
| 1:17.1 | generations are by Aiden Crow and Thres Murray and the artwork for this series |
| 1:21.9 | was by Key Tines. A key text used in this episode was Declan Don's Peter's |
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