The War of Independence
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Through 2021 the podcast will be focusing on the story of the Irish War of Independence. It starts on February 1st but check out this short podcast to find out what you can expect...
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| 0:55.6 | On January 21st, 1919, a handful of armed men lay in weight, observing a quiet road and rural |
| 1:08.4 | temporary. Over the previous weeks they had set meticulous plans to ambush a convoy of explosives being |
| 1:14.8 | taken to a local quarry. |
| 1:17.4 | As the minutes passed, the tension mounted. |
| 1:20.0 | Then finally the word arrived, the convoy had been spotted. Their faces covered, they put their |
| 1:26.2 | plan into action ordering the convoy to halt. Events moved quickly. The constables guarding |
| 1:32.1 | the explosives, reached reached further weapons. The sound of |
| 1:35.6 | gunshots echoed through the rain falling across the road. Within moments it was all |
| 1:40.4 | over. The plan had worked and the attackers made off with the shipment of explosives, but two policemen lay dead on the road. |
| 1:47.4 | These events on that cold West Winter's Day opened the Irish War of Independence. |
| 1:57.0 | Over the following two years, one of the most gripping stories in Irish history played out. Through 2021, the centenary year of the war, |
| 2:01.0 | the Irish History Podcast will detail this pivotal story in a gripping multi-part |
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