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George Lennon, the Glossary

George Lennon (25 May 1900 – 20 February 1991) was an Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.^[1]

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Ancient Order of Hibernians

The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization.

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The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence.

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Blanket protest

The blanket protest was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze prison (also known as "Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Burgery ambush

The Burgery ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 18–19 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.

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Charlie Daly

Charlie Daly (10 August 1896 – 14 March 1923), born in Castlemaine, County Kerry, was the second son of Con. George Lennon and Charlie Daly are Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members and people of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side).

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County Waterford

County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge) is a county in Ireland.

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Cumann

A cumann (Irish for association; plural cumainn) is the lowest local unit or branch of a number of Irish political parties.

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Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland.

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Dungarvan

Dungarvan is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland.

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Fáilte Ireland

Fáilte Ireland is the operating name of the National Tourism Development Authority of the Republic of Ireland.

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Fianna Éireann

Na Fianna Éireann (The Fianna of Ireland), known as the Fianna ("Soldiers of Ireland"), is an Irish nationalist youth organisation founded by Constance Markievicz in 1909, with later help from Bulmer Hobson.

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Flying column

A flying column is a small, independent, military land unit capable of rapid mobility and usually composed of all arms.

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Insomnia

Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping.

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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Irish Free State offensive

The Irish Free State offensive of July–September 1922 was the decisive military stroke of the Irish Civil War.

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Irish Republic

The Irish Republic (Poblacht na hÉireann or Saorstát Éireann) was an unrecognised revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in January 1919.

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Irish Republican Army

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)

The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation.

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Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969 was a sub-group of the original pre-1922 Irish Republican Army, characterised by its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule.

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Irish Volunteers

The Irish Volunteers (Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by nationalists and republicans in Ireland.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).

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John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman, (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster.

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Joseph Plunkett

Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican, poet and journalist.

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Kevin Barry

Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence.

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Liam Deasy

Liam Deasy (6 May 1896 – 20 August 1974) was an Irish Republican Army officer who fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. George Lennon and Liam Deasy are Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members and people of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side).

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Liam Lynch (Irish republican)

William Fanaghan Lynch (Liam Ó Loingsigh; 20 November 1892 – 10 April 1923) was an Irish Republican Army officer during the Irish War of Independence of 1919–1921. George Lennon and Liam Lynch (Irish republican) are Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members and people of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side).

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Mansion House, Dublin

The Mansion House (Teach an Ard-Mhéara) is a house on Dawson Street, Dublin, which has been the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1715, and was also the meeting place of the Dáil Éireann from 1919 until 1922.

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Ne Temere

Ne Temere was a decree issued in 1907 by the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Council regulating the canon law of the Church regarding marriage for practising Catholics.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Pickardstown ambush

The Pickardstown ambush, an action in the Irish War of Independence, took place near the town of Tramore, County Waterford on the night of 6 January 1921.

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Piltown Cross ambush

The Piltown Cross ambush was an action of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.

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Power O'Malley

Michael Augustine Power (1877–1946), better known as Power O'Malley, was an Irish artist.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Republican Sinn Féin

Republican Sinn Féin or RSF (Sinn Féin Poblachtach) is an Irish republican political party in Ireland.

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Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Monroe County.

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Roger McCorley

Roger McCorley (6 September 1901 – 13 November 1993) was an Irish republican activist. George Lennon and Roger McCorley are Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members.

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Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann; simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the police force in Ireland from 1822 until 1922, when all of the island was part of the United Kingdom.

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Royal Marines

The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).

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Seán Keating

Seán Keating (born John Keating, 28 September 1889 – 21 December 1977) was an Irish romantic-realist painter who painted some iconic images of the Irish War of Independence and of the early industrialization of Ireland.

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Seán Moylan

Seán Moylan (19 November 1889 – 16 November 1957) was a senior officer of the Irish Republican Army and later a Fianna Fáil politician. George Lennon and Seán Moylan are Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members and people of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side).

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Surry, Maine

Surry is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

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Thomas McElwee

Thomas McElwee (30 November 1957 – 8 August 1981) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike.

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Tom Barry (Irish republican)

Thomas Bernardine Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980), better known as Tom Barry, was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. George Lennon and Tom Barry (Irish republican) are Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members and people of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side).

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Tramore

Tramore is a seaside town in County Waterford, on the southeast coast of Ireland.

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Una Troy

Una Troy Walsh (21 May 1910 – 27 September 1993) was an Irish novelist and playwright who wrote under the names Elizabeth Connor and Una Troy.

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Unitarianism

Unitarianism is a nontrinitarian branch of Christianity.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Waterford

Waterford is a city in County Waterford in the south-east of Ireland.

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Waterford County Museum

Waterford County Museum (Músaem Contae Phort Láirge) is a museum documenting the history of County Waterford.

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William Crolly

William Crolly (8 June 1780 – 8 April 1849) was the Bishop of Down and Connor from 1825 to 1835, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh from 1835 to 1849.

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Zen

Zen (Japanese; from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng), and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.

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1981 Irish hunger strike

The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland.

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Converts to Buddhism from Christianity

Irish Buddhists

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People from Dungarvan

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