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488:. In 2011, the Irish government acknowledged that the executions that took place without trial were murder: "People who were murdered or executed without trial by the Cumann na nGaedheal Government were murdered. It was an atrocity and those people killed without a trial by the first government were murdered."
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intimidation. Roughly 7,000 other
Catholics and left-wing Protestant political activists also lost their jobs in this manner at the time. Many of these unemployed Catholics were later recruited into the IRA. McKelvey later wrote to the IRA leadership that 75% of his volunteers were unemployed. During
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In most of
Ireland, hostilities were ended with a truce declared on 11 July 1921. However, in the north and particularly in Belfast, violence intensified over the following year. McKelvey wrote to GHQ at this time that his command was very short of both arms and money. In March 1922, many of his
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There is no evidence that McKelvey was elevated to full general on becoming chief of staff of the Four Courts faction. He became assistant chief of staff when Liam Lynch resumed the chief of staff role on 27 June and is listed thereafter as a commandant general (O'Malley et al.,
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community by loyalists. Nevertheless, he was unable to control some of his younger volunteers, who formed an "active service unit" on their own initiative and killed policemen and soldiers on a regular basis. When such attacks occurred, loyalists, generally supported by the
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from the rest of the country, this was only a temporary concession which would be dealt with later. McKelvey did not accept this. As a result, he left his command as head of the IRA Third
Northern Division and joined the republican side in Dublin. McKelvey was replaced by
341:. The killing itself was carried out by IRA men from Cork, but McKelvey arranged a taxi to carry the assassins to and from the scene and disposed of their weapons. In reprisal for this shooting, 300 Catholic homes in Lisburn were burned out (see
504:. The women prisoners in the wing overlooking the yard counted a volley followed by nine revolver shots. McKelvey was a well respected Irish Republican leader and many Pro-Treaty Officers and men took his execution very badly.
238:. This action helped to spark the civil war, between pro- and anti-treaty factions. McKelvey was among the most hardline of the republican side and, briefly in June 1922, became IRA Chief of Staff (Four Courts).
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368:), for being reluctant to sanction the killing of police and British Army personnel in Belfast. McKelvey feared (and was proved correct) that such actions would provoke retaliatory attacks on the Catholic and
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To his mother, he wrote, "My dearest, dearest mother, How can I tell you the news I have to let you know…" The four were killed at 9am in a badly botched execution commanded by Hugo MacNeill, nephew of
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Club, Belfast – established in 1916 on the Falls Road. Each year the club honour him with a juvenile hurling blitz, an invitational competition which is participated in by clubs throughout
Ireland.
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conflict as opposed to what he saw as the "real" struggle for Irish independence. In May 1921, McKelvey's command suffered a severe setback when fifty of his best men were sent to
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548:(Dublin, Lilliput Press), p. 32, 45 and 585). However, as Deasy's account refers to the Four Courts bombardment starting the next morning (28 June), it may be more reliable
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280:. He studied as an accountant and gained some of the qualifications necessary for this profession, but never fully qualified. He worked for a time at the
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to train and link up with the IRA units there, only to be surrounded and captured by the
British Army on Lappanduff hill on 9 May.
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this time McKelvey's men defended
Catholics areas during attacks on Belfast's Catholic minority. These attacks became known as the
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324:. In July 1920, during a wave of violence in the wake of the IRA assassination of a northern police inspector (Gerard Smyth) in
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in the Four Courts. The result was a reunification of the two IRA groupings with Lynch as chief of staff (Liam Deasy (1998).
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480:. The executions had been explicitly ordered at a government cabinet meeting in reprisal for the Anti-Treaty IRA's murder of
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declared in 1919) in March 1922 and was elected to the IRA Executive. In April 1922, he helped command the occupation of the
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On 8 December 1922, Joe McKelvey was executed by firing squad along with three other imprisoned Anti-Treaty leaders,
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papers, detailing the names and units of the roughly 1,000 IRA members in
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On the morning of his execution, he wrote this letter to Mrs
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constable who later became a sergeant, and Rose O'Neill, a post office employee. During
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Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War 1916-1923
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in Dublin, McKelvey was never tried or convicted of any offence.
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assurances that, although the Treaty accepted the partition of
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Northern Divisions The Old IRA and the Belfast Pogroms 1920-22
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Letter written by McKelvey to Mrs Sullivan, 8 December 1922.
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Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (Four Courts)
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Echoes of Their Footsteps, The Irish Civil War 1922-1924
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declared in 1919 in March 1922, and was elected to the
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without trial or court martial. He participated in the
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In March 1921, the IRA was re-organised by GHQ into
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847:The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition
2548:People of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side)
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829:, Generation Organization, Newberg, OR, pg 351,
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1012:. New York: St. Martins Press. p. 191.
576:Sentenced to death: the Civil War executions
2533:Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
685:"National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911"
606:. New York: St. Martins Press. p. 31.
178:Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army
2553:People executed by Ireland by firing squad
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974:Green against Green: The Irish Civil War
393:in a raid on St Mary's Hall in Belfast.
328:, McKelvey was expelled from his job by
300:, which during 1919 became known as the
272:Joe McKelvey had a keen interest in the
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206:(17 June 1898 – 8 December 1922) was an
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425:'s repudiation of the authority of the
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956:, BTP Publications, Belfast, pg 195,
787:from the original on 20 December 2016
756:from the original on 20 December 2016
514:Executions during the Irish Civil War
345:). McKelvey was forced to lie low in
222:Éireann, the civil government of the
976:(Dublin, Gill and Macmillan), p. 191
726:from the original on 23 January 2017
210:officer who was executed during the
55:18 June 1922 – 27 June 1922
1036:, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2015,
695:from the original on 4 October 2021
665:from the original on 4 October 2021
572:Enright, Sean (26 September 1922).
13:
2558:Executed people from County Tyrone
2363:Patrick McGrath (Irish republican)
349:for some time after these events.
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1809:Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
1767:Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army
1159:Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
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1054:Senan, Molony (7 December 2022).
405:. Most of his comrades supported
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1741:National Association of Old IRA
1736:Irish Self-Determination League
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1081:"I am to be executed at 8 a.m."
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865:Dictionary of Irish Biography
633:DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY
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484:, a Pro-Treaty member of the
421:McKelvey participated in the
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1911:Officials-Provisionals split
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655:"General Registrar's Office"
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284:Office on Queen's Square in
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1881:Irish republican legitimism
1198:Declaration of Independence
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919:Parkinson, Alan F. (2004),
532:On 27 June, Liam Lynch and
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274:Gaelic Athletic Association
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1287:Irish Republican Police
805:Lawlor, Pearse (2009),
542:Brother against Brother
437:in defiance of the new
234:in defiance of the new
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1876:Comhairle na dTeachtaí
1851:in relation to the IRA
1630:George Oliver Plunkett
536:met with McKelvey and
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1435:Belfast Bloody Sunday
1060:The Irish Independent
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635:. Royal Irish Academy
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253:McKelvey was born in
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2446:Connolly Association
1958:Battle of Kilmallock
1937:IRA Southern Command
1932:IRA Northern Command
1430:Coolacrease killings
1420:Carrowkennedy ambush
1415:Custom House burning
1340:Dublin Bloody Sunday
1335:Battle of Ballinalee
1242:Partition of Ireland
1120:, 17 February 2002,
941:Northern Nationalism
921:Belfast's Unholy War
752:. 13 November 2014.
602:Coogan, Tim (2002).
560:"No Surrender Here!"
454:two days of fighting
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1906:Haughey arms crisis
1315:Rescue at Knocklong
1010:Green Against Green
312:War of Independence
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2210:Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
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1385:Selton Hill ambush
1360:Upton train ambush
1310:Soloheadbeg ambush
1256:Anglo-Irish Treaty
1183:Irish Citizen Army
892:Lawlor, pg 105-107
861:"McKelvey, Joseph"
835:978-0-692-245-13-2
807:The Burnings 1920,
777:"Casualty Details"
629:"McKelvey, Joseph"
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1345:Kilmichael ambush
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2009:Joe McKelvey
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