Bloody Sunday Research Paper

What is known as, Bloody Sunday, during the War of Independence occurred on November 21, 1920. Michael Collins, an Irish revolutionary leader, wanted to intensify the war because he believed that the desired outcome was not reached yet. He wanted to see results immediately so he got his ‘Squad’ together to go over the details of an assassination. Collins wanted to kill the ‘Cairo Gang’, which was a group of undercover British agents who worked and lived in Dublin. The night before the Dublin football team was scheduled to play against Tipperary in Croke Park, Collins made the call to assassinate the ‘Cairo Gang’. The attack succeeded in killing about 15 members. The British, of course, were outraged by these assassinations and decided to retaliate. On the day of the

It was chaos at the stadium with people trying to flee. 14 people died as a result of this brutal shooting. The people of Ireland were now angered immensely because to them they saw British troops just open fire on innocent people. Many people strongly started to back the IRA campaign even more so, now that the British have raided and killed thousands of innocent people.

Just a week later on November 28, 1920 in Kilmichael, Tom Barry was in command of one of the most memorable ambushes during the War. Tom Barry was one of the most successful guerrilla leaders for the IRA during the War. To look back and reflect on the play, Guerrilla days in Ireland, it demonstrated how Tom Barry conducted the ambush. The play was able to demonstrate the intensity of the situation because of the narration and the sound effects. The play reenacted the ambush by first showing how all of Barry’s men were hiding on the side of the road, waiting for Barry’s signal. Tom Barry proceeded to enter in the middle of street wearing an IRA uniform. He put his hand up to stop the Auxiliary truck. After he was successful in stopping the tuck, Barry gave the signal to open fire on the British