Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin: A Life

Zoom lecture

Philip O’Regan

Thurs Mar 18 2021

8 pm

Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin was one of a number of West Cork men who were closely connected to Michael Collins during the War of Independence. Gearóid had the distinction of hoisting the Tricolour over the GPO in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916. He was appointed Adjutant General of the IRA in 1919 and was a member of the General Headquarters staff. Following the Treaty, Gearóid was appointed Adjutant General of the Free State Army.

Philip O’Regan is a native of Skibbereen. He is a former Deputy Editor of the Southern Star newspaper.Philip has had a lifelong interest in history. He is current chairman of Skibbereen & District Historical Society.He has a particular interest in nineteenth-century Irish history and has studied the Famine in the Skibbereen union in great depth.

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When: Mar 18, 2021 08:00 PM
Topic: Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage Lecture on Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin by Philip O'Regan

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