Where the IRA hit squads struck 21 Nov 1920

The addresses raided on 21 Nov 1920 - 11 of the addresses are within a box one mile long by half a mile wide.

The raids are believed to have been planned by Sean Russell who later organised the bombing campaign in England in the 1930s

About 15 hits squads, each with on average 15 men, were ordered to attack their targets at precisely 9am on the morning of Sunday 21 August 1920. Each address had on average 2 targets. "The List" of Collins has not survived, so we do not know exactly who was targets, and in addition Dublin Brigade appear to have added extra targets of their own - I suspect in houses that originally had at least one, and that Dublin Brigade upped this to two at each address.

It is extremely difficult to determine the number of men actually targeted, and the number of addresses that the IRA raided that morning. Where raids resulted in no contact, the victim being out, or an innocent man murdered, there are few wishing to have their names associated with that raid in history. So over 200 men were involved in these hit squads, and each squad had sentries outside each building, first-aid men, drivers and boatmen. This was a big operation.

The site is cross-referenced from address to the killers and their victims and those who escaped for one reason or another. It is clear that 15 men died (including Col Montgomery who died of his wounds a little while later). Undoubtedly Mrs Newberry and her unborn child should be included in the dead. There were a further 12 men who were either wounded in the attacks and lived, or who were out when the IRA called. Then there were others who have not been recorded by history.

From the original list of Collins 35 men, around 20 men were targeted. The original list has not survived for history,so we cannot know for certain who was on it, how many of the men killed or attempted to be killed were on Collins original list, and how many were added, or collateral casualties.

      Killed Wounded Not at home or escaped
Ailesbury Rd 49 4nd Battalion E Coy     Irvine/Irwin?
Ailesbury Rd 61 4nd Battalion G Coy     Brown?
Church Road/East Rd 2nd Battalion E Coy -- -- nobody there
Earlsfort Terrace 3rd Battalion A Coy J FitzGerald -- --
Eastwood Hotel 4th Battalion F Coy -- -- Lt-Colonel Jennings
Exchequer Hotel 4th Battalion   -- -- could not find target
Fitzwilliam Square 38 3rd Battalion B Coy -- --

Callaghan not at home

Four Couts Hotel, Inns Quay 1st Battalion F Coy -- -- Called off night before
Gresham Hotel 2nd Battalion D Coy

MacCormack & Wilde

-- A third target was not is his room
Harcourt Street     -- --

Hardy not at home

Lower Baggot St 84/84 2nd Battalion F Coy ?? -- -- nobody there
Lower Baggot St 92 2nd Battalion B Coy Newberry -- ADRIC IO not there
Lower Baggot St 119 3rd Battalion B Coy Baggallay -- --
Lower Mount Street 2nd Battalion E Coy Angliss --

Connolly not on list

Peel bolted his door

Marlboro Rd 6 1st Battalion A Coy -- -- operation abandoned
Maxwell Rd, Rathgar 4th Battalion A Coy      
Morehampton Road, Donnybrook 3rd Battalion K Coy

MacLean & Smith

Caldow, --
North Circular Rd 397 1st Battalion A Coy -- -- operation abandoned
Northumberland Rd, 16 3rd Battalion D Coy Garniss, Morris -- nobody there, but 2 ADRIC shot
Ranlelagh Road 4th Battalion E Coy -- --

Noble not at home

Shelbourne Hotel     -- -- operation abandoned
Standard Hotel 4th Battalion C Coy -- -- not at home/called off
Upper Mount Street 2nd Battallion E Coy

Ames

Bennett

-- --
Upper Pembroke Street 3rd Battalion C Coy

Price

Dowling

Montgomery

Murray

Keenlyside

Woodcock

Jeune not at home

Unknown address         King not at home

 

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