December 16

1971 General Richard Mulcahy (85), revolutionary and politician, and founder-member of Fine Gael (1933), died. 1971 General Richard Mulcahy, second-in-command to Thomas Ashe in Easter Week 1916, chief-of-staff of the IRA during the War of Independence, GOC of Provisional Government military forces during the Civil War, government minister and leader of Fine Gael (1944–59), died. ... Read more

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