THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 37
1921
ARSON IN DUBLIN
The IRA attacks the Custom House
Newspapers:
- Evening Telegraph, 25 May 1921
- Irish Weekly Independent, 28 May 1921
- Northern Whig, 28 May 1921
The worst act of Sinn Féin
Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'An incendiary act': the first post-partition elections are swiftly followed by a dramatic attack in Dublin
'A political success but a military failure': the Custom House is the perfect target for a high-profile strike against British authority
'The first two-parliament elections in Northern Ireland': outstanding victory for unionists in the North