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From: "conaught" <>
Subject: [MAYO] Easter Week Series #7
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:33:11 -0700


Dan Breen - He was born August 11, 1894 (d. 1969) in Grange, one mile south
of Donohill, County Tipperary. His parents were Daniel Breen and Honora
Moore. On January 21, 1919 the day that the first Dail met, Breen took part
in an ambush at Sologhodbeg, County Tipperary. He and Sean Treacy planned
the attack as a continuation of the Easter Rising of 1916. The attack at
Sologhogbeg was the first engagement of Irish forces with the Crown forces.
This event was the beginning of the War of Independence. After Sologhodbeg,
Breen was on the
run with a price on his head. By 1921 the reward for Breens capture was
10,000 pounds. He quickly established himself as a leader in the IRA.


Breen was badly wounded in one of many battles with the British forces. He
was elected TD for Tipperary in 1923 and was the first anti Treaty deputy to
take his seat. He represented Tipperary in the Dail from 1932-1965. He
wrote MY FIGHT FOR IRISH FREEDOM, detailing the actions taken during the War
of Independence and ending with the tragic Civil War.


© 2001
Margaret Kristich

All rights reserved

References:
A Dictionary of Irish Biograghpy by Henry Boylan;Roberts Rinehart;
1998;Niwot, Colorado

Michael Collins, The Man Who Won the War by T. Ryle Dwyer;Mercier Press,
Cork; 1990

My Fight for Irish Freedom by Dan Breen; Anvil Books, County Kerry,1964
first published in 1924 by Talbot Press





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