executed Irish Republican Army leader (born 1898)

Joe McKelvey

Joseph McKelvey was an Irish Republican Army officer who was executed during the Irish Civil War without trial or court martial. He participated in the Anti-Treaty IRA's repudiation of the authority of the Dáil Éireann, the civil government of the Irish Republic declared in 1919 in March 1922, and was elected to the IRA Army Council as Deputy Chief of Staff. In April 1922, he helped command the occupation of the Four Courts in defiance of the new Irish Free State. This action helped to spark the civil war, between pro- and anti-treaty factions.

Born

1898

June 17

Died

1922

Era

1890s

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1922 Died

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The world in 1922

When Joe departed

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Also born in 1898

Benjamin Fondane 1898– Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944) Bertolt Brecht 1898–1956 German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898) C. S. Lewis 1898–1963 British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian (born 1898) Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1898– German-American author and illustrator (died 1986) Firpo Marberry 1898–1976 American baseball player and umpire (born 1898) Fredric Warburg 1898–1981 English author and publisher (born 1898) Fritz Zwicky 1898– Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974) George Gershwin 1898–1937 American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898) Gracie Fields 1898–1979 English actress and singer (died 1979)

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