The Harry Boland Incident – 1922

Paper 199

Lecture – 1997

Author – Coyle, Eugene

Part 1 of the paper deals with policy making and events from the 1916 uprising to the outbreak of the Civil War in June 1922.

Part 11 gives a profile of Harry Boland and his relationship with Michael Collins and De Valera. Finally the fatal shooting of Harry Boland in the Grand Hotel Skerries is detailed and discussed.

Sources:
Newspapers – Irish Times, Freeman’s Journal, Irish Independent, Irish Press, Drogheda Independent.
Dáil Debates
Thom’s Directory
GAA Board correspondence
Radio interview Kevin Boland by Vincent Browne (1997?)