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Freida gun run to Waterford November 1921

Freida gun run to Waterford November 1921

by andrew | Nov 12, 2021 | Guest Posts, Smuggling, Waterford History

A Guest post by Conor Donegan.            Two weeks ago, Dr Pat McCarthy, the foremost expert on the Irish revolutionary period (1912 – 1923) in Waterford, gave a very well attended lecture on the landing of a significant shipment of arms at Cheekpoint by the IRA, the...

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