deaths
February 7, 1940
James McCormick (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1910)
James McCormick (Irish republican)
James McCormick was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland and joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Tullamore, County Offaly. He was executed for his role in the 1939 Coventry bombing, which killed five civilians and injured seventy others.
Irish republicanism
Irish republicanism is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both widely supported and iconoclastic.
February 7
February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 327 days remain until the end of the year.