deaths

Maurice O'Neill, executed Irish Republican

Maurice O'Neill (Irish republican)

Irish activist (executed 1942)

Maurice O'Neill (1917-1942) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) Captain, captured in 1942 after a shoot out with Irish police, and promptly tried and executed, one of only two people executed in independent Ireland for a non-murder offence.
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Irish republicanism

Political movement

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.
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November 12

Day of the year

November 12 is the 316th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 49 days remain until the end of the year.
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