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...spite of de Valera's recent order, issued through the "Minister of Home Affairs," forbidding the Siki-McTigue boxing match and ordaining a period of national mourning "in view of murder" of prisoners of war, St. Patrick's Day passed naturally enough. The Siki-McTigue bout took place and no one mourned-except Siki...
There is one curious side of de Valera's threat: any Irishman should have known that it was manifestly absurd to deprive the nation of their traditional joy on St. Patrick's Day, no matter what might be the political or economic exigencies. Again, when framing the "order," de Valera must have known that he could not possibly enforce it. The cause of this bravado seems somehow lost in its effect...
...York Globe described Hiram Johnson as "the Eamon de Valera of California...
...Miss Annie MacSwiney, sister of the late Terence MacSwiney, was released from Kilmainham Prison by the Free State authorities on the fifteenth day of her hunger strike. ¶ P. J. Rutledge, " Minister for Home Affairs " for De Valera, was captured by Free State troops, together with fifty of his followers. ¶ A mine was exploded outside Dublin Cathedral during a service. No damage was done either to property or to life...
...reported capture of Eamon de Valera proved to be untrue, but seven officers of the Dublin Brigade of the Republican Army were captured...