Eoin McNamee (Irish republican)

Eoin Mcnamee (MacNamee) was a long-time IRA member and former head of its Northern Command. McNamee died in August 1986. On 11 June 1939, McNamee was charged with being a member of the I.R.A. and sentenced to six months in Crumlin Road Jail, Belfast.[1] In April 1942, a new IRA Army Council was elected and McNamee was named Adjutant General. During World War II, it is believed that McNamee met with a German agent in Ireland. Later in his life, he lived in the Chicago area of the US where he is supposed to have acted as the go-between for the IRA leadership and its weapons suppliers in the U.S.[2]

A Sinn Fein cumann is named in his honor: Eoin McNamee Cumann, Kildress, Co. Tyrone. A monument to his memory stands at a quiet cross road in the Sperrin Mountains of his native County Tyrone.

Sources

  • English, Richard (2008-09-04). Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA. Pan Macmillan. pp. 62–. ISBN 9780330475785. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  • Bell, J. Bowyer (1987-01-01). The Gun in Politics: An Analysis of Irish Political Conflict, 1916-1986. Transaction Publishers. pp. 102–. ISBN 9781412837132. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  • Treacy, Matt (2012). The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011. Lulu.com. pp. 161–. ISBN 9781291093186. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  • Hull, Mark M. (January 2003). Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Ireland, 1939-45. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9780716527565. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Coogan, Tim: The IRA A History. Rinehart Publishers (1993), pg131.
  2. ↑ Holland, John. "IRA Puts On A Hard Face". irishecho.com. irish echo newspaper, Feb 16, 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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