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1919 Ford Model T

1919 Ford Model T in Michael Collins, Movie, 1996

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1919 Ford Model T

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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G-MANN ◊ 2012-06-10 23:08
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2012-06-10 23:29	Ford T
somename ◊ 2012-06-10 23:32	1919-22 Ford Model T
jpts ◊ 2016-04-24 14:37	This scene was the reenactment of one of several murders of officers within the Dublin Metropolitan Police G Division (DMP) and the Royal Irish Constabulary committed by Michael Collins' IRA hit squad, The Squad (or known as the Twelve Apostles) during the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921. Prior to the murders, Collins had been receiving files of DMP officers from IRA informants, Detective Sergeants Eamon Broy, David Nelligan and James McNamara on the 7th April 1919, Broy gave Collins access to the DMP Archives Room and allowed Collins to copy DMP files. As a result, The Squad had identified 14 members of Dublin Metropolitan Police of which seven were killed: Patrick Smyth - Known as "the Dog", Detective Sergeant DMP 9818, identified the leaders of the 1916 Easter Uprising and ignored an IRA warning to resign, shot near his home in Drumcondra, Dublin on the night of the 30th July 1919. Smyth was taken to Mater Hospital where he told the investigating detectives that he couldn't identified the shooter, he later succumbed to his wounds in hospital on the 8th September 1919. Daniel Hoey - Detective Constable DMP 11007, had led a raid on the Sinn Fein Headquarters for documents, shot as he was returning with a bottle of milk outside the DMP Headquarters on Brunswick Street (now known as Pearse Street), Dublin on the 12th September 1919. Michael Downing - Constable DMP 11346, shot while on foot patrol in High Street, Dublin on the 18th October 1919. DMP Constable Neary was awarded a special service medal from the British Red Cross for giving a pint of his blood in an attempt to save Downing. Thomas Wharton - Constable DMP 11050, took part in a raid of an IRA safe house on the 8th November 1919, shot in an ambush at the intersection of Cuffe Street and Harcourt Street on the 10th November 1919. Wharton survived his injuries and retired from the DMP on the 6th June 1920. John Barton - Detective Sergeant DMP 10497, uncovered an IRA ammunition dump and had arrested IRA member James Hurley for the wounding of Constable Wharton, shot outside the DMP Central Police Station on the afternoon of the 29th November 1919. William Redmond - 2nd Assistant Commissioner of the DMP and Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, shot near his hotel on Harcourt Street on the evening of the 21st January 1920. John Walsh - Constable DMP 10536, was on foot patrol with his partner, Sergeant James Dunleavy, shot with Sergeant Dunleavy in a gunfight with IRA members and brothers, Pat and Gabriel McGrath on the 20th February 1920. James Dunleavy - Sergeant DMP 10671, Constable Walsh's partner, shot and wounded in the same shootout, survived the attack. Henry Kelly - Detective Constable DMP 10119, helped identified IRA detainees, shot in an ambush on the Pleasant Street and Upper Camden Street on the 14th April 1920. Laurence Dalton - Detective Constable DMP 11194, previously served in DMP B Division and had arrested Sinn Fein member JJ Walsh, shot in an ambush with his partner Constable Robert Spencer on Mountjoy Street, Dublin on the afternoon of the 20th April 1920. Robert Spencer - Constable DMP 12387 Dalton's partner, shot and wounded in the same ambush, survived the attack. Michael McCarthy - Constable DMP 11286, was on leave, shot while working on his brother's farm at Lackenalooha in County Cork on the 23rd April 1920, succumbed to his wounds in Cork Military Hospital the following day. Richard Revell - Detective Sergeant DMP 9956, shot in an ambush at the intersection of Connaught Street and Phibsboro Road on the 6th May 1920, survived the attack. In December 1920, a flat in Dawson Street that had been used as an IRA safe house was raided and carbon copies of reports from the DMP Central Police Station was uncovered. As a result, Detective Sergeant Broy was suspected and later arrested and suspended from duty but was reinstated to duty after Collins had threatened the investigating officer, Chief Inspector Steeple. Collins' second informant, Detective Sergeant McNamara was dismissed from the DMP while Detective Sergeant Nelligan remained in place undetected in the Castle. William Steadman - Constable DMP 10950, was delivering dispatches across Dublin, shot on Mary Street on the 21st April 1921, succumbed to his wounds in Mary Hospital on the 27th April 1921. Constable Steadman was the last DMP officer killed in the Irish War of Independence. -- Last edit: 2024-10-25 15:11:17

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