On This Day - What happened 25 May 1921 AD in Ireland
Check most memorable events 25 May 1921 AD in Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland Wednesday May 25, 1921 Irish War of IndependenceSeveral hundred IRA men from the Dublin Brigade occupied and burned the Custom House
Dublin, Ireland Wednesday May 25, 1921 The biggest single loss for the IRA, however, came in Dublin. On 25 May 1921, several hundred IRA men from the Dublin Brigade occupied and burned the Custom House (the center of local government in Ireland) in Dublin city center. Symbolically, this was intended to show that British rule in Ireland was untenable. However, from a military point of view, it was a heavy defeat in which five IRA men were killed and over eighty captured.
Dublin, Ireland Wednesday May 25, 1921 Irish War of IndependenceSeveral hundred IRA men from the Dublin Brigade occupied and burned the Custom House
Dublin, Ireland Wednesday May 25, 1921 The biggest single loss for the IRA, however, came in Dublin. On 25 May 1921, several hundred IRA men from the Dublin Brigade occupied and burned the Custom House (the center of local government in Ireland) in Dublin city center. Symbolically, this was intended to show that British rule in Ireland was untenable. However, from a military point of view, it was a heavy defeat in which five IRA men were killed and over eighty captured.