REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: IRA occupy Limerick (1922)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Members of IRA occupy key buildings in Limerick Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Invasion of Limerick: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Limerick: EXT GV group of men on, in front of, and behind railing, jostling for position. Members of the Invading section of the IRA occupy commandeered buildings Armoured cars patrol the Streets. GV Shots armoured vehicles - manned by men in military uniform and in civilian dress. GV men in cloth caps carrying rifles over shoulders march through gateway. Another company of armed civilians stand by gate, their rifles raised. Two men close the huge gates. TITLE: Reinforcements entering St. John’s Castle for guard duty. SV pan along civilians with guns on guard on battlements. GV battlements in front of large building on banks of river. Sinn Fein Background: Members of IRA occupy key buildings in Limerick