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The Intelligence War & The Squad

The Squad, 1920

The Squad, 1920

Members of the IRA special service unit known as The Squad, or the 12 Apostles, established as a counter-intelligence and assassination gang in 1920.  This photograph was taken during the Truce, 1921. Depicts Gearoid O'Sullivan, Adjutant General, IRA, and members of GHQ Squad and Intelligence Department. Pictured from left to right is Colonel Joe Leonard, Colonel James Slattery, Commandant Joseph Dolan, Lieutenant General C. O'Sullivan, Commandant William Stapleton and Colonel Charles Dalton.

 

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