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Nov 21, 2023 · On the morning of November 21, 1920, at precisely 9 am, agents of Michael Collins’ Squad— aka “The Twelve Apostles”—spread throughout Dublin City and went to work. When they were finished, 14...
The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.
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Nov 19, 2016 · It’s called Bloody Sunday in the annals of Irish history and it was the day that Michael Collins’ Squad, The Twelve Apostles, shot 14 British Secret Service agents dead in their beds. All...
The Squad, nicknamed the Twelve Apostles, was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit founded by Michael Collins to counter British intelligence efforts during the Irish War of Independence, mainly by means of assassination.
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His monastic school at Clonard became so famous and so important that he became known as ‘tutor of the saints of Ireland’. It is often said that he trained ‘The Twelve Apostles of Ireland’. He emphasised the importance of study, and urged his pupils to set up their own schools.
