Who killed Cathal Brugha?

An Anti-Treaty handbill comprising a poem with a constant refrain asking ‘Who killed Cathal Brugha?’ who died in fighting on O’Connell Street in July 1922. It reads: “Who killed Cathal Brugha?” “I” said Mick Collins, With a toss of his head Tis well he is dead I killed Cathal Brugha. The second stanza contains a similar refrain in respect of General Richard Mulcahy.

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Level of description: Item
Date: c.1922
Reference: 7
Extent and medium: 1 p.; Typescript
Scope and content: An Anti-Treaty handbill comprising a poem with a constant refrain asking ‘Who killed Cathal Brugha?’ who died in fighting on O’Connell Street in July 1922. It reads: “Who killed Cathal Brugha?” “I” said Mick Collins, With a toss of his head Tis well he is dead I killed Cathal Brugha. The second stanza contains a similar refrain in respect of General Richard Mulcahy.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pamphlets, Cartoons and Publicity Material > Anti-Treaty Publicity Material

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Collins(1)
Mulcahy(1)

Sample passages

"I", SAID MICK COLLINS,
"I", SAID MULCAHY,

Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)

Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.

Page 1

" WHO KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA ? " "WHO KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA?" "I", SAID MICK COLLINS, WITH A TOSS OF HIS HEAD, "TIS WELL HE IS DEAD, I KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA." "WHO KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA?" "I", SAID MULCAHY, BUT OUR FRIENDSHIP'S NOT ENDED, THE KILLING WAS SPLENDID, I KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA." "WHO KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA?" "WE", SAID THE GUARDS, "WITH THE KINDEST REGARDS, HIS BLOOD'S ON OUR BANNERS, WE TAUGHT THE FOOL MANNERS, WE KILLED CATHAL BRUGHA."