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Revision as of 18:33, 17 June 2022
Seán Harrington (1915–1978) was an Irish republican who later became Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army.
Biography
Born in Ballyduff, County Kerry, Harrington joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
By 1941, Harrington was a member of the IRA's Army Council which organised a court-marshal of former Chief of Staff Stephen Hayes, although he did not personally take part in the trial.[1] He became Chief of Staff of the IRA in November 1941 when Pearse Kelly was arrested, but he himself was arrested the following month.[2] He was charged with failing to explain his possession of £50 and refusing to give his details to police, and w was sentenced in March 1942 to two years imprisonment.[3] Despite this, he appears to have remained Chief of Staff until February 1942, when Seán McCool was selected as his replacement.[4]
He later lived at Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin, and died in November 1978.[5]
References
- ^ Richard English, Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA, p.56
- ^ Edgar O'Ballance, Terror in Ireland: The Heritage of Hate, p.67
- ^ "Irish news reel: Munster", Irish News, 14 March 1942.
- ^ MacEoin, Uinseann (1997). The IRA in the twilight years: 1923–1948 (PDF). Dublin: Argenta. p. 857. ISBN 9780951117248. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Irish Military Archives.
- ^ The Kerryman, 10 November 1978.