1. George Lennon was an Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
16 Facts About George Lennon
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George Gerard Lennon was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford on 25 May 1900.
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George Lennon's parents were George Crolly Lennon, manager of the local gas works, and Ellen Lennon.
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George Lennon served as West Waterford Vice Commanding Officer under Pax Whelan.
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George Lennon served with the West Limerick Column and, at Liam Lynch's request, helped organise the famed Cork No 2 Column portrayed in Sean Keating's iconic Men of the South.
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The activities of George Lennon's column resulted in nearly a thousand British soldiers being deployed to Waterford, along with over two hundred RIC and Royal Marines.
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George Lennon fought at the Battle of Waterford of July 1922 against former comrade and East Waterford Commanding Officer Paddy Paul.
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George Lennon subsequently resigned in a letter to Liam Deasy when it became obvious that the war would prove ruinous for Ireland.
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George Lennon emigrated to New York City in 1927 where he was employed in the insurance and hotel businesses.
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George Lennon was naturalized as a United States citizen on 19 December 1933.
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George Lennon spoke out against the Church and the Ancient Order of Hibernians for their positive outlook on the Fascists in 1936 Spain.
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George Lennon had 'recurrent depression, occasional bouts of insomnia and feeling of constriction and nervousness in upper abdomen.
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George Lennon was a pacifist and anti-war activist during the Vietnam War.
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In 2010 the George Lennon name was deleted and replaced by that of Thomas McElwee, a blanket protester and hunger striker.
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In early 2011 a documentary film of George Lennon's life was filmed, under the direction of Ardmore's Cormac Morel, in various locales in West Waterford.
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The documentary, "O Chogadh go Siochain: Saol George Lennon", shown on Irish television in September 2011, had an American premiere in the Autumn of 2011 at the Irish Film Feis, sponsored by the Rochester, New York Chapter of the Irish American Cultural Institute.