In 1921, the Irish Republican Army attempted to land a shipment of Thompson Machine Guns in Loughshinny in North County Dublin. To facilitate the operation, the IRA had to burn down every Coast Guard station in Dublin from Skerries to Clontarf. But there was one problem, the guns never arrived...

This is one of my favourite stories. Mainly because I grew up a few kilometres from the 'action'.

Special thanks to Karen De Lacy, Enda Coyle-Green and Caroline Crowley.

(First broadcast 7th November 2021 on The History Show on RTE Radio 1)

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