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MacIntyre blows dust off Tudor’s role in war
6 minute read 5:04 PM CDTThe Irish War of Independence, which saw hundreds killed and wounded in clashes between Irish Republican Army (IRA) forces and Britain’s Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and the British army between 1919 to 1921, laid the foundation for conflicts that would persist in the republic for decades.
In his latest book, The Accidental Villain: A Soldier’s Tale of War, Deceit and Exile, veteran Canadian journalist Linden MacIntyre shines a light on the much-overlooked major general Sir Hugh Tudor, who commanded British police and military forces in Ireland.
A longtime friend of Winston Churchill, Tudor and his legacy in the military would be forever tainted by the copious bloodshed in Ireland’s conflict.
Tudor’s name came to MacIntyre’s attention while reading about a secret meeting in 1941 between Churchill and then-U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt aboard naval vessels stationed at Placentia Bay, N.L.
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The project is being spearheaded by Winnipeg poet laureate Jennifer Still, the Winnipeg Arts Council and the Winnipeg Public Library. Potential participants can stop by a library branch and pick up City of Winnipeg map books created by Still from city archival materials, then fill in the blanks provided with their thoughts.
Once completed, map books can then be kept or dropped at mailboxes at each library branch — submissions will make their way back to Still, who will collect, read and share entries through a mini book installation slated to be launched next year.
Materials are available now at library branches; the initiative runs through to Dec. 1. For more on The Story of Winnipeg see wfp.to/iXt and Tuesday’s Free Press.
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