Rose McKenna & Sydney Arnold – Rebels With A Secret History
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Writing histories of people who led secret lives is difficult because they leave few records. Yet that is precisely what my guest in today’s show has done. In this podcast, Dr Maurice Casey, shares the fascinating history of Rose McKenna and Sydney Arnold and how he uncovered their secret lives. In the early 20th century, this Latvian-Irish couple participated in two revolutions in Ireland and Russia. While Rose tried to arms for the IRA in London, they were also contemporaries of Ho Chi Minh when they lived in Moscow. Maurice shares this forgotten story with you in this episode.   You can read Maurice’s article on McKenna & Arnold here   Support the show- Patreon - Patreon.com/irishpodcast Acast+ - https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory.   My latest book, the Irish Times bestseller is available https://linktr.ee/alethallegacy Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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