Pol Brennan, the former I.R.A. fighter detained in Texas on immigration charges, has lost another court battle.The 55-year-old Brennan had been working as a carpenter, living openly in the San Francisco area for ten years, where he had also married an American woman named Joanna Volz. Early this year, he was picked up at a Border Patrol checkpoint in the Valley for having an expired work permit. Border Patrol computers revealed his checkered past - several early '70s arrests in Belfast and
Fun Fact: On November 21, 1920, Michael Collins' squad of fighters killed 14 British Army officers, police officers and civilians, wounding five. In retaliation, members of British paramilitary group "The Auxiliaries" drove their trucks into Dublin's Croke Park during a soccer match and began randomly shooting into the crowd. 65 people were wounded and 14 were killed, including Tipperary GAA team captain Michael Hogan. This became known as "Bloody Sunday," and was one of the earlier skirmishes i
