Religion had nothing to do with the struggle for independence
But why should Fr Shinnick have been shot? He never had anything to do with the British Army and nobody suggested he was an informer or spy. His only action was to advise the IRA to evacuate the ambush position for their own safety. He was perfectly within his rights in doing that. Indeed, his advice should have been followed. I think the IRA commander was guilty of a great lapse in security by remaining in the ambush position too long.!
But the action of Mrs Lindsay in calling to Ballincollig Military Barracks and alerting the army of occupation was an act of terrible treachery that cannot be excused. What would happen to a French woman who alerted the Gestapo about the activities of the French underground during the German occupation of France? Everybody knows the answer.
