Jim Lane (Irish republican)
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Lane was born on Devonshire Street North in Cork's north inner city. His father Michael, a former quartermaster sergeant in the [[Irish Free State|Free State]] [[Irish Army|army]], worked in Ford's motor plant – the family originated from Glenreagh, Ballynoe near [[Conna]] in east [[County Cork]] where they had a small farm. The 1926 census records Jim Lane's great-grandfather Michael Lane as a small farmer with just 8 statue acres of land; his eldest son James moved to Cork city after 1901 where he became an engine driver. |
Lane was born on Devonshire Street North in Cork's north inner city. His father Michael, a former quartermaster sergeant in the [[Irish Free State|Free State]] [[Irish Army|army]], worked in Ford's motor plant – the family originated from Glenreagh, Ballynoe near [[Conna]] in east [[County Cork]] where they had a small farm. The 1926 census records Jim Lane's great-grandfather Michael Lane as a small farmer with just 8 statue acres of land; his eldest son James had moved to Cork city after 1901 where he became an engine driver. |
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Jim Lane's mother, Mary Ann (née Lane), was in [[Cumann na gCailíní]] and [[Cumann na mBan]], the girls' and women's sections respectively of the Republican Movement, from childhood until 1935. |
Jim Lane's mother, Mary Ann (née Lane), was in [[Cumann na gCailíní]] and [[Cumann na mBan]], the girls' and women's sections respectively of the Republican Movement, from childhood until 1935. |
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