Gang of Cairo

The gang of Cairo was the name given at the time of the Irish Civil war at the beginning of the Années 1920 to a group of 18 officers of the British secret services. They had been sent in Ireland to infiltrate the Irish nationalist organizations. The majority of the gang were decimated at the time of the Bloody Sunday .

They were called thus because of their frequent meetings to the Cairo Cafe on the place of Sackville with Dublin. Other reasons were called upon but remain disputed by the historians, in particular possible jointly last of these agents in the Middle East. Some were Irish or downward of Irishman.

Assassinations

The November 21st 1920, the Minister for Finance of the Irish Republic and leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood Michael Collins orders the assassination of British agents, including those of the gang. Early the morning, 12 of these agents were carried out by the Hake men, some in their residence. Three others survived their wounds. The plan of Hakes was to kill more than 50 agents or their advisers, but part of the targets could not be reached by the men of the WILL GO.

Consequences

This series of assassinations severely handicapped the British secret services in Ireland, causing the departure of the last agents of the gang and causing consternation in all the British administration. The gang of Cairo was replaced by that of Igoe, of the name of Eugene Igoe coming from an other group of the secret services.

See too

Igoe Gang

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