Liam Forde

Liam Forde was an alias used by Séamas Ó Maoiléoin (aka James Malone) (1891 - 1958) of Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, Ireland when working as a spy for Michael Collins.

His brother, Thomas, a soldier in East Limerick during the Anglo-Irish War, used the name Sean Forde.

References

Blood on the Flag, Fr. Patrick J. Twohig, 1996, being a translation of Séamas Ó Maoiléoin's B'fhiú an braon fola (The drop of blood was worth it), published posthumously in 1959.
Alias Sean Forde, Tom Malone.

Background references

Where Mountainy Men Have Sown, Michael O'Suilleabhain.
My Fight for Irish Freedom, Dan Breen.
On Another Man's Wound, Ernie O'Malley.

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