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Did a First World War flying ace once drive around in this 1914 Perry tourer? Historian Stephen Nunn investigates

An hour-by-hour timeline of the fateful final hours that lead to the death of Michael Collins's at Beal na Blath, County Cork on August 22, 2020.

The Crossbarry ambush restored IRA morale in March 1921, but could so easily have been a disaster. The Parish of Clogagh had never seen a funeral like it. No parish in Ireland would ever see its like again.  In the pre-dawn darkness, down the rain-slicked road from the church to the cemetery, the cortege came. The coffin was borne by six men, and behind the coffin, six mourners walked.   Six mourners. At an Irish country funeral.  It was as many as they dared bring.  Carried on the wind: th...

Home » Regional » East Clare » Wreath laying marks centenary of Glenwood Ambush Mick Ryan Sallybank Broadford laying the wreath for the 100th anniversary of the Glenwood ambush on Wednesday last January 20, 2021. Wreath laying marks centenary of Glenwood Ambush January 28, 2021 COVID-19 restrictions meant that significantly scaled-back commemorative event took place on Wednesday last to mark the centenary of The Glenwood Ambush – one of the most significant incidents in the War of Indep...

Minister for Defence and Clare native, Tony Killeen, laying a wreath at the site on the Glenwood Ambush as the 90th anniversary was marked in 2011. Also pictured are Fr Harry Bohan and members of the Glenwood Ambush Memorial Committee. Remembering the Glenwood Ambush of 1921 January 18, 2021 PLANS to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Glenwood ambush on Wednesday next, January 20, have now been deferred to later in the year in compliance with Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions. A very scaled d...