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Almost 40 years on, while preparing for another conflict to decide the issue of the Border, the house would be where my mother would meet my father for the first time. It would also be where my grand-aunt would have her election HQ when she ran for Sinn Féin in the general election of 1957, garnering 3,171 first preferences. On the day of the burning the British soldiers marched up the long bohereen to the house, past the fort field with its almost intact fairy fort and souterrain, which, a...

War in the streets - 100th anniversary of the Dromcollogher Ambush Reporter: 14 May 2021 The shop that replaced Murrays was the fine premises run by John Galvin. Now of course Meaneys Centra Supermarket trades on this site | PICTURE: dromheritage.ie );  ); TODAY marks the 100 year anniversary of the Dromcollogher Ambush, an incident from the War of Independence that took place on the streets of the village on May 14, 1921. A patrol from the local RIC barracks (the former St Mary’s Secondary...

Cork Newspapers were “Actors and Reporters” Following the Rising Pictured (l-r): Dr Michael Murphy, President of UCC; student Alan McCarthy from Charleville; and Professor Liam Marnane, Dean of Graduate Studies, UCC at the launch of the fifth volume of The Boolean. Photo: Donagh Glavin By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant An article written by Alan McCarthy, a first-year Ph.D. student in the School of History at University College Cork (UCC), reveals the uniqu...

Leitrim’s Bloody Sunday  ); The date of Friday, 11th March 1921, will be forever etched in the memory of those who follow history. This was Leitrim’s ‘Bloody Sunday’, when six young men were gunned down in their prime by the Black n Tans writes Cormac OSúilleabháin, Author of Leitrim’s Republican Story In every conflict there is always an event or tragedy which stands out above all others. Something that strikes a chord within people and never leaves your mind. For the people of ...

John Arnold: I wept as I recalled 14 men for whom the Clonmult bells tolled John Arnold recalls the bravery and heroism of those who died at Clonmult, a century ago Members of the commemoration committee Jim Ronayne, Sean Hennessy, Tom ONeill, PRO: Christy OSullivan, chairman; Mick Hegarty, Jim OCallaghan, Fr Barry OFlynn, Dungourney; Mary Barron and Tim OSullivan secretary at ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the Clonmult ambush in East Cork on Saturday February 20. John Arnold AT about 8...

The story of the 1921 Drishanebeg Train Ambush marking its centenary is available in print and on a new Information Board erected outlining details of the Ambush and key events during the War of Independence. Owing to Covid restrictions, events marking 100 years of the Ambush on February 11, 1921 have been put on hold yet splendidly captured in the publication "Worth the Wait" and a colourful Display Board in place just in time for the Centenary. President of the Drishanebeg Ambush Commemoratio...

By early 1921 Britain’s war in Ireland was not just a moral issue, but a financial one. The sheer expense of solving The Irish Question, considering financial reparation for the loss of civilian life and destruction of private property, along with the price tag of the Crown Forces’ operations in Ireland, was staggering.

Why grenades and bombs from Irelands war years still turn up Updated / Friday, 12 Feb 2021 16:00 Bombs found by the British Auxiliaries in an IRA bomb factory at Heron and Lawless bicycle shop on Dublins Parnell Street in December 1920. Photo: Joseph Cashman/RTÉ Cashman Collection/RTÉ Stills Library The discovery of a grenade dating from the War of Independence in Dublins Grand Canal close to Harolds Cross bridge made headlines last summer. However, as  Lar Joye, Port Heritage Director at ...

For most of December 1920, Thomas Hynes, quartermaster of the Galway IRA, was in Queen’s College Galway - todays NUIG - hiding from Crown forces, sleeping on top of bookshelves, and assisting in the making of grenades.

Limerick men killed in action after Mass - 100 years ago today! Reporter: donal.oregan@limerickleader.ie David Tobin, Glenbrohane and Thomas Murphy, Ballylanders, were killed by Crown Forces in Ballylanders on New Year’s Day 1921 );  ); ONE HUNDRED years ago on New year’s Day two County Limerick men paid the ultimate price for Irish Freedom. On January 1, 1921, Thomas Murphy, Ballylanders, and David Tobin, Glenbrohane, were killed by Crown Forces. A non-political anniversary Mass was plan...