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A SECOND commemorative plaque has been installed at the site of the Glenwood Ambush in East Clare, remembering those who risked their lives by sheltering and feeding IRA volunteers on the run at the time.

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...

Timeline of 21: Ireland faces tricky commemorative year as violence leads to Treaty What are the main commemorative dates to keep an eye on this year? By Rónán Duffy Friday 1 Jan 2021, 8:00 AM Jan 1st 2021, 8:00 AM 23,965 Views 27 Comments The President of the GAA lays a wreath in Croke Park to commemorate Bloody Sunday. Source: Brya...

I ran 100 miles a week for 12 weeks in aid of victims of domestic violence Super-fit Corkman Liam Cotter tells CHRIS DUNNE how he ran an exhausting 100 miles a week for 12 straight weeks, to raise funds for the Mna Feasa organisation Liam Cotter taking part in a half marathon in Chicago. Chris Dunne WHAT do you do when you have completed all the six world marathon ‘majors’ — London, Boston, New York, Berlin, Chicago and Toyko? If you’re Corkman Liam Cotter, you step it up a notch and f...