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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 Commemoration Ambush Project Committee Tom Meaney spoke of the event as one of the most successful engagements a...

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 Ireland's 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 Dublin's 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 Dublin's Grand Canal close to Harold's Cross bridge made headlines last summer. However, as  Lar Joye, Port Heritage Director at Dublin Port, and former curator of the Military Collections at the National Museum, explained to...

For most of December 1920, Thomas Hynes, quartermaster of the Galway IRA, was in Queen’s College Galway - today's 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 planned by the Tobin and Murphy families for this Friday in Glenbrohane church but it has had to be ca...