War in the streets - 100th anniversary of the Dromcollogher Ambush
War in the streets - 100th anniversary of the Dromcollogher Ambush Reporter: 14 May 2021 The shop that replaced Murray's was the fine premises run by John Galvin. Now of course Meaney's 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 school on the Cork Road) is described by the Irish Military Archives as comprising of sixteen m...
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