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#OTD in 1921 – The Clonmult Ambush | Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers. The 4th…

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in 1921 – The Clonmult Ambush | Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers. The 4th…

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#4th battalion #Auxiliaries #Black and Tans #British soldiers #Clonmult Ambush #Co. Cork #Crown Forces #Diarmuid O&039;Hurley #History of Ireland #IRA First Cork Brigade #Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Maurice Moore #Midleton #Paddy O&039;Sullivan #RIC

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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#OTD in 1921 – The Clonmult Ambush | Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers. The 4th…

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#4th battalion #Auxiliaries #Black and Tans #British soldiers #Clonmult Ambush #Co. Cork #Crown Forces #Diarmuid O&039;Hurley #History of Ireland #IRA First Cork Brigade #Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Maurice Moore #Midleton #Paddy O&039;Sullivan #RIC

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stairnaheireann · 4 years

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#OTD in 1921 – The Clonmult Ambush | Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers.

The 4th…

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#4th battalion #Auxiliaries #Black and Tans #British soldiers #Clonmult Ambush #Co. Cork #Crown Forces #Diarmuid O&039;Hurley #History of Ireland #IRA First Cork Brigade #Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Maurice Moore #Midleton #Paddy O&039;Sullivan #RIC

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stairnaheireann · 5 years

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#OTD in 1921 – The Clonmult Ambush: Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers.

The 4th…

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#4th battalion #Auxiliaries #Black and Tans #British soldiers #Clonmult Ambush #Co. Cork #Crown Forces #Diarmuid O&039;Hurley #History of Ireland #IRA First Cork Brigade #Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Maurice Moore #Midleton #Paddy O&039;Sullivan #RIC

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stairnaheireann · 7 years

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1921 – The Clonmult Ambush: Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries after being surrounded in a house.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers.

The 4th…

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#4th battalion #Auxiliaries #Black and Tans #British soldiers #Clonmult Ambush #Co. Cork #Crown Forces #Diarmuid O&039;Hurley #History of Ireland #IRA First Cork Brigade #Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Maurice Moore #Midleton #Paddy O&039;Sullivan #RIC

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stairnaheireann · 6 years

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#OTD in 1921 – The Clonmult Ambush: Twelve IRA volunteers were killed in Clonmult, near Midleton, Co Cork by British soldiers and Auxiliaries after being surrounded in a house.

Irish Republican Army volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, Co Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers. The 4th…

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#4th battalion #Auxiliaries #Black and Tans #British soldiers #Clonmult Ambush #Co. Cork #Crown Forces #Diarmuid O&039;Hurley #History of Ireland #IRA First Cork Brigade #Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #Maurice Moore #Midleton #Paddy O&039;Sullivan #RIC

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stairnaheireann · 8 years

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Today in Irish History – 20 February:

1743 – James Gandon, possibly the most influential architect in Irish history is born in London.

1794 – Birth near Clogher, Co Tyrone of William Carleton, one of the most graphic writers about the Án Gorta Mór. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry.

1873 – James Haughton, Irish social reformer, anti-slavery campaigner and temperance activist dies.

1874 – Gladstone…

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