All Discussions Tagged 'IRA' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T15:41:48Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?groupUrl=irish-war-of-independence-black-tan-war&tag=IRA&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Headford Ambush: Time Runs Out in Kerrytag:thewildgeese.irish,2018-03-14:6442157:Topic:2300422018-03-14T05:11:04.051ZJoe Gannonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JoeGannon
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<p><span>On March 21, 1921, Irish Volunteers of the Kerry No. 2 Brigade ambushed a train at Headford, County Kerry. It would be the largest battle of the war in Kerry. Just a few months earlier, such a large ambush in Co. Kerry would have been totally unexpected. In Dublin, as 1920 ended, the GHQ considered Kerry to be one of the counties that was not taking the fight to…</span></p>
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<p><span>On March 21, 1921, Irish Volunteers of the Kerry No. 2 Brigade ambushed a train at Headford, County Kerry. It would be the largest battle of the war in Kerry. Just a few months earlier, such a large ambush in Co. Kerry would have been totally unexpected. In Dublin, as 1920 ended, the GHQ considered Kerry to be one of the counties that was not taking the fight to the enemy as vigorously as possible. Early in the independence movement, the county had appeared to be one of the leaders in the fight. But as March began, Kerry No. 2 had formed a flying column and were ready to turn up the pressure on the Crown forces in Kerry. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/blogs/the-headford-ambush-time-runs-out-in-kerry" target="_self">The Headford Ambush: Time Runs Out in Kerry</a></p> Cataclysm in Cork: The Battle of Clonmulttag:thewildgeese.irish,2018-01-20:6442157:Topic:2277882018-01-20T01:12:19.664ZJoe Gannonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JoeGannon
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<p><strong><span>I</span>t was around 4 pm on a chilly Sunday afternoon</strong><span> in Garrylaurence, Clonmult, County Cork. Irish Volunteers Michael Desmond (left) and John Joe Joyce talked excitedly as they stood around the farmhouse well filling their comrade’s canteens The two 22 year-olds from Midleton were animated as young men can be in war, because they knew…</span></p>
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<p><strong><span>I</span>t was around 4 pm on a chilly Sunday afternoon</strong><span> in Garrylaurence, Clonmult, County Cork. Irish Volunteers Michael Desmond (left) and John Joe Joyce talked excitedly as they stood around the farmhouse well filling their comrade’s canteens The two 22 year-olds from Midleton were animated as young men can be in war, because they knew they and the rest of the Active Service Unit (Flying Column) of the 4</span><sup>th</sup><span> Battalion of the Cork No. 1 (East) Brigade were about to head south to set up an ambush at Cobh station on the Cork-Youghal railway line. The young men’s excited conversation came to an abrupt halt as they observed movement a short distance away. It was soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment under the command of Lieutenant A. R. Koe, moving to surround the house</span></p>
<p>On February 20, 1921 the Republican movement suffered its worst defeat, in terms of battle deaths, of the Irish War of Independence. It was one that would leave the people of Midleton mourning for eight of their native sons and rip the heart of of the Volunteer movement in the Cobh, Midleton, Youghal area. </p>
<p><a href="http://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/blogs/cataclysm-in-cork-the-battle-of-clonmult" target="_self">Cataclysm in Cork: The Battle of Clonmult</a></p>