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100 Years Ago: The Piltown Ambush (1 November 1920)
By the summer of 1920, the I.R.A. policy of attacking British administrative and police structures was bearing fruit. In August the Waterford R.I.C County Inspector noted: “there is hostility to the police everywhere…I do not regard it as safe for a single police vehicle to travel. We are losing men every day from retirement and resignations and getting…
Added by Ivan Lennon on October 24, 2020 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments
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