3rd Cork Brigade, also known as Third (West) Cork Brigade, was a unit of the Irish Republican Army that operated in the western areas of County Cork during...
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militaryarchives.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2019. "North Cork Brigade". homepage.eircom.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020. Moylan, Sean. "Sean...
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reported that sixteen people were injured. On 28 November 1920, the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade ambushed an Auxiliary patrol at Kilmichael, killing 17 Auxiliaries;...
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joining the British Civil Service. In July 1920, he joined the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade. Using his experience from his time in the British Army, he was able...
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19 March 1893 – 19 March 1921) was Officer Commanding of the 3rd Cork Brigade (West Cork) of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence...
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ambushed and wiped out in the Kilmichael Ambush by Tom Barry and the 3rd Cork Brigade. A little more than two months later, on 2 February 1921, another platoon...
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such as Cork Harbour, Cork Airport, Shannon Airport and Farranfore Airport. Brigade HQ - Collins Barracks, Cork 1st Infantry Battalion (Galway) 3rd Infantry...
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Crossbarry ambush (category History of County Cork)
increasing success of the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade led to a spate of arrests and interrogations of suspected IRA volunteers in West Cork, in an effort to discover...
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IRA volunteers from the 3rd Battalion Dublin Brigade. 2 March 1921: IRA fighters from the 2nd Cork Brigade and 2nd Kerry Brigade lay landmines near Millstreet...
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captured Tom Hales, commander of the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade, and Patrick Harte, quartermaster of the West Cork Brigade. Both men were severely beaten during...
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Bantry (redirect from Bantry, County Cork)
family's status. During the Irish War of Independence, the 5th and 3rd Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army were active in Bantry, and some members...
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1920s in Belfast is the subject of the song Belfast Brigade. 3rd Cork Brigade 3rd Tipperary Brigade North Longford Flying Column Lynch, Robert, (2006)...
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flying column of the 3rd Cork Brigade IRA, led by Tom Barry, ambushes two lorries carrying Auxiliaries at Kilmichael, County Cork, killing seventeen (with...
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Percival captured Tom Hales, the commander of the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade, and Patrick Harte, the brigade's quartermaster, for which he was given an OBE. Both...
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Ireland. 2 January – Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers of the 1st Cork Brigade (commanded by Mick Leahy) captured Carrigtwohill Royal Irish Constabulary...
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Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wexford. 1st Brigade, in Cork 1st Infantry Battalion, in Galway 3rd Infantry Battalion, in Kilkenny 12th Infantry Battalion...
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Upton train ambush (category History of County Cork)
"twelve dark days" for the 3rd Cork Brigade of the IRA. Between 4 February and 16 February, eleven members of the Brigade were killed. Hurley was shot...
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of Éamon de Valera and the Anti-Treaty IRA. He was a member of the 3rd Cork Brigade of the IRA. He remained a militant Irish Republican for decades after...
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War of Independence – Kilmichael Ambush: The flying column of the 3rd Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army, led by Tom Barry, ambushes two lorries...
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Michael Collins (Irish leader) (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922))
shelter of Dublin Castle next day. About the same time, Tom Barry's 3rd Cork Brigade took no prisoners in a bitter battle with British forces at Kilmichael...
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Macroom (redirect from Macroom, Cork)
Auxiliaries in two lorries were ambushed by IRA volunteers from the 3rd Cork Brigade under the command of Tom Barry. 16 Auxiliaries were killed and 1 wounded...
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Tooreen ambush (category History of County Cork)
ambush, the 3rd Cork Brigade had finished its training, but had not previously engaged in battle with British troops stationed in County Cork.[citation...
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Ballinhassig (category Towns and villages in County Cork)
number of actions in the area, including on 3 February 1921, when the 3rd Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army ambushed and killed three British Soldiers...
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Republicans after the strategy had literally backfired. Tom Barry and his 3rd Cork Brigade had responded to the burning of Sinn Fein members' homes by burning...
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Liam Deasy (category People from Bandon, County Cork)
the War of Independence (1919–21, he was the Adjutant of the 3rd Cork Brigade (West Cork). He served under Tom Barry in one of the unit's best known action...
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Cork 1st Brigade HQ at Kinsale 1st Bty at Mount Wise, Devonport – formerly 12th Bty, 10th Bde 2nd Bty at Plymouth – formerly 17th Bty, 11th Bde 3rd Bty...
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Btys and Depot Bty 2nd Brigade – formerly West Cork Artillery Militia 3rd Brigade – formerly Cork City Artillery Militia 4th Brigade – formerly Limerick...
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January 1918. About May 1918 the Brigade moved to Ireland. 2/1st Yorkshire Hussars was stationed at Fermoy, County Cork and Fethard, County Tipperary the...
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The 21st Mounted Brigade previously known as the 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade was a 2nd Line yeomanry brigade of the British Army during the First World...
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County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city...
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