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    The Battle of Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick, Ireland. It was one of the largest engagements of the Irish...
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    Kilmallock (Irish: Cill Mocheallóg) is a town in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork, 30 km south of Limerick city. There...
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    Battle of Kilmallock Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) 1579 – Aenachbeg [citation needed] 1579 – Sack of Youghal [citation needed] 1579 – Sack of Kinsale...
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    The Battle of Dublin was a week of street battles in Dublin from 28 June to 5 July 1922 that marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War. Six months after...
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  • Several people are reported to have served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (Irish: Ceann Foirne Óglaigh na hÉireann) in the organisations...
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    South (Irish: Seán Sabhat; 8 February 1928 – 1 January 1957) was a member of an IRA military column led by Seán Garland on a raid against a Royal Ulster...
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    Official Irish Republican Army (category Military wings of political parties)
    culminated in the three-day "Battle of the Bogside" in Derry. The critical moment came in August 1969 when there was a major outbreak of intercommunal violence...
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    Irish Civil War (category Civil wars involving the states and peoples of Europe)
    artillery and armour. The only real conventional battle during the Free State offensive, the Battle of Killmallock, was fought when Free State troops advanced...
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  • Sinn Féin (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2022)
    Shannon Airport. Oppose a European Army & end Ireland's participation in EU Battle Groups/NATO's Partnership for Peace" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "1997 Dail Manifesto:...
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  • defenders of the Catholic community. McKee himself contributed greatly to this image by an action he undertook on 27 June 1970 (see Battle of St Matthew's)...
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    Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) (category Institutions of the Irish Republic (1919–1922))
    number of well-planned ambushes and successfully defended the village of Ballinalee against Black and Tan reprisals in a three-hour gun battle. In County...
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    needed] During the Irish Civil War, the town played a role in the Battle of Kilmallock of 1922, when Anti-Treaty IRA troops dug in at Patrickswell to prevent...
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  • militant, and twice chief of staff of the Provisional IRA. Born in Belfast on Marchioness Street in the historic Pound Loney district of the Lower Falls. Twomey...
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  • 1986. In 1913, a number of women decided to hold a meeting in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, for the purpose of discussing the possibility of forming an organisation...
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  • hAnnluain (2 February 1936 – 1 January 1957) was a volunteer in the Pearse Column of the Irish Republican Army. Born in Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland, into...
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  • Seán Mac Stíofáin (category Irish people of English descent)
    English-born chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, a position he held between 1969 and 1972. Although he used the Gaelicised version of name in later life...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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  • 1950s. It was written by Dominic Behan, younger brother of playwright Brendan Behan, to the tune of an earlier folksong, "One Morning in May" (recorded by...
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  • of Independence. Dominic was the brother of Brendan Behan. His mother, Kathleen, a collector of songs and stories, took the boys on literary tours of...
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    Liam Lynch (Irish republican) (category People of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side))
    Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence & Civil War Borgonovo, J., The Battle for Cork, July–August 1922 Letters of Liam Lynch Liam Lynch Dead The...
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  • convicted of treason and executed following his participation in a failed ambush at Drumcondra on January 21, 1921. Edward Dorins Killed at Battle of Custom...
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  • William Hunter, was killed in a gun battle with the IRA in south County Armagh. This was the final fatality of the conflict. Minister for Justice, Charles...
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    Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) (category Proscribed paramilitary organisations in the Republic of Ireland)
    street gun battle. A police constable, father of four Thomas James Forbes, was killed, in consequence of which six of the eight members of the active...
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  • logistical support in the South (Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland) for IRA Northern Command operations in Northern Ireland. It was headquartered...
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  • Cathal Goulding (category Deaths from cancer in the Republic of Ireland)
    January 1923 – 26 December 1998) was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Official IRA. One of seven children born on East Arran Street...
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    two countries did worsen. The British stopped informing Ireland of their order of battle in Northern Ireland, while the Irish Army drew up plans for defence...
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  • republicans to refer to the territory they held in the province of Munster at the start of the Irish Civil War. The "republic" never claimed to be a state...
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    member of the IRA Army Council of the Provisional IRA, and vice-president of Sinn Féin and Republican Sinn Féin. He was also the first chief of staff of the...
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  • Liam Deasy (category People of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side))
    Free State seizure of the Four Courts. In late July, he commanded 1,500 anti-treaty fighters who held a line around Kilmallock south of Limerick city against...
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    Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (category Alumni of University College Dublin)
    of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1958 to 1959 and again from 1960 to 1962, president of Sinn Féin from 1970 to 1983, and president of...
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