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Ambush at Cúil na Cathrach, West Cork, Ireland

A story of conflict and sacrifice in the Irish War of Independence, 25 February, 1921

Luíochán Cúil na Cathrach, Bhaile Bhuirne, Co. Chorcaí

Cothrom an lae seo 100 bliain ó shin, bhí breis is trí scór Óglach de Cholún Reatha nó ‘Flying Column’ ag feitheamh le saighdiúirí Shasana, na Auxies, a bhí ag cur fúthu i gCaisleán Mhaigh Chromtha.
Tharla an luíochán stairiúil seo i gCúil na Cathrach i bparóiste Bhaile Bhuirne, Co. Chorcaí.
Tá scéal an luíocháin á insint ag Cormac Ó hAodha, garmhac le hEoghan Ó Súilleabháin, an meaisínghunnadóir ó Chúil Aodha.

Michael Collins: The Last Journey


22 August 1922
By Sean Stephens, Daniel Lavelle, Aine McCafferty – Heritage Studies ATU Galway City

With the fall of the Four Courts, the focus of the Irish Civil War shifted to Munster. By August 1922, National Army troops had arrived in Cork, taking control of the city and main towns, as anti-Treaty Republicans withdrew into the countryside. The Cork Examiner of Monday, 14 August reported:

“The Irregulars’ evacuation of their stronghold in Cork county continues apace. They have left such districts as Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Ballincollig and Blarney. It is generally assumed that they have left to take up positions in the hills towards the west and on to Kerry.”

On 20 August, Commander-in-Chief Michael Collins, left Dublin to resume his inspection tour of the south. Meanwhile, officers of the IRA’s 1st Southern Division were gathering in Kilmurry Parish for a meeting …

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Edward O’ Mahony’s hand-drawn map of Beal na Blath Ambush from his book ‘Death in The Twilight’

– Independence Museum Kilmurry Collection

Independence Museum Kilmurry
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