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A story of conflict and sacrifice in the Irish War of Independence, 25 February, 1921
Compiled by Ken Hanley and Ed Lyne
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 …
Edward O’ Mahony’s hand-drawn map of Beal na Blath Ambush from his book ‘Death in The Twilight’
– Independence Museum Kilmurry Collection
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