Event: Kilmichael

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Military archives: Mum got award after IRA teen’s death

It took the intervention of his brother to make sure that the mother of a teenage IRA officer killed in the infamous 1920 Kilmichael ambush received a financial award.

Most of the WW1 soliders from Ireland were economic conscripts

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Civil War-era novel greatly anticipated

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Barry’s bloody war

It’s time to put names on ambush story sources

Historian’s ambush account comes under fire

THE controversial revisionist historian Dr Peter Hart is to speak on political violence at the Irish Historical Society in UCC on Tuesday next. One of the events in Irish history on which Dr Hart made his reputation is the Kilmichael ambush of November 1920.

Sat, 06 May, 2006

A great soldier who made only one mistake

I WAS really angered by Ryle Dwyer’s unwarranted attack (Irish Examiner, January 8) on the reputation of Gen Tom Barry, a great soldier who fought the good fight in the War of Independence.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2005

Military types who enter politics usually shoot themselves in the foot

THERE was some disquiet during the week over the disclosure that G2 (military intelligence) were keeping files on civilians like Anthony Coughlan, as well as the usual suspects who had previously had connections with subversive organisations.

Sat, 08 Jan, 2005

Historian should respond to critics

ONE wonders why some revisionist historians try to distort the facts of the Kilmichael ambush.

Tue, 04 Jan, 2005

Media ignores tribute to the Boys of Kilmichael

THE 84th anniversary of the Kilmichael ambush, one of the major engagements of the War of Independence, was commemorated on Sunday, November 28, in the presence of 1,000 people at the ambush site.

Wed, 08 Dec, 2004

DUP will talk to Sinn Féin, says Ferris

SINN FÉIN TD Martin Ferris yesterday predicted the Democratic Unionist Party will talk to his party about restoration of the Assembly.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2003