Learn more about one of Ireland’s greatest heroes

When the Black and Tans and their Auxiliaries had sacked and burned and shot up our country in a terror campaign in 1920’s War of Independence, General Tom Barry said a stop had to be put to them,

He was so effective at the Kilmichael Battle on November 28, 1920, that the British set out to ambush his Flying Column.

The British sent 1,200 battle-hardened soldiers to eliminate Barry and his men — all volunteers — who numbered 104 officers and men. There were 12 British to every Irish. The Irish won.

It is the greatest act of leadership you will ever hear or read of. 39 British soldiers were killed and 47 wounded. Three Irish volunteers lost their lives.

Come to Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork on Saturday afternoon and let us remember Tom Barry in his annual commemoration.

Séamus Lantry

Tom Barry National Commemoration Committee