School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Cróinín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 305
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- In the year nineteen-twenty when the black-and-tans were doing great damage in all parts of Ireland, the I. R. A. planned an ambush on Turrengarrive (Ballydesmond, Banteer, Co. Cork) about a mile and a half from here.
The I. R. A. men knew that General Holmes, who was in charge of the black-and-tans in Munster, was to pass that day from Tralee to Cork, and they were badly in need of guns and ammunition at that time. They placed a blockade across the road, and then they took up their positions inside the fences. At last the lorries of the black-and-tans arrived. When the lorries arrived at the place, they had to stop on account of the blockade. They were under fire for about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reanasup, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Daniel Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Reanasup, Co. Kerry
