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School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 307

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    In nineteen-twenty, when the black-and-tans were doing great damage all over Ireland, the soldiers of the Irish Republican Army planned an ambush on Turrengarrive (Ballydesmond, Banteer, Co. Cork) about a mile and a half from here. The IRA men knew that General Holmes, who was in charge of the black-and-tans in Munster, would be returning from Tralee to Cork with four military lorries manned by his best soldiers with guns and ammunition. At the time the IRA men were hard up for ammunition, and they thought hat this was a good chance to get some as well as to pull general Holmes and his men out of action. The place where the ambush took place is called the "cumors", where
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. War of Independence (~9)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Fleming
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Fleming
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry