This news was quickly reported to Commandant Charlie Browne in charge of the anti-Treaty IRA garrison inside Macroom Castle, who walked with some of his men over to the hotel. They found the three ...

By that time Macroom Castle was occupied by the IRA. An armed British troop contingent from Ballincollig was looking for four of its missing men and had heavy field guns trained on the Castle.

He said the deaths of the seven men while working to clear a landmine laid by the anti-Treaty IRA at Carrigaphooka, 4km west of Macroom, on September 16th, 1922 should not be forgotten by those ...

Monty’s arrival had been anticipated by the IRA in Macroom, which gathered flying columns from the surrounding area and mined part of the road. Montgomery appears to have been unaware of the ...

DISAPPEARED : Lieutennant Ronald Hendy disappeared by the IRA near Macroom in 1922. His body was recovered the following year. Previously British deserters were regarded as a valuable source of ...

the West Cork Brigade of the IRA ambushed a police patrol near the village of Kilmichael, 12 kilometres south of Macroom. The ambush resulted in the deaths of three IRA Volunteers – Pat Deasy ...

The British soldiers were based on the nearby town of Macroom and were on patrol when 36 members of the IRA led by Commander Tom Barry ambushed them at a lonely, winding section of road.

They hid them under heavy clothing such as the hooded ‘Macroom Cloak.’ It was not unusual for Molly to smuggle two or three revolvers at a time in this fashion from one IRA company area to ...

ACCORDING to a Cork message, an aeroplane was forced to land, owing to defective oil pressure, near Macroom [County Cork] on Friday. Becoming aware of the mishap, local Irregulars, in the absence ...