Clonbanin ambush
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title:
Clonbanin ambush
text:
The Clonbanin ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 5 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place in the townland of Clonbanin, County Cork. The IRA force was under the command of Sean Moylan and comprised almost 100 volunteers from counties Cork and Kerry, armed with rifles, hand grenades and a machine gun. Their target was a British Army convoy of three lorries, an armoured car and a touring car carrying Colonel Commandant Hanway Robert Cumm
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encyclopedia
description:
Successful IRA ambush against the British Army
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonbanin_ambush
date created:
2009-09-16T10:20:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:43:39Z
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