• The Clonmult ambush took place on 20 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers occupying a remote, disused...
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    ambush 1921 February 20 - Clonmult ambush 1921 February 25 – Coolavokig Ambush 1921 March 11 - Selton Hill ambush 1921 March 19 – Crossbarry Ambush 1921...
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    Equally common, however, were failed ambushes, the worst of which, for example at Mourneabbey, Upton and Clonmult in Cork in February 1921, saw six, three...
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    commander-in-chief of the National Army from July until his death in an ambush in August 1922, during the Civil War. Collins was born in Woodfield, County...
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    adopted. At a top-level IRA meeting in August 1920, Brugha argued against ambushes of Crown forces unless there was first a call to surrender, but it was...
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    and subsequently against the British Army. It began with the Soloheadbeg Ambush, when members of the Third Tipperary Brigade led by Séumas Robinson, Seán...
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    Dromkeen ambush Upton train ambush Clonmult ambush Coolavokig ambush Sheemore ambush Clonbanin ambush Selton Hill ambush Burgery ambush Crossbarry ambush Headford...
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    during the offensive was the Battle of Killmallock. Collins was killed in an ambush by IRA forces at Béal na Bláth in County Cork on 22 August 1922; General...
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  • convicted of treason and executed following his participation in a failed ambush at Drumcondra on January 21, 1921. Edward Dorins Killed at Battle of Custom...
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    accompanied Michael Collins in convoy, touring rural west Cork. The convoy was ambushed near Béal na Bláth and Collins was killed in the firefight. Dalton had...
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