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    The Soloheadbeg ambush took place on 21 January 1919, when members of the Irish Volunteers (or Irish Republican Army [IRA]) ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary...
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  • Sologheadbeg or Soloheadbeg (/ˌsɒləhədˈbɛɡ/; from Irish Sulchóid Bheag, IPA:[ˈsˠʊləxoːdʲˈvʲaɡ]) is a townland and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland...
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    planned what was to be the first act of the Irish War of Independence, the Soloheadbeg Ambush. In the early part of the war, four members of the brigade were...
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    John Treacy, Seán Allis Treacy came from a small-farming background in Soloheadbeg in west County Tipperary and grew up in Hollyford. He was the son of...
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    The shed was commonly referred to as the "Tin Hut". The planning for Soloheadbeg ambush took place at the "Tin Hut" and it was a regular meeting place...
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    constables, James McDonnell and Patrick O'Connell, were killed when the Soloheadbeg Ambush was carried out by a group of volunteers from the Third Tipperary...
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    gelignite to a quarry in Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary. The two policemen were shot dead during the engagement, known as the Soloheadbeg ambush. This ambush...
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    declared Irish independence. That day, two RIC officers were killed in the Soloheadbeg ambush by IRA volunteers acting on their own initiative. The conflict...
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    (RIC) escorting a cartload of gelignite were killed in the Tipperary Soloheadbeg Ambush, carried out by members of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade of the Irish...
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  • the Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Police The Squad Actions Soloheadbeg ambush Rescue at Knocklong Listowel mutiny Rineen ambush Tooreen ambush...
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