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Ireland’s Wars: Pettigo And Belleek

Posted on Feb 16, 2021 by NFB

The area in question was what was known as the “Belleek and Pettigo Triangle” or the rather more martial “Belleek and Pettigo Salient” if you prefer: a roughly 24km in length section of the Donegal/Fermanagh border near Lough Erne that … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Bandon Valley Killings

Posted on Jan 19, 2021 by NFB

On a few occasions over the course of my “coverage” of the Irish War of Independence I have touched on the topic of sectarian killings as part of that conflict. For the most part, when discussing this subject I have … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Castleisland Ambush

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 by NFB

We are now on the verge of the War of Independence’s conclusion. The events we discuss today took place literally hours before the truce, that I will discuss next week, came into effect. It is evidence of the ferocity of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Shraharla And Lackelly

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 by NFB

A little bit earlier, I talked about an instance in the War of Independence when men from separate brigade areas came together to form a better fighting force than they could ever have hoped to have formed separately. The lesson … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Clonbanin Ambush And New Structures

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 by NFB

The War of Independence saw its fiercest battlegrounds in Munster, and the situation in that province proved deadly most other days during 1921. In early March another major ambush, the latest in a long line of major ambushes, took place … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Burning Of Cork

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 by NFB

Throughout the course of our “coverage” of the Irish War of Independence we have discussed reprisals by Crown Forces in the aftermath of IRA attacks. In the first two years of the war these reprisals took on many forms: the … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The 1920 British Counter-Offensive

Posted on May 19, 2020 by NFB

Not too long ago we briefly discussed the starkly divided approaches of the British political leadership when it came to the Irish conflict. The opposing camps – those who wanted to enact harsher military-driven policies, and those who preferred to … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Tom Barry And The Toureen Ambush

Posted on May 5, 2020 by NFB

It’s taken a while to get to this point, from the moment when we first mentioned the man who, perhaps more than any other, has become synonymous with the idea of Irish guerrilla warfare as practiced in the War of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Rineen Ambush

Posted on Apr 14, 2020 by NFB

While perhaps not as active in the War of Independence as some other parts or Munster, the IRA Brigades based in Clare – West, Mid and East – had played a role, as had the county in general. Some of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Ballinlough Ambush

Posted on Mar 31, 2020 by NFB

As stated at the conclusion of the last entry, it would often have seemed that the Irish War of Independence was a conflict wherein the republican side, through the IRA, held all of the initiative. It was the IRA that … Continue reading →

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