This book includes all the major and minor engagements between the IRA and Crown Forces; the actions described have never before been so extensively researched and published in such a comprehensive and balanced fashion.
East Cork was a very dangerous area during the Irish War of Independence. Several major and minor actions between the IRA and Crown Forces took place there during 1920 and 1921, including the first RIC Barracks to be captured and destroyed at Carrigtwohill. Other significant events include the capture of Castlemartyr and Cloyne RIC barracks, the ambush at Mile Bush near Midleton where a British Army bicycle patrol was relieved of their weapons, and the IRA ambush of an RIC foot patrol in Midleton. This period also saw the first official reprisals, the disastrous battle at Clonmult, the Cobh quarry attack, and the Bunker Hill ambush. This book includes all the major and minor engagements between the IRA and Crown Forces; the actions described have never before been so extensively researched and published in such a comprehensive and balanced fashion.
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It spans more than 400 pages and is richly illustrated with photographs, some of which have never been published before, as well as specially commissioned drawings and maps. * The Echo (Cork) * 'Different interpretations may emerge from this book, but all will be based on fact and not legend. That is the most important aspect of this excellent book.' * The Irish Examiner *
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The first extensive and balanced account of the actions that happened in east Cork during the War of Independence
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. The Political and Military Road to Revolution, 191319
2. The 4th Battalion, 1 Cork Brigade
3. The 4th Battalion Company Activities and Actions
1919
4. The Ballyquirke Aerodrome Raids
1920
5. The Attack on Carrigtwohill RIC Barracks, 3 January 1920
6. The Attack on Castlemartyr RIC Barracks, 9 February 1920
7. The Bunker Hill Ambush, Cobh, 28 February 1920
8. The Attack and Capture of Cloyne RIC Barracks, 8 May 1920
9. The Mile Bush Ambush, 5 June 1920
10. The Cobh Quarry Attack, 25 August 1920
11. The Shooting of RIC DI Morant in Cobh, 6 August 1920
12. The Churchtown North Ambush, 27 August 1920
13. The Arrest and Shooting of the Buckley Brothers, 27 August 1920
14. The British Army Reprisals in Cobh, 27 August 1920
15. The Forming of the 4th Battalion Flying Column, September 1920
16. The Killing of Vol William Heffernan and Constable Quinn in Castlemartyr,
27 November 1920
17. The Youghal Bridge Ambush and the Killing of Constable Prendiville, 3
December 1920
18. The Flying Columns Narrow Escape from Cloyne, 12 December 1920
19. The Midleton Ambush, 29 December 1920
1921
20. The First Official Reprisals in Midleton, 1 January 1921
21. The Battle of Clonmult, 20 February 1921
22. The Trial by Military Court of the Clonmult Prisoners, 8 March 1921
23. The Killing of Capt William Hoare in Ballymacoda, 8 April 1921
24. The Ballyedekin Ambush, 10 April 1921
25. The Clonmult Appeals and Executions, 28 April 1921
26. The IRA and Crown Forces Reprisals in East Cork, 29 April 1921
27. The Escape of Three IRA Prisoners from Spike Island, 30 April 1921
28. The Landmine Attack on Midleton RIC Barracks, 11 May 1921
29. The Killing of Comdt D. Hurley, 28 May 1921 Vice Comdt Joseph Ahern
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30. The Killing of John OConnell in Cobh, 29 May 1921
31. The Blowing Up of the Army Band in Youghal, 31 May 1921
32. The British Army Six-Day Patrol in East Cork, 1419 June 1921
33. The Trial by Military Court of Patrick Higgins, 17 June 1921
34. The Carrigshane Ambush and the Ballycotton Shootings, 3 July 1921
35. The Cumann na mBan in East Cork
36. Roadside Mines
37. IRA, Crown Forces and Civilian Fatalities in East Cork
List of Appendices
Appendices
Sources and Bibliography
Plates Section
Tom ONeill has an MA in history from University College Cork and is the author of Spike Islands Republican Prisoners 1921, and two books on The Battle of Clonmult; he is the co-author of two other military books. He lives in Midleton, Co. Cork.
Eugene Power specialises in conducting military research; this is his third book as co-author, the other two were on the First World War. He lives in Midleton, Co. Cork.
Paul Busteed attended University College Cork to study Genealogy and Local and Regional Studies. He worked with The Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project in the UK. He lives in Cobh, Co. Cork.
