The Killurin Train Ambush, Wexford 1922

#OnThisDay 1922 The AT-IRA derailed a train carrying Free State Army soldiers & their prisoners at Killurin, Wexford. Two Free State soldiers are killed & 7 wounded. However, despite the firefight distracting the soldiers,the prisoners on board could not escape.

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