The Tooreen Ambush 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 Tom Barry & his Third Cork Brigade ambushed a column of Essex Regiment soldiers at Tooreen, Cork. The IRA killed 3, including commander Lt. Dixon, wounded 5-6 & took a tidy cache of arms. Reprisals in Bandon by the Essex Regiment followed.

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