First Official British Government Sanctioned Reprisals in Midleton 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 IRA ambush & kill two RIC constables in Midleton, Cork & another constable later elsewhere. What followed was the burning of seven houses in the first British Government sanctioned “official” reprisals against Irish civilians’ property.

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